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Title: Booms and sirens in Israel after Iran launches over 200 missiles and drones in unprecedented attack
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URL Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/british- ... possible-vessel-081956588.html
Published: Apr 13, 2024
Author: JOSEF FEDERMAN and JON GAMBRELL
Post Date: 2024-04-13 22:14:25 by Dakmar
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war. The attack marked the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity dating back to the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Condemnation from the United Nations chief and others was swift, with France saying Iran “is risking a potential military escalation,” Britain calling the attack “reckless" and Germany saying Iran and its proxies “must stop it immediately." The Israeli military's spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Iran fired scores of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles — with the vast majority intercepted outside Israel’s borders. He said warplanes intercepted over 10 cruise missiles alone, also outside Israeli airspace. Hagari said a handful of missiles landed in Israel. Rescuers said a 7-year-old girl in a Bedouin Arab town was seriously wounded in southern Israel, apparently in a missile strike, though they said police were still investigating the circumstances of her injuries. Hagari said a missile struck an army base, causing light damage but no injuries. "A wide-scale attack by Iran is a major escalation,” he said. Asked whether Israel would respond, Hagari said only that the army “does and will do whatever is required to protect the security of the state of Israel.” He said the incident was not over, and dozens of Israeli warplanes remained in the skies. U.S. forces downed some of the Iran-launched drones flying toward Israel, according to a U.S. defense official and two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter. Israel’s military said its Arrow system, which shoots down ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere, handled most interceptions and noted that “strategic partners” were involved. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he was speaking to U.S. President Joe Biden early Sunday. No details on their conversation were immediately made public. But Biden has said his commitment to Israel's security is “ironclad” in the face of Iranian threats — a departure from his harsh criticism over Israel's handling of the war in Gaza. Iran had vowed revenge since an April 1 airstrike in Syria killed two Iranian generals inside an Iranian consular building. Iran accused Israel of being behind the attack. Israel hasn’t commented on it. Israel and Iran have been on a collision course throughout Israel’s six-month war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The war erupted after Hamas and Islamic Jihad, two militant groups backed by Iran, carried out a devastating cross-border attack on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others. An Israeli offensive in Gaza has caused widespread devastation and killed over 33,000 people, according to local health officials. Almost immediately after the war erupted, Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militant group in Lebanon, began attacking Israel’s northern border. The two sides have been involved in daily exchanges of fire, while Iranian-backed groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen have launched rockets and missiles toward Israel. In a statement carried late Saturday by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged launching “dozens of drones and missiles towards the occupied territories and positions of the Zionist regime.” In a later statement, the Revolutionary Guard issued a direct warning to the U.S.: “The terrorist U.S. government is warned any support or participation in harming Iran’s interests will be followed by decisive and regretting response by Iran’s armed forces." IRNA also quoted an anonymous official saying ballistic missiles were part of the attack. A ballistic missile moves on an arch trajectory, heading up into space before gravity brings the weapon down at a speed several times faster than the speed of sound. Israel has a multilayered air-defense network that includes systems capable of intercepting a variety of threats including long-range missiles, cruise missiles, drones and short-range rockets. However, in a massive attack involving multiple drones and missiles, the likelihood of a strike making it through is higher. Iran has a vast arsenal of drones and missiles. Online videos shared by Iranian state television purported to show delta-wing-style drones resembling the Iranian Shahed-136s long used by Russia in its war on Ukraine. The slow-flying drones carry bombs. Ukraine has successfully used both surface-to-air missiles and ground fire to target them. Some Israelis watched the interceptions light up the night sky. Air raid sirens were reported in numerous places including northern Israel, southern Israel, the northern West Bank and the Dead Sea near the Jordanian border. Israel's army ordered residents in the Golan Heights — near the Syrian and Lebanese borders — as well as the southern towns of Nevatim and Dimona and the Red Sea resort of Eilat into protective spaces. Dimona is home to Israel’s main nuclear facility, and Nevatim has a major air base. Loud booms were heard in Jerusalem and northern and southern Israel. The army’s Home Front Command canceled school Sunday and limited public gatherings to no more than 1,000 people. Israel and some other countries in the region closed their airspace. Earlier, Netanyahu warned: “Whoever harms us, we will harm them.” In Washington, Biden convened a principals meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the attack. Gen. Erik Kurilla, the head of the U.S. military’s Central Command, was in Israel over the weekend consulting with Israeli defense officials. The Central Command oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East. Iran’s mission to the United Nations issued a warning to both Israel and the U.S. “Should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe,” it wrote online. “It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!” For days, Iranian officials including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had threatened to “slap” Israel for the Syria strike. In Iran’s capital, Tehran, witnesses saw long lines at gas stations early Sunday as people appeared worried about what may come next. Dozens of hard-liners demonstrated in support of the attack at Palestine Square. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported heavy Israeli airstrikes and shelling on multiple locations in south Lebanon following Iran's launch of drones. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it launched “dozens” of Katyusha rockets at an Israeli military site in the Golan Heights early Sunday. It was not immediately clear if there was any damage. Iranian missiles or drones were intercepted in the sky above the Jordanian capital, Amman. In Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, and elsewhere in the country, residents reported seeing missiles in the sky and hearing explosions, likely from interceptions. In Syria, explosions were heard in the capital, Damascus, and elsewhere. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Syrian air defenses tried to shoot down Israeli attempts to intercept Iranian missiles. Poster Comment: Awww, sorry, Shlomo, I'd like to help but I have a roast in the oven I really need to keep an eye on.
