[🇮🇷] Iran launched ballistic missiles towards Israel

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Like a wise man once said "there was no difference between the liberal jew & the Zionist jew the liberal jew just thought Zionism was an impractical maybe even dangerous way of publicly avowing their Jewishness"

 

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Power balance has shifted as region braces for Israel's response to Iran, analyst says​

From CNN’s Kathleen Magramo

A firefighter stands in front of an apartment hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 3, 2024.
Hussein Malla/AP

Devastating Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon have given Israel the upper hand as it edges toward a direct confrontation with the militant group’s backers in Iran, a regional expert said on Thursday.

After killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and launching a ground incursion in southern Lebanon, Israel was likely to target Iran directly in response to Tuesday’s Iranian missile attack, said Paul Salem, vice president for international engagement at the Washington-based Middle East Institute.

“We are bracing for a large-scale Israeli attack on Iran,” Salem told CNN’s Lynda Kinkade.

Israel’s assassination of Nasrallah and multiple heavy hits to Hezbollah over the past two weeks signaled a “tectonic shift” in regional power dynamics, he added.

“Before Israel decapitated Hezbollah and greatly degraded it, Israel used to worry about Hezbollah much more when it contemplated hitting Iran,” Salem said.

“Now, they feel Hezbollah is not a major threat and now Israel is focused on going after Iran itself. And that tectonic shift is a shift in which Iran no longer has the balance of power or balance of deterrence between Iran and Israel.”

 

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US ability to control Netanyahu's military strategy “pretty limited,” CNN analyst says​

From CNN’s Kathleen Magramo

The White House’s ability to control Israel’s military strategy is “quite limited,” a CNN security analyst told CNN, as US officials call for a de-escalation in Israel’s growing conflict with Iran, and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Juliette Kayyem, a national security, intelligence and terrorism analyst, told CNN’s Lynda Kinkade it is difficult to predict Israel’s response at this stage, saying the United States’ influence over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military strategy had lessened since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.

The United States is Israel’s most important ally and biggest supplier of arms. But its “ability to control Israel in terms of its military strategy is showing itself to be quite limited,” Kayyem said.

Israel’s continuing attacks in Gaza show that concerns from the US on hindrances to humanitarian aid have gone unheeded by Israeli authorities, she added.

Asked whether Israel would listen to US President Joe Biden’s message that Iranian nuclear sites should not be targeted, Kayyem noted that Israel has vowed to launch a “very public and forceful” response to Iran’s major missile attack and is “keeping its options open.”

“It’s not like there aren’t enough potential targets. It won’t just be nuclear,” Kayyem said. “You could go after oil fields, you could go after their missile sites, but Israel is keeping its options open — one hopes, to avoid a regional, direct conflict between Iran and Israel. The consequences of that [are] just unknowable to anyone at this stage.”

 

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Biden rejects suggestion of imminent Israeli strike on Iran​

Image source,EPA/Shutterstock
The US president shared the update with reporters at the White House today
US President Joe Biden has dismissed suggestions of an Israeli strike on Iran being launched today.

Asked by reporters at the White House if the US would allow Israel to respond to Tuesday's attacks from Iran, Biden said: "First of all, we don't 'allow' Israel, we advise Israel. And there is nothing going to happen today."

Following the large-scale missile attacks launched by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran will pay for the "big mistake".

 

[Ghazi52]

Satellite imagery shows aftermath of Iranian strikes on air base in southern Israel​

From CNN's Paul P. Murphy

Two hangars, used to store large planes at Nevatim Air Base in Israel, were heavily damaged by missiles from the Iranian attack on Tuesday, October 1.

Planet Labs

Iran’s missile attack on Israel on Tuesday destroyed at least three buildings at the Netavim Air Base in southern Israel and left at least a dozen craters, a CNN analysis of satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows.

Iran’s military chief Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri said that the base — located in the remote Negev desert in Israel — was targeted, along with another air base and the headquarters of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency.

Iran's missile attack on Tuesday, October 1, on Israel left at least a dozen craters at the Netavim Air Base in southern Israel, like the one seen in the middle of this image.

Planet Labs

Videos geolocated by CNN show a number of explosions at the airbase during the attack. Missiles tore large holes in the roofs of two hangars used to store larger planes. Debris from the structures, splintered by the missile, are scattered on the ground around the hangars.

Right next to the hangars, two additional craters are seen in a taxiway of the base. Satellite imagery shows that a portion of the taxiway hit by the missiles is being actively being excavated and repaired.

Iran also appeared to have targeted other hangars at the base. Two missiles just missed a group of hangars, which are likely used for storing fighter jets, by about 40 feet, based on where the craters are.

A third building just north of the hangars was also hit. It’s unclear what that building was used for, but it was not used to store aircraft.

Taxiways, a runway and other roadways at the base were also hit. The southernmost runway and a nearby taxiway both have craters of almost 30 feet.

 

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Biden says ‘discussing’ possible Israeli strikes on Iran oil facilities​

• His comments send oil prices spiking a month before US presidential election

AFP
October 3, 2024

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday just a month before the US presidential election.

Biden told reporters at the White House however that he was not expecting Israel to launch any retaliation for Tehran’s missile barrage on Israel before Thursday at least.

When asked by a reporter if he supported Israel striking Iran’s oil facilities, Biden said “we’re discussing that. I think that would be a little… anyway.”

Oil prices jumped five percent over concerns about the Middle East after Biden spoke.

A rise in oil prices could be hugely damaging for Biden’s Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat confronts Republican former president Donald Trump in a November 5 election where the cost of living is a major issue.

Biden said he did not expect any immediate action from Israel – even if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently paid little heed to calls for restraint as he targets allied Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“First of all, we don’t ‘allow’ Israel, we advise Israel. And there is nothing going to happen today,” Biden told reporters when asked if he would allow Israel to retaliate against Iran.

Biden said on Wednesday that he would not back Israel attacking Iranian nuclear sites.

Iran launched around 200 rockets in a direct missile attack on Israel on Tuesday, prompting Netanyahu to warn that Tehran would pay.

Iran said it was in retaliation for the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah.

Hezbollah has been launching rockets at Israel since shortly after the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Iran’s Palestinian ally Hamas, and Israel’s crushing retaliatory offensive in Gaza.

 

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US does not believe Israel has decided how it will respond to Iran attack, official says​

From CNN's Kevin Liptak

President Joe Biden speaks to the press as he prepares to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 3
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

The US does not believe Israel has made a decision on how to respond to Iran’s ballistic missile attack, according to an official familiar with the matter.

Israeli and American officials continue to discuss a response to Tuesday’s attack, but so far it is the United States’ understanding that Israel is still determining how to proceed, the official said.

Biden said earlier Thursday there were discussions about hitting Iranian oil reserves but stopped short of endorsing that option.

“We’re in discussions of that. I think that would be a little — anyway …” he said before being asked a separate, unrelated question. “There’s nothing going to happen today, we’ll talk about that later.”

The open-ended comments about targeting Iranian oil nonetheless prompted a spike in the price of oil as markets anticipated an attack on Iranian energy.

The official cautioned against speculation on what Israel might decide to hit, including oil facilities, because its leaders hadn’t yet decided on a course of action.

 

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Iranian deputy commander threatens to target Israel’s energy infrastructure​

From CNN’s Mostafa Salem

Ali Fadavi, Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), delivers a speech in the Iranian capital Tehran in 2019.

Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images/File

Israel’s power plants and gas refineries could be hit in response to an attack on Iran, the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, according to local media.

“Iran is a large and vast country and has many economic centers, while Israel has three power plants and several refineries. We can target all of these at once,” Brig. Gen. Ali Fadavi said.

Fadavi said Iran will target all energy sites if Israel makes “a mistake.”

 

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Remember:
Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles on Israeli cities Tuesday in response to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week. The strikes caused minimal damage.

In Beirut, the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi also warned of a “harsh response” if Israel attacks, saying so far his country had only attacked Israeli security and military sites.

His comments echoed an earlier statement from the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said earlier today that Tuesday’s Iranian attack on Israel was the “least punishment” and that Iran will attack Israel again “if needs be.”

Araghchi was speaking to reporters in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after meeting Lebanese parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri — a Hezbollah ally and a key figure in negotiations for a ceasefire with Israel.

 

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Biden says Israel shouldn’t strike Iranian nuclear sites​

From CNN's Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee and Kylie Atwood

US President Joe Biden is counseling Israel to take a proportional response to this week’s barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles, voicing opposition to a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in the hopes of preventing the conflict that has erupted in the region from widening further.

American officials are not privately trying to persuade Israel to hold back on retaliating against Iran, two senior administration officials told CNN, a notable difference from April when Biden encouraged Israel to “take the win” following the successful interception of a barrage of Iranian drones and missiles.

Instead, Biden hopes Israel will adopt a measured approach that can both uphold its right to strike back while avoiding action that could prompt further retaliation and tip the region into full-scale war.

“No one’s saying don’t respond,” one senior administration official said. “No one’s saying, ‘Take the win.’”

How that message will be received by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains to be seen, particularly as his political standing appears more assured following successful efforts to degrade Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The stakes of the moment could not be higher. Biden has watched with mounting concern as tensions in the region have spiraled. Attempts at brokering ceasefire agreements both in Gaza and along the Israel-Lebanon border have been largely fruitless. And the pending American presidential election has elevated the stakes of trying to manage the crisis.

Yahoo doesn't give a whit about what Pentagon or Biden thinks, the US chief of military staff confirmed this even today in a press conference at the Pentagon. They have a "right" to defend themselves.

I-PAK is who controls the US Congress and Senate and that is all that matters. They don't need to listen to Biden. In addition the guy is almost 100% mentally debilitated by now.

 

[Bilal9]

Remember:
Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles on Israeli cities Tuesday in response to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week. The strikes caused minimal damage.

In Beirut, the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi also warned of a “harsh response” if Israel attacks, saying so far his country had only attacked Israeli security and military sites.

His comments echoed an earlier statement from the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said earlier today that Tuesday’s Iranian attack on Israel was the “least punishment” and that Iran will attack Israel again “if needs be.”

Araghchi was speaking to reporters in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after meeting Lebanese parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri — a Hezbollah ally and a key figure in negotiations for a ceasefire with Israel.

Word on the street is that there may be a second barrage incoming into ISN'T-REAL from the East which may be a pre-emptive move. This time, the attack will most probably be all hypersonic munitions (unlike previous two volleys which were old munitions - just to test the response of Iron-Dome, David's sling and Arrow countermeasures and gather intelligence) and the CPEs of the newer hypersonic Iranian stuff will be far more accurate.

Nevatim airbase housed a lot of F-35s and quite a few of those were destroyed in the last Iranian attack, as initial satellite images confirmed, despite Yahoo's people attempting later to cover them up physically, including manipulating Google Earth imagery.

 

[Lulldapull]

Word on the street is that there may be a second barrage incoming into ISN'T-REAL from the East which may be a pre-emptive move. This time, the attack will most probably be all hypersonic munitions (unlike previous two volleys which were old munitions - just to test the response of Iron-Dome, David's sling and Arrow countermeasures and gather intelligence) and the CPEs of the newer hypersonic Iranian stuff will be far more accurate.

Nevatim airbase housed a lot of F-35s and quite a few of those were destroyed in the last Iranian attack, as initial satellite images confirmed, despite Yahoo's people attempting later to cover them up physically, including manipulating Google Earth imagery.

Yaar ye jo Iran kar raha hae iss tarha k hamlay sitting 1200kms away comfortably from Israel, this has given the lesser powers like India Pakistan Japan SK and Turkey and even China Russia a wake up call.

99% arsenals of all these countries is just junk obsolete weaponry.

Sub ko pata chal gya hae ye ab.

This has been the biggest takeaway from Iran displaying its capabilities.

All these lesser powers and their supporters online have gone quiet.

 

[Sharma Ji]

lesser powers like India Pakistan Japan SK and Turkey and even China Russia

pagla gaya hai kya ?

this is your list of "lesser powers" when compared to Iran ?

