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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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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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#7. To: FormerLurker (#6)
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.
Preach Christ in Jerusalem, let us know how that works out for you.
Christians in Jerusalem celebrate Easter in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war
Now show me an easter celebration in Iran. You can't can you.
Jews for Jesus poll: 1/5 of Jewish millennials believe Christ was God www.timesofisrael.com/jew...-jesus-poll-15-of-jewish- millennials-believe-christ-was-god/ Just like the Bible said in the last days they would turn to christ. Do you worship the pedophile Mohammad? If not why are you silent on the muslims calling Jesus a liar? You
You are allowed to preach Christ in Israel. It is illegal in your cult state of Iran. You'll be arrested or killed. Why don't you move to Iran you would love it there. You can put a bag over a womans head and if they take it off you can murder them. They would be quite happy to let you murder Jews there too. You would fit right in. You don't have an American point of view. Now you can shut the F up hypocrite. www.rferl.org/a/iran-chri...- persecuted/31836143.html No Place For Converts: Iran's Persecuted Christians Struggle To Keep The Faith Ali Shahvari grew up in a traditional and religious Muslim family in Iran. He was devoted to his country to the extent that he twice volunteered to fight on the front lines in the devastating Iran-Iraq War. But after one of his brothers was killed and another wounded in the 1980-88 conflict, he turned to drugs. Two decades later he found salvation on satellite television. After initially questioning the messages of Jesus Christ broadcast in Persian from abroad, Shahvari eventually converted to evangelical Christianity under a new name, Iman (Faith). But his path resulted in multiple arrests, a year in detention, and charges of blasphemy, acting against national security, and engaging in evangelical activity with the aim of attracting others to "deviant thoughts." That is because it is illegal for Muslims to convert in Iran, where unrecognized religious minorities are barred from assembling. Article 18, a London-based nonprofit organization that promotes religious freedom in Iran and advocates on behalf of its religious minorities, has documented the experiences of many who, like Shahvari, were forced to flee abroad to pursue their religious beliefs or who remain and are persecuted in Iran. The organization's latest annual report, produced jointly with other religious advocacy groups, reports more than 120 incidents of arrest, detention, or imprisonment of Christian converts, Iran's largest Christian community. The joint report says that one of the most striking trends in 2021 was the increased involvement of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in the crackdown on Persian-speaking Christians. The IRCG was responsible for 12 of the 38 documented incidents of arrests of Christians or raids on their homes or house churches in 2021. The report covering 2020-21 also notes the Iranian authorities' increased focus on cracking down on evangelism online, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei advancing a so-called "cyberarmy" to "protect" the Islamic republic from perceived threats. Following the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the Twelver Jafari School of Shi'ite Islam was named as Iran's official religion under the constitution, which also states that all Iranian laws be derived and consistent with Islamic doctrine. Three minority religions -- Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity -- are constitutionally recognized, but others are not and their followers are barred from holding services or possessing religious materials in Persian. That includes Christian coverts, who are not considered indigenous Christians. www.rferl.org/a/iran-chri...- persecuted/31836143.html "Indigenous Christians are mostly from Armenian, Assyrian, and Catholic churches, with some belonging to the Assemblies of God denomination," said Kiri Kankhwende of the U.K.-based religious advocacy organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), which also contributed to the report. "While several converts have joined the Assemblies of God denomination, others belong to various evangelical house-church networks."
You are such a f'n hypocrite. You talk shit you don't have a clue about. You are evil or stupid. Which is it? Iran: The Christians celebrating Easter in secret 31 March 2024 By Sara Monetta, BBC News She and her husband converted to Christianity years ago, something that in their country, Iran, is forbidden by law. They could be arrested at any time.
The "Jews" all around the world spend every waking moment with hatred toward Christ and His followers: Are these your Edomite friends?
When I worked for Illinois State Highways we had this Iranian-American foreman. He was so stupid everyone called him "the brain". When he walked into the day room, someone started to flick the light switch off an on to signify he was draining power from the system. He thought that was a compliment and was flicking the lights off an on himself. One time he was running the construction crew and the patch made a bump in the road. The Serbian-American engineer said to him, "You make humpldy-dumpldy in the road. Now I have to write you up." When he died one of the guys went to his funeral. He told me his two daughters were stone foxes. His family must have been Christians and fled Iran when the Shah's tyranny collapsed or maybe before then. Who knows. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
I guess you celebrate pagan fertility goddess worship yearly.
Millions of Christians do. Point is Israel lets people practice their religion. Your Iran doesn't let people do that and murders them. You love Muslims terrorizing people. You hate Israel because they are the only democracy in the middle east. You hate Christ because he was a Jew and came first for the Jews. Gentiles are grafted into the covenant. You believe in Ghosts which is stupid.
You don't know anything about me, what I like or dislike. Push hard enough for war and you will probably find it. You have nothing of substance.
Says the guy who called me a Jew and didn't you also call me a traitor. Maybe that was someone else. I don't support war. But if the muslims no matter where they cause trouble, then screw them. Appeasing them hasn't worked. I would rather live in the 80's. Better music, better culture. Better everything.
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. Why do you talk about preaching Christ in Israel when it is far worse in Iran. But you never complain about them. You just kiss muslim butt.
Yeah good. Iran has been funding attacks on Israel for generations. Have you had your head up a camels ass the whole time?
No Israel retaliated. Get your head out of your that camels ass.
Says the clown who is channeling AOC and Rashida Talib. American haters.
Yeah right. Hamas still has Israel hostages and you never mention that.
If you believe the Bible you would know that came from God from what I recall. God didn't want Israel infected by their fake gods.
