Tel Aviv, Feb. 25 -- Around a dozen US Air Force F-22 fighters have landed in Israel, according to a report on Wednesday in The Times of Israel. This comes amidst heightened tensions between the US and Iran that could potentially erupt in a war and amid an ongoing build-up of American military assets in West Asia,

The stealth fighters were spotted taking off from the Lakenheath airbase in the United Kingdom on February 24 morning before they flew to Israel, the Israeli daily said citing open-source flight tracking data and aircraft spotters

American news outlets also reported that a US official has confirmed that the fifth-generation aircraft landed at an Israeli air force airbase in South Israel.

The fighters flew with their transpond...