Iran are NOT in a proper hot war, yet.. ye lobbing projectiles by Iran has been way less effective than Mossad and IDF ops INSIDE Lebanon and Iran itself.

Ayatullah and IRGC ko bolo ki nuke shuke chalao, for baat karengei !

 

[Sharma Ji]

Other forum keeps thread banning from all of these ME war ones, BC

unko lagda I'm simping for the yahudis and being all anti musalman/arab when in reality I'm just calling the game as it plays out.

2 days to go for the 7th October nova festival massacre anniversary.

IDF might decide to pay a special tribute to their fallen

Iran and the ayatullahs/IRGC might have their own ideas about reminding the yahudee about what they can still do.

something will give, I am expecting some sort of event.

@Vsdoc @Guru Dutt @Lulldapull

 

[Lulldapull]

pagla gaya hai kya ?

this is your list of "lesser powers" when compared to Iran ?

Iran are NOT in a proper hot war, yet.. ye lobbing projectiles by Iran has been way less effective than Mossad and IDF ops INSIDE Lebanon and Iran itself.

Ayatullah and IRGC ko bolo ki nuke shuke chalao, for baat karengei !

You can’t do what Iran pulled 4 days ago!

You name me one weapon in your military you can use to target Israel with.

 

[Sharma Ji]

You can’t do what Iran pulled 4 days ago!

You name me one weapon in your military you can use to target Israel with.

what kind of weak ass strawman arguement is that ?

aap khud chek kar lo what all India have in our arsenal..

by comparison, Iran is only arse anal, bhai.

majak hai kya ?

wtfman

 

[Lulldapull]

what kind of weak ass strawman arguement is that ?

aap khud chek kar lo what all India have in our arsenal..

by comparison, Iran is only arse anal, bhai.

majak hai kya ?

wtfman

You don’t have any ballistic missiles conventionally configured in numbers to attack Israel with. You don’t have long range cruise missiles either. And your drone program is in its infancy.

Your conventional warplanes armor and warships are near useless to confront Israel with. Totally obsolete military yous got compared to the Iranians.

Some of us do happen know these things.

 

[Sharma Ji]

You don’t have any ballistic missiles conventionally configured in numbers to attack Israel with. You don’t have long range cruise missiles either. And your drone program is in its infancy.

Your conventional warplanes armor and warships are near useless to confront Israel with. Totally obsolete military yous got compared to the Iranians.

Some of us do happen know these things.

Whatever helps you sleep at night bro

 

[Sharma Ji]

 

[Lulldapull]

Whatever helps you sleep at night bro

Oh bhai China military is also untested! I bet you money right now China can’t do what Iran pulling off in the ME.

All China drones used in ME by Sawdi Iraqis and Jordanians have performed very poorly. All Chinese SAMs are untested. All Chinese SRBMs/ MRBMs untested too in modern conflict against any western ABM system.

Nobody buys Chinese weaponry bhai.

And we know yous far behind China in weapons technology.

Aaap say Iran more than a generation ahead in key areas.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Oh bhai China military is also untested! I bet you money right now China can’t do what Iran pulling off in the ME.

All China drones used in ME by Sawdi Iraqis and Jordanians have performed very poorly. All Chinese SAMs are untested. All Chinese SRBMs/ MRBMs untested too in modern conflict against any western ABM system.

Nobody buys Chinese weaponry bhai.

And we know yous far behind China in weapons technology.

Aaap say Iran more than a generation ahead in key areas.

o pra, that way toh US (and Israeli) weapons systems are about the most battle tested in the world.

chalo yeh batao why Iran stopped after that one barrage, out of which a few got through because they saturated the air defences of the yahoudees ?

gaza ka haal dekho, nothing but rubble, 10s of thousands dead.. ayatullas and IRGC are outraged, understandably.. why not doing more, then ?

results dikhao, not this false bravado when Mossad is on a rampage taking out the entire leadership of ham-ass and his-lullah.

