[🇮🇷] Iran VS Israel

[Vsdoc]

The Tudeh party. Khomeini forgave them all so as long as they renounced their Bolshevik beliefs.

The other tier of these Tudeh creeps were the MKO thugs. Those mofo’s jumped on Saddam’s ship against their own country…..lol

Imagine that.

Yes MKO.

MEK too.

Mass killings in 1986 or 87.

 

[Saif]

Leaked US docs reveal Israel’s plans for strike on Iran

The United States is investigating the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, House Speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday.

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Leaked US docs reveal Israel’s plans for strike on Iran

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• US interpretations of Israeli Air Force and Navy planning​
• Originates from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency​
• Authenticity has been privately acknowledged​
• US investigating the leak​

The United States is investigating the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, House Speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday.

The documents appear to have been prepared by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, describing US interpretations of Israeli Air Force and Navy planning based on satellite imagery from Oct. 15-16.

They began circulating last week on the Telegram messaging app. Israel has been planning a response to a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on Oct. 1, its second direct attack on Israel in six months. Israel has intensified its offensive in Gaza and Lebanon, days after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Asked about the leak of the documents during an interview with CNN, Johnson, the US House of Representatives' top lawmaker, said an "investigation (is) underway and I'll get a briefing on that in a couple of hours." "...We are following it closely," Johnson added.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Pentagon said it was looking into the leak reports.

The New York Times reported that officials acknowledged privately that the documents were authentic, but that they likely only represent a portion of information the U.S. has on its close ally's planning.

The first document is titled: "Israel: Air Force Continues Preparations for Strike on Iran and Conducts a Second Large-Force Employment Exercise". It describes activities including ballistic and air-to-surface missile handling.

The second is titled: "Israel: Defense Forces Continue Key Munitions Preparations and Covert UAV Activity Almost Certainly for a Strike on Iran". UAVs are also known as drones.

U.S. President Joe Biden, responding to questions from reporters, said last week he had a good understanding of when and how Israel would attack Iran. But he also said he sees an opportunity to end the two enemies' back-and-forth strikes.​

 

[Lulldapull]

Irans slowly killing Israelis now, totally willy nilly using Arab proxies. I’d like to see israel or the US try returning the favor if they got the balls:

 

[Saif]

Iran says neighbours won’t allow use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for attack

Iran’s neighbours have pledged they will not allow the use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for any attack, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday, as Israel weighs a retaliation for the...

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Iran says neighbours won’t allow use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for attack
Agence France-Presse . Kuwait City 22 October, 2024, 22:31

Iran’s neighbours have pledged they will not allow the use of their ‘soil or airspace’ for any attack, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday, as Israel weighs a retaliation for the Islamic republic’s missile strike.

‘All our neighbours have assured us that they won’t allow their soil or airspace to be used against the Islamic Republic of Iran,’ Araghchi told a press conference in Kuwait, weeks after Iran’s October 1 missile attack on Israel.

Before Kuwait, Araghchi was in Bahrain on Monday as part of a regional tour that has also taken him to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Egypt and Turkey.

‘We are monitoring closely the movements of American bases in the region and are aware of all their movements and flights,’ Araghchi said, adding: ‘If Israel attacks Iran in any form, Iran will respond in the same format.’

The United States, Israel’s staunch ally, has military resources across the region including in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Araghchi also repeated Iran’s warnings against Israel not to attack its nuclear facilities.

‘Attacking nuclear sites is a big international crime; even threatening (to attack) nuclear sites is a crime and against international rights,’ he said.

‘To defend ourselves and our nuclear sites, we have our own tools and methods, and we count on them,’ the minister added.​

 

[Lulldapull]

 

[Lulldapull]

Iran should destabilize Jordan and get in from there using the vast pool of Jordanian disaffected citizens and pull the rug from underneath.

Everybody else has moved out of Irans way and they let Iran do whatever the hell it wants to.

A disintegrated/ chaotic Jordanian front is a key piece in this puzzle.

 

[Lulldapull]

 

[Lulldapull]

So now it’s not her but somebody else? She’s still got her Pentagon security clearance.

 

[Vsdoc]

The Pentagon ffs!!!

Iranis spreading fassad all over the world now?

 

[Lulldapull]

The Pentagon ffs!!!

Iranis spreading fassad all over the world now?

Doc, if the US don’t respond to Iran, then it’s a sign that it’s much too late. Lotsa older irani’s chattering that Trump might just sell Israel as a franchise to Iran in a back hand deal and walk away from this hemorrhaging asset for good.

 

[Vsdoc]

Doc, if the US don’t respond to Iran, then it’s a sign that it’s much too late. Lotsa older irani’s chattering that Trump might just sell Israel as a franchise to Iran in a back hand deal and walk away from this hemorrhaging asset for good.

Trump is much too invested in America and his wall and his Mexicans to give a fig about the ME.

One more month.

 

[Lulldapull]

Trump is much too invested in America and his wall and his Mexicans to give a fig about the ME.

One more month.

I won’t be surprised to see Trump sahb cut a deal with the wily irani’s on the future of this Christy X-Tian last clutching at the straws…..Iran gets to control this nonsense and gives the US a cut of the proceeds……and manages the business you know.

It could just turn out to be the sweetest deal of this millennium.

 

[Sharma Ji]

 

[Sharma Ji]

Piers Morgan pankalun full juice nikal raha is conflict ka, full

 

[Lulldapull]

 

[Lulldapull]

Iran prefers the long game. It’s so easy letting the proxies do all the heavy lifting no? No need to escalate to a Hollywood Spielberg Armageddon filumm.

Khud ba khud kaam ho ra hae….iran likes this sort of lazy easy living.

 

[Vsdoc]

Iran prefers the long game. It’s so easy letting the proxies do all the heavy lifting no? No need to escalate to a Hollywood Spielberg Armageddon filumm.

Khud ba khud kaam ho ra hae….iran likes this sort of lazy easy living.

Unless they are invaded.

The brown stuff will truly hit the fan then.

Al Qadisiya Part II.

Furst the Byzantines.

Then the Persians.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Iran prefers the long game. It’s so easy letting the proxies do all the heavy lifting no? No need to escalate to a Hollywood Spielberg Armageddon filumm.

Khud ba khud kaam ho ra hae….iran likes this sort of lazy easy living.

Attrition game, but the Jews will still prevail.

Hand of God jo hai i ke upar, JewAssAy ka phull sapport.

Inko Israeli HVTs udane ka, leadership decapitate karne ka... take out a few generals or likud guys. Not sure they have the capability to do so.

Small drone reached Bibi's residence, that's the closest they come to it so far.

 

[Lulldapull]

Attrition game, but the Jews will still prevail.

Hand of God jo hai i ke upar, JewAssAy ka phull sapport.

Inko Israeli HVTs udane ka, leadership decapitate karne ka... take out a few generals or likud guys. Not sure they have the capability to do so.

Small drone reached Bibi's residence, that's the closest they come to it so far.

It’s not bibis home being droned! It’s the sapping of the will to fight it out long term.

That’s how Iran destroys its enemies. No stamina to fight like a Persian wrestler/ grappler.

The one who’s weak……hyperventilates out and Iran cuts the oxygen on him……

Surrender now, or get humbled repeatedly until you realize the inevitable.

No hillbilla goin fight on behalf of the Al-Yahuda.

Oh bhai, this is why they call themselves ‘immortals’……..many have tried…..the Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs, the Mongols. None succeeded!

 

[Sharma Ji]

It’s not bibis home being droned! It’s the sapping of the will to fight it out long term.

That’s how Iran destroys its enemies. No stamina to fight like a Persian wrestler/ grappler.

The one who’s weak……hyperventilates out and Iran cuts the oxygen on him……

Surrender now, or get humbled repeatedly until you realize the inevitable.

No hillbilla goin fight on behalf of the Al-Yahuda.

Oh bhai, this is why they call themselves ‘immortals’……..many have tried…..the Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs, the Mongols. None succeeded!

I get that, and broadly agree but tu fir bhi inki simping pimping kar raha hai

 

[Lulldapull]

I get that, and broadly agree but tu fir bhi inki simping pimping kar raha hai

It’s just reality bhai. No need to pimp/ simp. Same story with the other big bhoyz of Russia or China or even India.

Too big to conquer.

 

[Sharma Ji]

It’s just reality bhai. No need to pimp/ simp. Same story with the other big bhoyz of Russia or China or even India.

Too big to conquer.

Nobody's looking to conquer them. This is not even a proper hot war yet, the odd (mostly ineffective) salvo, and effective assassinations notwithstanding,

Israelion ne dikha dia bhai, k why exactly unki khoofia capabilities legendary hai, Nasrallah, Sinwar and co had got to have been among the most well protected people in Lubnaan and Gaja, spl once hostilities broke out and they knew the Jew would be coming for them.

Credit where due, Iran ne bhi ballsy harkat kari hai rocketein barsa ke.

Majedaar conflict hai.

 

[Lulldapull]

Nobody's looking to conquer them. This is not even a proper hot war yet, the odd (mostly ineffective) salvo, and effective assassinations notwithstanding,

Israelion ne dikha dia bhai, k why exactly unki khoofia capabilities legendary hai, Nasrallah, Sinwar and co had got to have been among the most well protected people in Lubnaan and Gaja, spl once hostilities broke out and they knew the Jew would be coming for them.

Credit where due, Iran ne bhi ballsy harkat kari hai rocketein barsa ke.

Majedaar conflict hai.

Right……but we know who goin win dis no?

Iran will not let go. And Israel don’t got the stamina nor the oomph to keep up.

Amreeka k bhattay per larrnay waala? Against Iran? Itty bitty two bit?

You know de end.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Right……but we know who goin win dis no?

Iran will not let go. And Israel don’t got the stamina nor the oomph to keep up.

Amreeka k bhattay per larrnay waala? Against Iran? Itty bitty two bit?

You know de end.

Gotta disagree there, bro, 100% do not agree.

Iran have no allies, none of note anyway, hizbullah and houthis are about it, right ?

Russia hai, but they tied up in their own Ukraine quagmire.

DPRK and Kim Jong bhi hai, inconsequential here, just as the south Amriki communist countries, Venehooella etc

All gulfie monarchies/emirates in the region are on the US dolla, most have a sectarian kerfuffle with Iran anyway, and will be happy to see the sun set on the Persians.

Akaley hain, the poor Iranis... they the next Syria/Libya if *&*&*&*& escalates, which I hope it doesn't.

A proud people, I've no doubt they'll throw more than a few punches and bloody a few noses along the way as they go down, but go down they will.

This is how things stand imo, kal ko agar Putin sb decides to get proper involved (like he did to save Bashar's rear in Syria).. big if, and highly unlikely, improbable etc..

Then we'll have to recalibrate.. abhi ki liye, I'm very bearish on Iran.

The one thing that's saving them is that this poori dunia will go for a toss with inflation and oil prices skyrocketing if we see a war there, the belligerent west/us/israelis know this well, k unka bhi full nuksaan hoga.

Iran ka proxy game dekho, destroy kar dia Yahudis ne... there's no even Gaza anymore, just rubbletown, destroyed and in ruins, the stench of death everywhere, human misery like rarely seen before (or maybe it has been seen, regardless, its pretty bad) .. Beirut and Lubnaan getting a good dose too.

 

[Lulldapull]

Gotta disagree there, bro, 100% do not agree.

Iran have no allies, none of note anyway, hizbullah and houthis are about it, right ?

Russia hai, but they tied up in their own Ukraine quagmire.

DPRK and Kim Jong bhi hai, inconsequential here, just as the south Amriki communist countries, Venehooella etc

All gulfie monarchies/emirates in the region are on the US dolla, most have a sectarian kerfuffle with Iran anyway, and will be happy to see the sun set on the Persians.

Akaley hain, the poor Iranis... they the next Syria/Libya if &&&& escalates, which I hope it doesn't.

A proud people, I've no doubt they'll throw more than a few punches and bloody a few noses along the way as they go down, but go down they will.

This is how things stand imo, kal ko agar Putin sb decides to get proper involved (like he did to save Bashar's rear in Syria).. big if, and highly unlikely, improbable etc..

Then we'll have to recalibrate.. abhi ki liye, I'm very bearish on Iran.

The one thing that's saving them is that this poori dunia will go for a toss with inflation and oil prices skyrocketing if we see a war there, the belligerent west/us/israelis know this well, k unka bhi full nuksaan hoga.

Iran ka proxy game dekho, destroy kar dia Yahudis ne... there's no even Gaza anymore, just rubbletown, destroyed and in ruins, the stench of death everywhere, human misery like rarely seen before (or maybe it has been seen, regardless, its pretty bad) .. Beirut and Lubnaan getting a good dose too.

Yous being tactical, not strategic, just like the ijh-raheelis. And it’s not just hijbulla and houthis. The entire Iraq and Syria too and 2/3rds of Afghanistan too totally back Iran.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Yous being tactical, not strategic, just like the ijh-raheelis. And it’s not just hijbulla and houthis. The entire Iraq and Syria too and 2/3rds of Afghanistan too totally back Iran.

Tactical Micro here and now, aj well aj

Strategic, tomorrow and beyond ka bol ra hu, bhai

Long (strategic) game khelne waalas are Usrael and co, halke halke oxygen khatam kar re hain Iran ki,

slow acting venomous bite, and blood sucking leeches wala scene

as opposed to a bone crushing crocodilian or constrictor snake ki grip.

Put it this way, if this was a schoolyard fight, small snobby rich kid vs the football captain whatever.. but the small kid be packing heat, and his dad's rich and a politician and his uncle's the world's top lawyer.

Soch shmajh ke panga lene ka, notice also the clever Yahudis ka game.. haven't responded.. why ? Unko pata hai Iran ne apnay hi paer pe kulhadi chalai hai with the attack.. they're sitting on a NATO and westie carte blanche che3que to go full loco and level Tehran etc right now

but the Jew isn't cashing in just yet, he letting the interest accrue as he full zenocides Gaja..

ye bhot chalaak log hai, musalmans are too emotional is mamlay ko le ke.

 

[Sharma Ji]

The entire Iraq and Syria too and 2/3rds of Afghanistan too totally back Iran.

Missed this bit.

Well, those 3 you mention there, they lie in ruins.. unka game kab ka over hui gava.. good luck fighting (((the system))) with an army of Polio ridden cripples lol

 

[Vsdoc]

Yous being tactical, not strategic, just like the ijh-raheelis. And it’s not just hijbulla and houthis. The entire Iraq and Syria too and 2/3rds of Afghanistan too totally back Iran.

Push come to shove, so will the Kurds.

So will the Azeris.

So will the Uzbeks and Tajiks and Kyrgys.

 

[Saif]

Israel begins airstrikes on Iran

The Israeli military said it had ‘fully mobilised’ its offensive and defensive capabilities as it carried out strikes on military targets in Iran on Saturday.

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Israel begins airstrikes on Iran
Agence France-Presse. Jerusalem, Undefined | 26 October, 2024, 06:23

The Israeli military said it had ‘fully mobilised’ its offensive and defensive capabilities as it carried out strikes on military targets in Iran on Saturday.

‘Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilised,’ the military said in a statement. Military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, in a separate statement, called on the people to be ‘alert and vigilant’.

Iranian state TV said Saturday ‘strong explosions’ were heard around the capital Tehran, without specifying the cause of the blasts.

‘Minutes ago, the sound of strong explosions were heard from around Tehran, the source of these sounds is not yet clear,’ a state TV presenter said.

An AFP reporter also heard the explosions.

Several Tehran residents reported hearing ‘strong and loud sounds’ around the capital, the official IRNA news agency said.

The blasts were first heard around 2:15 am local time, mainly to the west of the city, it said.

Israel has vowed to respond to Iran's missile attack on October 1​

 

[Sharma Ji]

Israel strikes Iran as payback for missile attack, risking escalation of Mideast wars

marked the first time Israel’s military has openly attacked Iran, which hasn’t faced a sustained barrage of fire from a foreign enemy since its 1980s war with Iraq.

Israel said Saturday it had launched “precise strikes on military targets” and, according to two Israeli officials, it was not targeting nuclear or oil facilities.

aj predicted @Lulldapull

 

[Lulldapull]

Israel strikes Iran as payback for missile attack, risking escalation of Mideast wars

marked the first time Israel’s military has openly attacked Iran, which hasn’t faced a sustained barrage of fire from a foreign enemy since its 1980s war with Iraq.

Israel said Saturday it had launched “precise strikes on military targets” and, according to two Israeli officials, it was not targeting nuclear or oil facilities.

aj predicted @Lulldapull

Bhai, Israel’s attack was like a toddler walking up to you and smacking your leg and then walking away. The IDF launched 4 aero ballistic missiles over Jordanian airspace and three of those missiles got intercepted by Iranian air defenses and the fourth one landed in an open field. Zero damage.

Fairly evident that ijh-Raheel don’t got the capability to strike Iran.

Aik dum phattu attempt at an attack by ijh raheel. The saddest thing here is that Irans not only exposed ijh raheel as a joke, but in doing so has exposed the top ten military powers as jokers too.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Bhai, Israel’s attack was like a toddler walking up to you and smacking your leg and then walking away. The IDF launched 4 aero ballistic missiles over Jordanian airspace and three of those missiles got intercepted by Iranian air defenses and the fourth one landed in an open field. Zero damage.

