Israel destroyed ‘nearly all’ Iranian military sites in Syria

superbeets · May 10, 2018

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[h=1]Liberman: Israel destroyed ‘nearly all’ Iranian military sites in Syria[/h][h=2]Defense minister warns Tehran: 'If you give us rain, you will get a flood'; opposition MK calls on government to prepare for 'broader confrontation'[/h]

superbeets · May 10, 2018

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said Thursday morning that the IDF had destroyed “nearly all” of Iran’s military infrastructure sites in Syria overnight in response to a rocket barrage on Israel’s north, and warned Tehran that attacks on Israeli territory will be met with “the strongest possible force.”

In his first public comments following the strikes on dozens of targets that the IDF said were affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ al-Quds Force, Liberman said that Israel has no interest in escalating tensions but will not accept any provocation against it.

“If we get rain, you will get a flood,” he warned Iran, speaking at an annual Herzliya Conference. “We will not let Iran use Syria as a base to attack us from.”

superbeets · May 10, 2018

“The Iranians tried to attack the sovereign territory of Israel,” Liberman said. “Not one Iranian rocket landed in the State of Israel. Nobody was hurt. Nothing was damaged. And we’re to be thankful for that. We damaged nearly all of the Iranian infrastructure in Syria.”

An illustrative map showing the general locations of Israeli strikes in Syria in response to a presumed Iranian attack on the Golan Heights on May 10, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

superbeets · May 10, 2018

But he added, “It’s not a stunning victory. Everything’s limited at the moment to a confrontation between us and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Syria. Everyone wants to limit this confrontation and keep it in this form.”

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan warned Iran that Israel is “not playing and not bluffing.

“Tonight, we conveyed an important message to Iran and to the Assad regime: a message of determination and strength,” Erdan tweeted.
“Israel will not cease to act against Iranian forces in Syria and will not forgive any attempt to attack the [Israeli] citizens of the north.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan at a Likud party conference in Lod on December 31, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

“We will not allow the religious extremist regime in Tehran to build military power in Syria that presents a threat to the citizens of Israel. We hold the Syrian regime responsible for whatever happens on its soil,” he said.

“We are not playing and we are not bluffing. We are determined to do whatever is necessary to defend Israel.”

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) said on Twitter, “Israel last night sent a clear message to its enemies and Iran: The rules of the game have changed. We will not tolerate any threat against the security of our citizens and we will not accept the buildup of hostile Iranian forces a short distance from border communities.”

superbeets · May 10, 2018

Yair Lapid, leader of the opposition Yesh Atid party, said, “Israel will not tolerate Iranian attacks on our sovereign territory. We expect our friends and allies to stand shoulder to shoulder with us. The world must be united in the fight against terrorism and that means being united against #Iran and its terror proxies.”

Housing Minister Yoav Galant (Kulanu) tweeted, “We will put the Iranian genie back into the bottle. If Iran looks for adventures in Syria, it will come up against determination and strength.”

Opposition Zionist Union lawmaker Amir Peretz called on the government to “prepare for a broader confrontation” and to allocate NIS 2 billion ($560 million) to deal with “gaps in the home front.”

He told Channel 10 news on Thursday that the message Israel delivered was “unambiguous. The Iranians cannot be allowed to establish themselves on the [Israeli] border. We have to continue to deploy the Iron Dome [air defense system] and resolutely respond to any firing against Israel.”

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[FONT=&quot]Housing Minister Yoav Galant (Kulanu) tweeted, “We will put the Iranian genie back into the bottle. If Iran looks for adventures in Syria, it will come up against determination and strength.”

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[FONT=&quot]Opposition Zionist Union lawmaker Amir Peretz called on the government to “prepare for a broader confrontation” and to allocate NIS 2 billion ($560 million) to deal with “gaps in the home front.”

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[FONT=&quot]He told Channel 10 news on Thursday that the message Israel delivered was “unambiguous. The Iranians cannot be allowed to establish themselves on the [Israeli] border. We have to continue to deploy the Iron Dome [air defense system] and resolutely respond to any firing against Israel.”

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Former Labor party leader Amir Peretz casts his vote at a polling station in Dimona on July 4, 2017. (Flash90)
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[FONT=&quot]The Israeli army said Thursday morning that it had set back Iranian military capabilities in Syria by “many months” with its strikes on Iranian positions.

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[FONT=&quot]The Israel Defense Forces stressed that it was not seeking an escalation of hostilities with Tehran, after some 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military bases by Iranian forces from southern Syria just after midnight, prompting extensive Israeli retaliatory raids.

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[FONT=&quot]IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said four projectiles were intercepted by Iron Dome and the rest fell in Syria.

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[FONT=&quot]There were no reports of Israeli casualties.