 

[Lulldapull]

o pra, that way toh US (and Israeli) weapons systems are about the most battle tested in the world.

chalo yeh batao why Iran stopped after that one barrage, out of which a few got through because they saturated the air defences of the yahoudees ?

gaza ka haal dekho, nothing but rubble, 10s of thousands dead.. ayatullas and IRGC are outraged, understandably.. why not doing more, then ?

results dikhao, not this false bravado when Mossad is on a rampage taking out the entire leadership of ham-ass and his-lullah.

Not saturated….lol…..nobody can stop something coming at you at Mach-20! Target acquisition radars on ABM systems can’t compute a firing solution.

Iran got 99% of its hypersonics right thru half a dozen most highly rated western ABM systems, clearly trashing all western system reputation. Can China do this? Can you do this?

We know neither you nor your buddy China chickunn are capable of waging a war of aggression nor projecting power. No weapons no proxies you can’t do jack shiit.

Baat ko samajh bhai…..you and all these other small time puppu like turkey and China and UK etc…..you guys are all jokers! Everybody knows.

Aap log kuchh ne kar saktay bhai. You guys got nothing to fight with.

Hamas aur Hezbollah ko shikast ne day sakta Israel, they got no chance against Iran.

Israel’s long been defeated bhai, you’re not seeing the bigger picture.

Irans playing the long game. They know they’ve got the upper hand.

Iran does all this on its own initiative, where as you need the west to hold your hand and give you support to stand up to a weakling China chickunn?….

 

[Sharma Ji]

Not saturated….lol…..nobody can stop something coming at you at Mach-20! Target acquisition radars on ABM systems can’t compute a firing solution.

Iran got 99% of its hypersonics right thru half a dozen most highly rated western ABM systems, clearly trashing all western system reputation. Can China do this? Can you do this?

We know neither you nor your buddy China chickunn are capable of waging a war of aggression nor projecting power. No weapons no proxies you can’t do jack shiit.

Baat ko samajh bhai…..you and all these other small time puppu like turkey and China and UK etc…..you guys are all jokers! Everybody knows.

Aap log kuchh ne kar saktay bhai. You guys got nothing to fight with.

Hamas aur Hezbollah ko shikast ne day sakta Israel, they got no chance against Iran.

Israel’s long been defeated bhai, you’re not seeing the bigger picture.

Irans playing the long game. They know they’ve got the upper hand.

Iran does all this on its own initiative, where as you need the west to hold your hand and give you support to stand up to a weakling China chickunn?….

bs

again, im NOT anti Iran or pro yahudiz

why have Iran stopped, then ? .. where are the 10s of thousands of dead yahudiez ?

ikka dukka apartment block got hit

show me what damage Iran did.. and tell me why they're not doing more of these attacks while the Yahuds are still running rampage all over Gaza ?

I mean, understandable if you hate em and want the whole lot gas chambered lol, but filhaal we talking facts, verifiable facts, with evidence..

I posit that Iran have been utterly ineffective, on you to show me evidence to the contrary and dispute it.. dikhao ab

India got nadda to do with dis cluster ef, bro.. why you keep bringing up us gangus ?

 

[Lulldapull]

bs

again, im NOT anti Iran or pro yahudiz

why have Iran stopped, then ? .. where are the 10s of thousands of dead yahudiez ?

ikka dukka apartment block got hit

show me what damage Iran did.. and tell me why they're not doing more of these attacks while the Yahuds are still running rampage all over Gaza ?

I mean, understandable if you hate em and want the whole lot gas chambered lol, but filhaal we talking facts, verifiable facts, with evidence..

I posit that Iran have been utterly ineffective, on you to show me evidence to the contrary and dispute it.. dikhao ab

India got nadda to do with dis cluster ef, bro.. why you keep bringing up us gangus ?

This is not some hindu-Pak WW2 style frontal legacy war being fought conventionally. Two armies facing each other on horse back and swords and spears…

Oh bhai 5,000 Ijraheeli maaray jaa chukay hain! 10,000 of their soldiers injured. Entire north of Ijhraheel depopulated. A million ijhraheeli have long fled. Ijhraheeli economy k lund lugg he hain no body wanna invest there now.