Fairly evident that ijh-Raheel don’t got the capability to strike Iran.

Aik dum phattu attempt at an attack by ijh raheel. The saddest thing here is that Irans not only exposed ijh raheel as a joke, but in doing so has exposed the top ten military powers as jokers too.

The LORAs ?

gib link

bhai, this is just a 'knock on roof' bombs type, a warning.

 

[Lulldapull]

The LORAs ?

gib link

bhai, this is just a 'knock on roof' bombs type, a warning.

Achha? After Iran hit 200 mayzile on Nevatim and Tel Nov military bases? In front of the entire planet?

With all the coludds looking on? And getting that sinking feelin, that there ain’t no hope for any sorta emancipation?

 

[Sharma Ji]

Achha? After Iran hit 200 mayzile on Nevatim and Tel Nov military bases? In front of the entire planet?

With all the coludds looking on? And getting that sinking feelin, that there ain’t no hope for any sorta emancipation?

Yaar we keep going around in circles.

US election in a few days, tab tak Israel will be quiet, mostly.

Fir dekho scene, I hope it's Trump, he'll put an end to this madness.

 

[Egyptian]

Yaar we keep going around in circles.

US election in a few days, tab tak Israel will be quiet, mostly.

Fir dekho scene, I hope it's Trump, he'll put an end to this madness.

Them not attacking Iranian nuclear sites means that the US isn't totally onboard with them, yet.

 

[Lulldapull]

Yaar we keep going around in circles.

US election in a few days, tab tak Israel will be quiet, mostly.

Fir dekho scene, I hope it's Trump, he'll put an end to this madness.

Oh bhai, ijh-raheel don’t got da ‘salahiyat’ to retaliate.

This is da crux of da drama! Abbu humreeka is being goaded by ijh-raheel to save da bacon no?

AAP ko samjhaya thaa maheeno pehlay k Iran aap say 100 saal aagay hae in warfare and affiliated technology…..you think everybody is a foo?

 

[Sharma Ji]

Them not attacking Iranian nuclear sites means that the US isn't totally onboard with them, yet.

I doubt they'll give Israel the green light for that kind of escalation, Trump in particular.. Kamala will do whatever her neocon and neolib warhawk handlers will order her to do.

We'll all get clarity soon as the results are clear. This game is stuck in limbo for now with both sides holding back while the Americans pick their leader.

Tense shite, man... you can cut it with a

What fun !

 

[Sharma Ji]

Oh bhai, ijh-raheel don’t got da ‘salahiyat’ to retaliate.

This is da crux of da drama! Abbu humreeka is being goaded by ijh-raheel to save da bacon no?

AAP ko samjhaya thaa maheeno pehlay k Iran aap say 100 saal aagay hae in warfare and affiliated technology…..you think everybody is a foo?

They're maybe a 1000 years ahead, but you git the game wrong.

They are hazaar Saal aagey in the proxy game !

Saturation attack, DPRK 70s type tech hai unke paas.

India is ballistic tech wise where we sending xhite to the Moon

To Mars

In orbit around the

etc... padosi mulkon pe ek aadh rocket girana is no biggie.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Ghanta advanced

 

[Lulldapull]

They're maybe a 1000 years ahead, but you git the game wrong.

They are hazaar Saal aagey in the proxy game !

Saturation attack, DPRK 70s type tech hai unke paas.

India is ballistic tech wise where we sending xhite to the Moon

To Mars

In orbit around the

etc... padosi mulkon pe ek aadh rocket girana is no biggie.

You got all the tech for space program from Russia and France. Yous don’t got anything of worthwhile value. We all know this. Some ISRO software is all yous got.

What Iran has in ballistic missiles and cruise/ drones, you’d be dreaming to get that over the next generation bhai. AAP k paas kuchh nahi hae in weaponry.

You just buy western name brand woman’s purse from Hermes and say it’s all that?

That truly is your military situation just like Pakistan China or turkey.

 

[Sharma Ji]

You got all the tech for space program from Russia and France. Yous don’t got anything of worthwhile value. We all know this. Some ISRO software is all yous got.

What Iran has in ballistic missiles and cruise/ drones, you’d be dreaming to get that over the next generation bhai. AAP k paas kuchh nahi hae in weaponry.

You just buy western name brand woman’s purse from Hermes and say it’s all that?

That truly is your military situation just like Pakistan China or turkey.

Not entirety accurate, what you just posted.