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[FONT=&quot]The overnight exchange was the largest-ever direct clash between the Iranian and Israeli militaries, and appeared to be the largest exchange involving Israel in Syria since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

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[FONT=&quot]In all, Israel carried out dozens of raids against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Forces’ intelligence centers, weapons depots, storage facilities, observation posts, and logistics centers in Syria, as well as the rocket launcher, the IDF said.[/FONT]

superbeets · May 10, 2018

This time, the intelligence assessment was spot on. The Iranian reaction to previous airstrikes attributed to Israel arrived from the direction, at the time and in the manner Israel expected.

After a month of operational delays – some of them due to disruptions caused by Israel – at around midnight on Wednesday night, the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force executed its retaliation plan for the death of seven Iranians when the T4 air base in Syria was bombed on April 9.

But the Iranian reaction was a total flop. Four of its missiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system and the rest fell in Syrian territory.
Despite that failure, the Israeli reaction was completely disproportionate: Massive bombing of about 50 Iranian targets in Syria, which probably set back Iran’s effort to establish a military presence there by several months.

GasMan · May 10, 2018

Lol Israel could pretty much wipe out 2/3rds of the middle east before breakfast.

Just goes to show you what an asshole Obama was and what his true intentions were.

Obama hates Israel just like all Muslims and was doing everything he could to destroy our closest ally.

And the left lap dog media continues to babble on about Stormy Daniels attorney and some alleged pay for access scheme by Trump's lawyer, yet zero coverage on the pay for play scheme of the Clintons that went on for years.

A bunch of sick fucking idiots the fringe left has become.

superbeets · May 11, 2018

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A video shows Israeli missiles destroying Iranian military targets in Syria after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran that they'd 'crossed a red line' when they fired at the Golan Heights

superbeets · May 11, 2018

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The 20-second clip shows a missile mounted with a camera hurtling towards the SA22 aerial interception system as soldiers (pictured top left) stood just yards away - unaware of the impending impact

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A SA22 aerial interception system (pictured), also known as Pantsir-S1, is a Russian-made combined short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-artillery weapon system

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Lebanese soldiers inspect the remains of a surface to air missile that landed in the southern Lebanese village of Hebarieh on Thursday

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Cows are seen alongside Israeli Soldiers and Merkava tanks deployed near the Israeli-Syrian border on Thursday

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Israeli soldiers were deployed near the Syrian border in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights as Israel carried out widespread raids against Iranian targets in Syria

superbeets · May 11, 2018

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Israel carried out the raids after it said around 20 rockets were fired from Syria at its forces in the occupied Golan Heights at around midnight. Pictured, cows graze near Merkava tanks in Golan Heights

superbeets · May 11, 2018

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An Israeli soldier stands next to signs pointing out distances to different cities, on Mount Bental, an observation post in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Thursday

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Israeli Merkava tanks are deployed in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the Israeli-Syrian border on Thursday

superbeets · May 11, 2018

[h=3]HOW SA-22 GREYHOUND ANTI-AIRCRAFT VEHICLE CAN DOWN 12 TARGETS EVERY MINUTE[/h]A Pantsir-S1 is a Russian-made anti-aircraft system that is also known by its NATO code name: SA-22 Greyhound.
It's a truck-mounted short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapons system that has been in active service since 2003.
The vehicles, which combine the use of both guns and missiles, are designed to shoot down aircraft, helicopters, precision munitions, cruise missiles and drones.
The eight-wheel trucks carry 12 57E6 surface-to-air guided missiles and two automatic guns developed from the two-barreled 30mm GSh-30 gun.

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A Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft defence system

The Pantsir-S1 can fire at two targets at the same time and attack up to 12 targets within a minute. Its missiles have a maximum range of just over 11 miles.
Russia has sold the systems to countries including Iran, Iraq and Jordan.
Syria is known to have a mixture of Russian-made anti-aircraft systems, including the Pantsir S-1 and the Buk M2 surface-to-air missile system.
The Pantsir-S1 has been fired in Syria a number of times to take out drones and missiles.
The first known combat use of the Pantsir-S1 was by the Syrian Army when a system tracked and downed a Turkish aircraft in June 2012.

superbeets · May 11, 2018

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Syrian air defense missiles are seen in the sky over Damascus, Syria. According to Syrian official media reports, the air defense was responding to a new wave of Israeli missile strikes

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Israel said Iranian forces had fired 20 artillery rockets at their military bases in the disputed Golan Heights and that their Iron Dome defence system had intercepted a number of them

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An image released by the government-affiliated 'Central War Media' in Syria purportedly shows Syrian air defence systems intercepting Israeli missiles over Damascus' airspace

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured in Moscow on Wednesday) said his country's strikes on Iranian targets in war-torn Syria were an 'appropriate' response after the Islamic Republic 'crossed a red line' by striking military positions

superbeets · May 11, 2018

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Israeli Merkava tanks are deployed near the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights today after some 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military bases by Iranian forces from southern Syria just after midnight

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Firing back: This photo supplied by Syrian state media allegedly shows Israeli missiles hittin air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria