air strike
noun
: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs
The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.
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Pang started scheming in the summer of 2021, describing the plan as a revenge plot for the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in January 2020.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Hamas claims the family were killed in an Israeli air strike.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
Though Hamas had long claimed that Shiri and the children died in an Israeli air strike, an Israeli forensic examination showed that the children were murdered with the bare hands of their captors and then mutilated in an attempt to blame Israelis for their deaths.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
Background: Hamas, which returned the bodies earlier Thursday, had claimed the Bibas family was killed in an Israeli air strike early in the war.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
Hamas claims the family were killed in an Israeli air strike.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
Though Hamas had long claimed that Shiri and the children died in an Israeli air strike, an Israeli forensic examination showed that the children were murdered with the bare hands of their captors and then mutilated in an attempt to blame Israelis for their deaths.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
Background: Hamas, which returned the bodies earlier Thursday, had claimed the Bibas family was killed in an Israeli air strike early in the war.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Air strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20strike. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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