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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)
LOL
Go figure, Yahoo has rejected all of my anti-Zionist comments this evening. I figured the ones about blood thirsty genocidal maniacs would be lumpy, but asking why the US is still arming them seemed fair game.
Iran proved themselves to be pussies. Israel should now target Iran and take them out permanently. Irans leadership should be taking dirt naps.
Iran successfully depleted much of Israel's multimillion dollar air defense missiles using thousand dollar drones, without using their most advanced ballistic missiles and other capabilities. That you don't understand that indicates you are either woefully uninformed or just a huge cheerleader for genocidal Talmudists. In case you don't know, they consider you and I Amalek, subhumans who can be killed with impunity.
Iran shot then cried we're done because they are pussies who are going to be destroyed if their is justice. Im sure you cheered when they took American hostages too. You hate democracies that are civilized and love mullahs who murder women who take the bags off their heads. Do you make your woman wear a bag on her head? Probably so.
Israel launched an airstrike attack against an Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1st. Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus They retaliated last night after warning that they would in order to avoid a wider conflict by launching a surprise attack. Actually no, I was almost sent there to help in an invasion of Iran at the time, but Carter chickened out. I was a US Marine at the time BTW. Just as with Talmudic Jews, leftists, and other sociopaths, you project your own shortcomings and misdeeds onto others. I am opposed to the slaughter of any innocent people, no matter their religion. However, Jews think they have the DIVINE RIGHT to commit genocide against any who oppose them, since they interpret the Book of Samuel, 1 Samuel 15:3 as COMMANDING them to do so.. From 1 Samuel 15:3 Evidently Samuel was writing that verse to please the Jewish king at the time, Saul. The Jews (or at least their leaders) hated the people of Amalek and needed their "God" to command them to do his dirty work. One must ask the question as to what sort of omnipotent God would need to command his children to mass murder a population of innocent people as well as their livestock. Why would he do so since the 6th Commandment is "Thou Shall not Kill".. Netanyahu invoked the words of Samuel in reference to the people of Palestine.. The Dangerous History Behind Netanyahu’s Amalek Rhetoric You appear to have a seething hatred of Muslims. Are you a Jew? Myself I despise those who have murderous hatred of others, especially when that hatred is based on mindless stupidity and self importance. I'm more of a Buddhist these days, although I was born and raised Roman Catholic. Buddhist hate no one, and don't condone violence except in cases of actual self defense. You need to see a professional I think. You appear to be a loose cannon who is just waiting for an opportunity to harm someone.
I don't like Muslims because they are terrorists. Their unholy Koran says to kill christians and Jews and anyone who disagrees with them. Why would I care about a people who think the evil koran is from God. God hates the muslim cult. I don't dislike MINOS. Muslims in name only. Just the fanatics that think they have to murder everyone.
I don't like Muslims because they are terrorists. Their unholy Koran says to kill christians and Jews and anyone who disagrees with them. I don't like terrorists no matter their religion. Israel has been the biggest terrorist in the Middle East since it was carved out of Palestine in the 1940s. I think you're confusing the Koran with the Talmud. Why would I care about a people who think the evil koran is from God. God hates the muslim cult. Uh huh. I think you're an unhinged lunatic. I doubt you have any actual knowledge of God, you just swing with whatever direction your masters at Langley tell you. I don't dislike MINOS. Muslims in name only. Just the fanatics that think they have to murder everyone. I doubt you could find any quote out of the Koran that speaks of killing Jews and others who aren't followers of Islam, but I might be wrong. Prove your allegations.
No such place as Palestine.
Palestine has been around for thousands of years, it used to be called the Philistia (land of the Philistines). Look it up.
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#4. To: Dakmar (#2)
#6. To: The_Rock (#4)
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#7. To: FormerLurker (#6)
#20. To: The_Rock (#7)
Iran shot then cried we're done because they are pussies who are going to be destroyed if their is justice.
Im sure you cheered when they took American hostages too.
You hate democracies that are civilized and love mullahs who murder women who take the bags off their heads.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
#28. To: FormerLurker (#20)
You appear to have a seething hatred of Muslims. Are you a Jew?
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#43. To: FormerLurker (#39)
I don't like terrorists no matter their religion. Israel has been the biggest terrorist in the Middle East since it was carved out of Palestine in the 1940s.
#45. To: The_Rock (#43)
No such place as Palestine.
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