But even if it was, so what, paisa hai...khud nahi, toh fir market se khreedney ka, aur kya ?

I don't see no shame there, have money (and standing) in the world, tabhi yoh sab kutton ki tareh lage hue hain... "pleaj buy, saar" .. US, west, Europe.. all singing the same tune.

We are in a Seth ji position.

Iran got no market access, say for China.. but even Chinese will give it close consideration, about what they can make available to them.

 

[Sharma Ji]

game on, brozatullahs !

 

[Sharma Ji]

hard-core sabre rattling chal rahi hai filhaal

they holding their punches, both sides

Israel have lost their mind but, chain reaction sa shuru ho gaya hai.. ww3 ekdum !

 

[Sharma Ji]

 

[Lulldapull]

Not entirety accurate, what you just posted.

But even if it was, so what, paisa hai...khud nahi, toh fir market se khreedney ka, aur kya ?

I don't see no shame there, have money (and standing) in the world, tabhi yoh sab kutton ki tareh lage hue hain... "pleaj buy, saar" .. US, west, Europe.. all singing the same tune.

We are in a Seth ji position.

Iran got no market access, say for China.. but even Chinese will give it close consideration, about what they can make available to them.

Yaar China k hathyaar koi nahi khareedta. I mean their gadgets are just toys. Everyone knows…..

You know the entire issue is the intent to do something. China is solely focused on playing businessman.

Irans fukking focused on hegemony and trying resurrect the Sassanian kingdom. They’re almost there……just gotta play it kool. Easy does it…..

 

[Saif]

Iran plays down Israel's strikes, says they caused 'limited damage'

Iran on Saturday played down Israel's overnight air attack against Iranian military targets, saying it caused only limited damage, as U.S. President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East

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Iran plays down Israel's strikes, says they caused 'limited damage'

A general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard, in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2024. Photo: Reuters/Majid Asgaripour
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• Targets did not include energy or nuclear facilities, US says​
• Biden says he hopes the strikes are the end of the confrontation​
• US was notified by Israel in advance, official says​
• Iran says it has 'responsibilities towards regional peace and security'​
• Iran says it suffered four dead and some limited damage​

Iran on Saturday played down Israel's overnight air attack against Iranian military targets, saying it caused only limited damage, as US President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East.

Scores of Israeli jets completed three waves of strikes before dawn against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, Israel's military said.

It was retaliation for Iran's Oct. 1 attack on Israel with about 200 ballistic missiles, and Israel warned its heavily armed arch-foe not to hit back after the latest strike.

Iran condemned the Israeli raid and its foreign ministry said Iran was "entitled and obligated" to defend itself. But it added that it "recognises its responsibilities towards regional peace and security," a more conciliatory statement than after previous bouts of escalation.

Iran's military said the Israeli warplanes used "very light warheads" to target border radar systems in the provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan and around Tehran.

"Enemy planes were prevented from entering the country's airspace... and the attack caused limited damage," Iran's military joint staff said in a statement.

David Albright, a former U.N. nuclear weapons inspector, said low resolution commercial satellite imagery appeared to show that one Israeli strike hit the sprawling Parchin military complex near Tehran, damaging three buildings, including two where solid fuel was mixed for ballistic missile engines.

Tensions between Iran and Israel have grown rapidly since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Iran-backed Hamas, raising fears of a wider regional conflict that could drag in global powers and imperil world energy supplies.

Worsening conflict in Lebanon, where Israel is waging an intense campaign against Iran's main regional ally Hezbollah to stop it firing rockets into northern Israel, has raised the temperature still further.

The United States, which had pressed Israel to avoid targeting sensitive Iranian energy and nuclear sites, joined other countries in calling for a halt to the cycle of confrontation between Israel and Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel had chosen the targets in Iran based on its national interests, not according to what was dictated by the United States.

Biden said the strikes appeared to have only hit military targets and added that he hoped they were "the end".

Vice President Kamala Harris, who hopes to succeed Biden by winning the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, said it was "the strong perspective of the United States that there must be de-escalation."

Two regional officials briefed by Iran told Reuters that several high-level meetings were held in Tehran to determine the scope of Iran's response. One official said the damage was "very minimal" but added that several Revolutionary Guards bases in and around Tehran were also hit.

Iranian news sites aired footage of passengers at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, seemingly meant to show there was little impact.

Israel's military, signalling it did not expect an immediate Iranian response, said there was no change to public safety restrictions across the country.