Read the above. God didn't want the Jews to be affected by their fake Gods. He had a plan to bring his son here to save us. It seems he didn't want that plan interfered with. Which it seems to me it would have. It seems you aren't a believer. Which is your choice. And your responsibility.
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.
You hate Jews. So do you hate yourself?
I wasn't talking about Hamas, I was responding to your love for genocide. I am opposed to what happened on October 7th and the continued detainment of hostages. Committing a wrong doesn't correct another wrong. That explains a lot. Catholics pervert the Bible. You replaced Jesus with Buddha who can't save anyone and is the founder of a cult. Buddhists sin like everyone else and murder too.
I don't hate anyone. I do hate hypocrisy however, and I do hate evil. Self defense isn't wrong. You said Buddha told you that.
I said no such thing. I said I don't condone violence except in cases of actual self defense. Learn to read. Ok if you say so. Maybe you are just ignorant. Peace rainbows and unicorns for you.
Israel is defending themselves. Muslims have wanted to kill them from the river to the sea since there have been muslims. I paraphrased what you said. I know Buddha didn't actually say that to you personally.
Show me one single person in Gaza who condemned what Hamas did. 99 percent support them because they are a sick brainwashed culture.
I'm peaceful til the end. I just comment on the world as I see it. I hate evil and I see the Muslim cult as evil. So if they get spanked good.
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. You have become that which you hate, no matter what you claim as your religion. Prove your allegations. Surah 3:151: "We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve (all non-Muslims) …" Surah 2:191: "And kill them (non-Muslims) wherever you find them … kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers (non-Muslims)." Surah 9:5: "Then kill the disbelievers (non-Muslims) wherever you find them, capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush …"
The Talmud is Babylonian propaganda. The Bible is Gods word.
No such place as Palestine.
Ok, although those aren't the exact words from what I find with a simple Google search, and it's taken out of context, you have a point. That's why I follow no set religion, I find most religions to be nothing more than the words of men who sought control over a feeble minded populace. Palestine has been around for thousands of years, it used to be called the Philistia (land of the Philistines). Look it up. So God took a pen and parchment and wrote it himself? Do you believe God commanded Saul to commit genocide? Iran's government was overthrown by the CIA in 1953 and had been a US ally under the Shaw of Iran until the Islamic revolution in 1979. Personally I had encountered some Iranian military at a DOD school I attended, since they were our allies at that time. They stunk up the room since they didn't bathe with soap apparently. After that time the US and Israel hatched various plans to overtake Iran, and if anything joint endeavors were undertaken to accomplish that end, thus far unsuccessful. Where has YOUR head been?
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#9. To: ghostrider (#8)
Preach Christ in Jerusalem, let us know how that works out for you.
#10. To: ghostrider (#9)
#11. To: ghostrider (#8)
Preach Christ in Jerusalem, let us know how that works out for you.
#12. To: ghostrider (#8)
Preach Christ in Jerusalem, let us know how that works out for you.
#13. To: ghostrider (#8)
Preach Christ in Jerusalem, let us know how that works out for you.
#14. To: The_Rock (#12)
#15. To: The_Rock (#12)
Iran's Persecuted Christians
#16. To: The_Rock (#13)
#17. To: ghostrider (#16)
#18. To: The_Rock (#17)
#19. To: ghostrider (#18)
You don't know anything about me
#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.
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination 
#21. To: ghostrider (#18)
#22. To: FormerLurker (#20)
Israel launched an airstrike attack against an Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1st.
#23. To: FormerLurker (#20)
They retaliated last night after warning that they would in order to avoid a wider conflict by launching a surprise attack.
#24. To: FormerLurker (#20)
Just as with Talmudic Jews, leftists, and other sociopaths, you project your own shortcomings and misdeeds onto others.
#25. To: FormerLurker (#20)
I am opposed to the slaughter of any innocent people, no matter their religion.
#26. To: FormerLurker (#20)
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.
#27. To: FormerLurker (#20)
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"..
#28. To: FormerLurker (#20)
You appear to have a seething hatred of Muslims. Are you a Jew?
#29. To: FormerLurker (#20)
Myself I despise those who have murderous hatred of others, especially when that hatred is based on mindless stupidity and self importance.
#30. To: The_Rock (#25)
Yeah right. Hamas still has Israel hostages and you never mention that.
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
#31. To: FormerLurker (#20)
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.
#32. To: The_Rock (#29)
You hate Jews. So do you hate yourself?
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
#33. To: FormerLurker (#30)
Committing a wrong doesn't correct another wrong.
#34. To: The_Rock (#33)
Self defense isn't wrong. You said Buddha told you that.
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
#35. To: FormerLurker (#32)
I don't hate anyone. I do hate hypocrisy however, and I do hate evil.
#36. To: FormerLurker (#34)
I said no such thing. I said I don't condone violence except in cases of actual self defense. Learn to read.
#37. To: FormerLurker (#30)
I am opposed to what happened on October 7th and the continued detainment of hostages.
#38. To: FormerLurker (#20)
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.
#39. To: The_Rock (#28)
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
#40. To: The_Rock (#38)
I hate evil and I see the Muslim cult as evil. So if they get spanked good.
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
#41. To: FormerLurker (#39)
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.
#42. To: FormerLurker (#39)
I think you're confusing the Koran with the Talmud.
#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.
#44. To: The_Rock (#41)
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
#45. To: The_Rock (#43)
No such place as Palestine.
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
#46. To: The_Rock (#42)
The Talmud is Babylonian propaganda. The Bible is Gods word.
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
#47. To: The_Rock (#22)
Yeah good. Iran has been funding attacks on Israel for generations. Have you had your head up a camels ass the whole time?
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination
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