Iran fights asymmetrically not like ghareeb hindu-pak WW2 style obsolete concept…..

Wtf could the US or NATO do in Afghanistan? 20 years later they replaced talibunnies with talibunnies and got frog marched out of Kabul.

Irans already made life untenable for ijhraheel by its way of warfare.

When yous in a constant state of war, your morale gets sapped and your will to resist crushed. Irans a master of siege warfare.

They’ll win this.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Dekho kya hota hai..

Jo hona hai ho hi jayega..

Be foolish to bet on an ayatullah led I-ran, but.

I would strongly advise against betting on a yahudi loss.

Wait and watch best hai, filhaal.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Day by day ayatullas ki bezti ho rahi hai

Day by day Israel are ravaging Gaza.... Russian style like they did in Grozny.

Palestinian Kadyrov ka intezaar hai, bass...

Mosab maybe ?

 

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Israel offers no guarantees to US on avoiding strikes against Iran's nuclear sites, says official​

Earlier the Israeli sources said that the country is preparing to launch an attack on Iran very soon

Anadolu Agency
October 06, 2024

‘We hope and expect to see some wisdom as well as strength, but as you guys know, no guarantees,’ senior State Department official tells CNN

A senior US State Department official said Israel has not assured the Biden administration it would refrain from attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to CNN.

The official said Friday that it is “really hard to tell” whether Tel Aviv would retaliate on the one-year mark of an attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, last Oct. 7 against Israel.

“We hope and expect to see some wisdom as well as strength, but as you guys know, no guarantees,” the unnamed official said after CNN asked if Israel provided guarantees to the US on its military intentions toward Iran.

Earlier this week, Iran launched missiles against Israel in retaliation for the assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Israel continues air and ground attacks against Lebanon while conducting strikes in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Iran would "pay" for the attacks.

 

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Iran has prepared response to any Israeli attack: media​

• Israel has vowed to attack Iran in response to 200 missiles fired by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

AFP
October 6, 2024

TEHRAN: Iran has prepared a plan to respond to a possible Israeli attack following the Islamic republic’s retaliatory missile strike against it last week, local media reported on Sunday.

“The plan for the necessary response to a possible action by the Zionists (Israel) has been fully prepared,” Tasnim news agency said, quoting “an informed source” in the armed forces.

On Tuesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired some 200 missiles at Israel in retaliation after the leaders of groups allied to Tehran were killed in attacks.

“If Israel takes action, there will be no doubt that an Iranian counterattack will be carried out,” said Tasnim.

It added that Iran “has a list of many Israeli targets”, and said Iran’s attack on Tuesday “showed that we can level to the ground any place it desires”.

Iran says attack on Israel is over as fears grow of wider conflict

Tuesday’s missile barrage, Iran’s second-ever direct attack on Israel, came after an Israeli air raid killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC top general Abbas Nilforoushan in Beirut.

It was also in retaliation for the killing of Palestinian group Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on July 31 in Tehran in an attack widely blamed on Israel.

On Saturday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned of a “proportional and similar reaction from Iran, and even stronger” if Israel attacks.

On Sunday, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad visited a key oil site in the Gulf, amid growing concerns over possible Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil facilities.

US President Joe Biden on Friday advised Israel against targeting oil sites in Iran, one of the world’s 10 largest oil producers.

 

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"Everything is on the table" for retaliation against Iran, Israeli defense minister tells CNN​

From CNN’s Jeremy Diamond

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 28, 2023.

Abir Sultan/Reuters

Israel is closely coordinating with the United States as it prepares to strike back at Iran, but will make its own, independent decisions about how to retaliate, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told CNN.

Even as the US has made clear it opposes a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, Gallant said Israel has not ruled out any of its options.

“Everything is on the table,” said Gallant, who will meet with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday to coordinate on threats from Iran and its proxies.

“Israel has capabilities to hit targets near and far — we have proved it. We will respond to the Iranian attack appropriately. We will not stand by and neither should the international community,” Gallant said.

Gallant has become one of Israel’s key interlocutors with the US, speaking frequently with Austin and top White House officials. He also met Sunday with Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, the head of US Central Command, to discuss Israel’s planned retaliation against Iran.

Gallant also touted the success of Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah so far, saying Israel has “dismantled a major part of their capabilities” and that Hezbollah now faces “a lack of command and control.”

The defense minister said the ground operation remains limited to targeting Hezbollah positions closer to the border, even as the operation has expanded in recent days.

Gallant argued that the blows Israel has dealt against Hezbollah “have made a crack that now opens the door to change not just in Lebanon, but in the entire Middle East.”

 

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Iran cancels overnight flights and announces closure of airspace​

From Nechirvan Mando

Flights at Iran’s airports will be canceled overnight Sunday into Monday, according to Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization.

The agency, citing “operational restrictions that have arisen” said the closure will last from 9 p.m. local time Sunday (1:30 p.m. ET) until 6 a.m. local time Monday morning, according to Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency.

Iran will also shut down part of its western airspace nightly until at least October 9, citing “military exercises,” according to a notice to airmen issued by the aviation authority.

The four “airways” that transit Iran’s western airspace will be shut from 8:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. local time.

Some context: No further details about the decision to cancel flights and shut down airspace were provided, but the moves coincide with the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Israeli officials have also vowed to retaliate after Iran launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel last Tuesday, marking its largest-ever attack on its regional adversary. Israel has not said when or what form this retaliation may take.

CNN’s Paul P. Murphy contributed reporting to this post.

 

[Lulldapull]

Iran willy nilly attacking Israel regularly without any consequences is the new normal now.

Only the astute will understand the gravity of this reality. The US is powerless to intervene in the dismantling of Israel by Iran.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

If you cannot kill a single person or harm any military installation with your so-called massive strike, why waste your inventory.

 

[Saif]

If you cannot kill a single person or harm any military installation with your so-called massive strike, why waste your inventory.

Israel is hiding its damages done by Iranian hypersonic missiles.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Israel is hiding its damages done by Iranian hypersonic missiles.

Which Hypersonic Missile does Iran have?

 

[Lulldapull]

Which Hypersonic Missile does Iran have?

Fatah-1/ 2 and Khayber Shikan.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Fatah-1/ 2 and Khayber Shikan.

Which kind of missiles are they? I.e cruise or ballistic or quasi ballistic?

 

[Lulldapull]

Which kind of missiles are they? I.e cruise or ballistic or quasi ballistic?

These three are the current vanguard of Iranian missile power which have been revealed as yet. There are many iterations of these not yet disclosed. The Fatah series are hypersonic, some of the older Fatah series have been quasi ballistic variants. The khayber Shikan is a ballistic missile.

Iran has more ballistic missiles in types and quantities than probably the rest of the world put together.

P.S. once yous defeated the best of the best…..no need to even advertise your wares no?

 

[Lulldapull]

Indian take on Iranian capabilities. India and China so far behind in doctrine experience and weaponry suitable for modern warfare. What a joke no?

Let me be quite frank here…..neither India nor China can cut the mustard on challenging the western juggernaut. Both are untested amateurs.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

These three are the current vanguard of Iranian missile power which have been revealed as yet. There are many iterations of these not yet disclosed. The Fatah series are hypersonic, some of the older Fatah series have been quasi ballistic variants. The khayber Shikan is a ballistic missile.

Iran has more ballistic missiles in types and quantities than probably the rest of the world put together.

P.S. once yous defeated the best of the best…..no need to even advertise your wares no?

They are ballistic missiles. All ballistic missiles with medium range are most of the time hypersonic. Word hypersonic is used only when the missile is cruise and travel at low altitude. Have you ever heard India tested Hypersonic Agni V? Though all Indian missiles starting from Pruthvi are hypersonic and travels at a speed of Mach V+. this terminology is used for cruise missiles only. For example, Russia fired Hypersonic Kinzhal, India tested hypersonic missile HSTDV etc. Had they been hypersonic missiles, Israel would not have been successful in shooting them down.

 

[Lulldapull]

They are ballistic missiles. All ballistic missiles with medium range are most of the time hypersonic. Word hypersonic is used only when the missile is cruise and travel at low altitude. Have you ever heard India tested Hypersonic Agni V? Though all Indian missiles starting from Pruthvi are hypersonic and travels at a speed of Mach V+. this terminology is used for cruise missiles only. For example, Russia fired Hypersonic Kinzhal, India tested hypersonic missile HSTDV etc. Had they been hypersonic missiles, Israel would not have been successful in shooting them down.

More than 95% of Iranian missiles went right thru the IDF defenses. Thousands of vids online bhai. Accurately targeting from 1200kms away with conventional warheads is what Iran proved with its last attack. Russia China India Pakistan Turkey South Korea Japan can’t do this and we have never seen them do anything other than buy name brand western weaponry. Russian kinzhals and Iskunders and KH-101’s are barely cutting the mustard. We know this from many online sources. Iskunders have a CEP of about 50 meters at max range. This is a disgrace for Russia.

China key to baat he na karo to behtar hae bhai. Bachon k khilonay banata hae China for weaponry.

 

[Ghazi52]

Iran 'prepared for a war situation', says foreign minister​

Image source, Reuter

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country is ready for a “war situation”.

Speaking while on a visit to Baghdad, he said: “We are fully prepared for a war situation. We are not afraid of war, but we do not want war, we want peace.”

He added that Iran would “work for a just peace in Gaza and Lebanon”.

The foreign minister is in Iraq to discuss efforts to stop the wars in Lebanon and Gaza.

 

[Ghazi52]

Ex-Israeli spy chief says he expects Israel to strike Iran's nuclear sites​

A former Israeli military intelligence chief has told the BBC that he expects Israel to strike Iranian nuclear sites in one of its "rounds" of attacks against Iran.

"Not only do I expect that, but I expect the international community to support us," Yossi Kuperwasser tells the BBC.

"Look how dangerous Iran is without nuclear weapons," says Kuperwasser, a former director general of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Israel Defense Forces intelligence head.

It comes as reports suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured US President Joe Biden that Israel will only target Iranian military infrastructure in response to the missile attacks earlier this month.

"I believe this is true," Kuperwasser tells the BBC, "because everybody has to understand this is not going to be a one-time attack by Israel."

Given Israel will be launching multiple rounds of attacks against Iran, "we have to make sure the Americans know we are attentive to their concerns about wide-scale regional war".

"The nuclear sites will have to be dealt with in the next round, if it's not going to be dealt with this round," Kuperwasser says.

 

[Lulldapull]

IDF can only target Iran using aero ballistic missiles like sparrow or Popeye or a few dozen untested cruise missiles launched from their Dolfin class subs. F-35’s flying in for strikes will be very risky and the F-35’s carry small payloads on the 3000+ km round trip.

Irans laughing at just how powerless Israel is……

 

[Ghazi52]

Iran warns it is ready to respond to any Israeli​

Image source, EPA
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

As Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza, the region still waits to see how - or when - it will attack Iran.

On 1 October, Iran launched almost 200 missiles towards Israel, with most intercepted. At the time, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, said Iran would "pay for it" - but there has been no military response yet.

Iran's foreign minister spoke last night to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres - and said that Iran was ready to respond if Israel attacks.

"Iran, while making all-out efforts to protect the peace and security of the region, is fully prepared for a decisive and regretful response to any adventures" by Israel, Abbas Araghchi told Guterres, according to the Iranian foreign ministry.

 

[Ghazi52]

Israel’s plan to respond to Iran’s attack is ready, source says​

From CNN’s Dana Karni

Israelis take cover as projectiles launched from Iran are intercepted in the skies over Rosh HaAyin, Israel, on October 1, 2024.

Maya Alleruzzo/AP

Israel’s plan to respond to Iran’s October 1 attack is ready, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, without providing further information.

CNN has reached out to the Israeli ministry of defense for comment.

Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have assured the US that a counterstrike on Iran would be limited to military targets rather than oil or nuclear facilities, according to a source.

Iran launched dozens of missiles toward Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and others.

Netanyahu had vowed that Iran would “pay” for the attack.

 

[Mainerik]

@Egyptian