'MESSAGE TO IRAN'

Beni Sabti, an Iran expert at Tel Aviv's Institute for National Security Studies, said the Israeli strike had appeared designed to give Tehran an opportunity to avoid further escalation.

"We see that Israel wants to close this event, to pass this message to Iran that it is closed and we don't want to escalate it," he said.

Videos carried by Iranian media showed air defences continuously firing at apparently incoming projectiles in central Tehran, without saying which sites were coming under attack.

Israel's military said its jets had struck missile manufacturing facilities and surface-to-air missile arrays, and safely returned home.

"If the regime in Iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we will be obligated to respond," the military said.

Israel notified the US before striking, but Washington was not involved in the operation, a US official told Reuters. Targets did not include energy infrastructure or Iran's nuclear facilities, a US official said.

In the days after Iran's strikes on Israel this month, Biden had warned that Washington, Israel's main backer and supplier of arms, would not support a retaliatory strike on Tehran's nuclear sites and had said Israel should consider alternatives to attacking Iran's oil fields.

Arab states situated between Israel and Iran have been particularly worried that use of their airspace could prompt retaliation against them.

Jordanian television quoted a source in the country's armed forces as saying no military planes had been allowed through its airspace. A Saudi official also said that Saudi airspace had not been used for the strike.

A regional intelligence source said Israeli jets had flown across southern Syria, emitting sonic booms near the Jordanian border, and then across Iraq.

Saudi Arabia, which has mended fences with Iran after years of regional rivalry, and had been edging towards better ties with Israel before the war in Gaza, condemned the attack as a violation of Iranian sovereignty and international law.

LEBANON CONFLICT

Israel's military eased some safety restrictions for residents in areas of northern Israel late on Saturday, a possible indication that it does not expect any immediate large-scale attack from Iran or its proxies in the region.

The decision followed a "situational assessment", it said in a statement.

Still, Lebanon's Hezbollah warned residents of more than two dozen towns in northern Israel to immediately evacuate, saying they had become legitimate targets because it said Israeli troops were stationed there.

Israel meanwhile said it had struck Hezbollah facilities in Beirut's southern Dahiyeh suburb including a weapons-making site and an intelligence headquarters.

The conflict in Lebanon, which has greatly intensified in recent weeks, has also led to strikes on sites linked to Iran and Hezbollah in Syria.

Israel launched airstrikes against some military sites in central and southern Syria early on Saturday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. Israel has not confirmed striking Syria.Efforts to secure a ceasefire and hostage-release deal in Gaza, which could help cool the wider conflict, are expected to resume in Doha when negotiators fly there on Sunday.​

 

[Saif]

Israel Strikes: Iran says it will defend itself

Iran warned yesterday it would defend itself after Israeli air strikes on military targets killed at least two soldiers and further stoked fears of a full-scale regional war in the Middle East.

www.thedailystar.net

Israel Strikes: Iran says it will defend itself​

• Limited damage but 2 soldiers killed: Iran​
• Targets did not include energy or nuclear facilities: US​

Iran warned yesterday it would defend itself after Israeli air strikes on military targets killed at least two soldiers and further stoked fears of a full-scale regional war in the Middle East.

Israel warned Iran would "pay a heavy price" if it responded to the strikes, and the United States, Germany and Britain demanded Tehran not escalate the conflict further.

Other countries, including many of Iran's neighbours, condemned Israel's strikes and some, such as Russia, urged both sides to show restraint and avoid what Moscow dubbed a "catastrophic scenario".

The Islamic republic insisted it had the "right and the duty" to defend itself, while its Lebanese ally Hezbollah said it had already launched rocket salvos targeting five residential areas in northern Israel.

The Israeli army said 80 projectiles were fired across the border yesterday.

Confirming its own strikes after explosions and anti-aircraft fire echoed around Tehran, the Israel military said it had hit Iranian missile factories and military facilities in several regions.

The "retaliatory strike has been completed and the mission was fulfilled", while Israeli aircraft "returned safely", a military spokesman added.

Iran confirmed Israel had targeted military sites in Tehran province around the capital and other parts of the country, saying the raids caused "limited damage" but killed two soldiers.

DIRECT ATTACK

Israel had vowed to retaliate after October 1, when Iran fired around 200 missiles in only the second-ever direct attack against its arch-foe. Most of those missiles were intercepted, but one person was killed.

The Israeli retaliation drew condemnation from Hamas, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, which warned against further escalation. Jordan stated that Israeli jets had not used its airspace. Turkey was one of the most outspoken critics, calling for an end to "terror created by Israel".

Israel is already engaged in combat on two fronts.

Since last month, it has been fighting a war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including strikes that have killed the group's senior leadership and ground incursions seeking to destroy missile sites.

And, for more than a year since Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack, Israel has been fighting a war in Gaza that has caused mass civilian casualties in the densely populated Palestinian territory.

The United Nations has warned the "darkest moment" of that conflict was unfolding, with Palestinians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and daily Israeli bombing.

Along with Hezbollah and Hamas, Iranian-allied groups in Yemen, Iraq and Syria, have carried out attacks during the fallout from the Gaza war.

At roughly the same time as Israel struck targets in Iran, the Syrian state news agency SANA said an Israeli air attack targeted military positions in central and southern Syria.

'IRANIAN PROXIES'

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose network of pro-Iran factions, claimed responsibility before dawn yesterday for a drone attack against a "military target" in northern Israel.

On Friday, two people died from shrapnel wounds after a Hezbollah rocket barrage into Israel's north, Israeli officials said.

In addition to the residential strikes, Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at Israeli soldiers near the village of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon and at an intelligence base as well as launching drones against Israel's Tel Nof air base south of Tel Aviv.

Yesterday, Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike had killed a Hezbollah-affiliated medic in Bazuriyeh in the south of the country.

US National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said Israel's response to Iran was "an exercise in self-defence".

He urged Iran to "cease its attacks on Israel so that this cycle of fighting can end without further escalation".

The Israeli military has blamed "Iran and its proxies" in the region for "relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7", when Hamas's attack against Israel triggered the Gaza war.

That attack resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of official Israeli figures.

Dozens of hostages seized on that day are still held in Gaza.

Israel's retaliatory bombardment and ground war in Gaza have killed 42,924 people, the majority civilians, according to data from the Hamas-run territory's health ministry, figures the United Nations considers reliable.

In late September, Israel turned its focus to Lebanon hitting, Hezbollah targets and leaders and then sending in ground troops.

Israel says the aim is to make the north of its country safe for tens of thousands of displaced civilians to return.

At least 1,580 people have been killed in Lebanon since September 23, according to an AFP tally of Lebanese health ministry figures.

In April, in its first-ever direct assault against Israeli territory, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles.

Tehran said the barrage was retaliation for a strike on Iran's consular annexe in Damascus that killed members of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Explosions later in April shook Iran's Isfahan province in what US officials, cited by American media, said was Israeli retaliation.

HOSPITAL UNDER THREAT

Iran said its October 1 missile attack on Israel was retaliation for an Israeli air raid that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah as well as the assassination in Tehran of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.

On Friday, Gaza's health ministry accused Israeli forces of storming the last functioning hospital in the territory's north in a raid it said left two children dead.

The Israeli military said its forces were operating around Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp but it was "not aware of live fire and strikes in the area of the hospital".

The Israeli military says it is seeking to destroy operational capabilities Hamas is trying to rebuild in the north.

Also on Friday, Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli drone strikes killed 12 people waiting to receive aid near the Al-Shati refugee camp.​

 

[Sharma Ji]

Yaar China k hathyaar koi nahi khareedta. I mean their gadgets are just toys. Everyone knows…..

You know the entire issue is the intent to do something. China is solely focused on playing businessman.

Irans fukking focused on hegemony and trying resurrect the Sassanian kingdom. They’re almost there……just gotta play it kool. Easy does it…..

They could so easily slip into the role of regional co-hegemon along with the Gulfie lot (who are led by the al Sauds)

make serious bank

get proper access to all sorts of weapons systems and tech transfers and collabs and investments pouring in... if only they stopped being so fuggin' stubborn about dying on the Palestinian hill !

 

[Lulldapull]

Israel’s attack fizzled out. Hard to believe they launched 68 aero ballistic missiles toward Iran and only 6 made it thru, out of which only 2 actually hit that air defense site, killing 4 soldiers.

I wonder how many Israelis died when 90% of of the 200 Iranian hypersonic missiles hit the Tel Nov and Nevatim complexes……

Israel is just so fulla shiit.

 

[Dogun18]

They could so easily slip into the role of regional co-hegemon along with the Gulfie lot (who are led by the al Sauds)

make serious bank

get proper access to all sorts of weapons systems and tech transfers and collabs and investments pouring in... if only they stopped being so fuggin' stubborn about dying on the Palestinian hill !

So much happening and so fast.