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This is the best I have been able to do at this early hour.
This was a most interesting tweet
The seizure of the Israeli ship today suggests that it is possible that Iran may not strike Israel after all. As I already speculated in the post below. Netanyahu's goal is to drag the United States into direct war with Iran. A war that Iran has no need for, because it is already winning the major battle. Iran is playing chess, Israel is playing poker.
-Megatron
So far the Iranians have launched kamikaze drones against the occupied territories, probably the Golan Heights as predicted by Kevork Almassian and Pepe Escobar.
What comes next may depend on Israel’s response.
Chess vs poker, indeed.
Iran launches swarm of kamikaze drones at Israel
Tehran has reportedly fired dozens of unmanned aerial vehicles in apparent retaliation for an airstrike on its Damascus consulate
An Iranian Shahed drone is shown at a weapons exhibition.
Iran has reportedly launched an attack against Israel using dozens of drones in apparent retaliation for a recent missile strike that killed seven military officers at its consulate in Damascus.
Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported the drone swarm on Saturday, citing four unidentified US and Israeli officials. Videos posted on social media purported to show Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) being fired toward Israel from Iran.
Earlier on Saturday, US President Joe Biden cut short a weekend visit to his Delaware beach home, returning to the White House for consultations with his national security advisers due to fears of an “imminent” Iranian attack against Israel. Tehran, which had vowed to take revenge for the April 1 killing of its officers, seized an Israeli-operated container ship in the Persian Gulf around noon on Saturday.
READ MORE: Iran attacks Israel: Live updates
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari warned in a video statement that Iran would “bear the consequences for choosing to escalate the situation any further. Israel is on high alert.” Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East have ramped up attacks against Israeli and US assets in the region amid West Jerusalem’s war with Hamas.
Iran confirms launching ‘extensive’ strike against Israel
The Islamic Republic has sent multiple drones toward the Jewish State, according to media reports
FILE PHOTO. © Global Look Press / Iranian Army Office
An operation has been carried out against Israeli targets in the Occupied Palestinian territories, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Monday night. The drone and missile strike was a response to “numerous crimes” supposedly committed by West Jerusalem, the statement said, among which was an attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, it added.
“In response to the Zionist regime’s numerous crimes ... and the martyrdom of a number of our country’s commanders and military advisors in Syria, the IRGC’s Aerospace Division launched tens of missiles and drones against certain targets inside the occupied territories,” the statement said.
The exact targets of the strike remain unknown. It is also unclear if the IRGC was referring to the Occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank or Israeli territory when announcing the strike. Several media outlets earlier reported that multiple drones were targeting Israeli territory. Tehran said it would provide further details about the operation “soon.”
The development came two weeks after an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus. The attack, which took place on April 1, killed seven officers of the IRGC’s Quds Force, including two generals.
READ MORE: Iran attacks Israel: Live updates
Following the incident, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to deal Israel a “slap in the face.” US officials also warned West Jerusalem on Friday that Tehran could be preparing a massive strike against Israel over the weekend.
You can watch Iranian Press TV live HERE
Iran has launched a retaliatory strike against Israel, in response to Israel bombing the Iran Embassy Compound in Damascus, Syria on April 1.
One-way "Kamikaze" Drones have allegedly been launched in three waves. Cruise missiles reportedly followed those drones.
This is rapidly developing, more as I get it.
(I am back in New Jersey. My wife and I were traveling back from PA when the attack took place)
UPDATE 5:19 PM EDT --
Sources inside the neighboring country of Iraq first spotted the Drone attack and sounded the alert. Those same sources minutes later alerted to a SECOND WAVE of drones.
-- Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah announced the start of an operation against Israel! This means SOME of the drones seen in Iraq were launched in Iraq! -- A 2nd wave of drones has been launched from Iran. In addition, Iran confirmed cruise missiles have been fired which take about 2 hours to arrive in Israel.
-- Iranian attack on Israel includes "hundreds of attack drones", Israeli official tells Axios' Barak Ravid.
-- Drones launched from Yemen! Reports of launches from all around Israel.
-- Jordan's air defense ready to intercept and shoot down any Iranian drones or aircraft that violate its airspace, two regional security sources say.
-- Tel Aviv is having widespread power outage/cyber attack.
-- White House: "The attack on Israel is likely to take several hours."
********** FLASH *********
Vladimir Putin: If the United States wants to come to the field to support Israel, we will not sit idle here, the smallest attack by the United States on Iranian soil will force us to support Iran.
-- Iran officially announced the launch of an attack on Israel “The evil regime will be punished,” said Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
! ! PANIC BUYING IN TEL AVIV ! !
Supermarket Store Shelves in Tel Aviv were cleared out within ONE HOUR:
(Hal Turner Remark: This is yet another example of the "Masses who are Asses." They have known for almost two full weeks an Iran attack was coming. Did they "prep?" No. Like always, the Masses who are Asses waited until the last moment, then rushed out to panic-buy. No sympathy for any of them.)
UPDATE 5:55 PM EDT --
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) releases statement:
“In response to the crime of the Zionist regime in the attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, the IRGC air force hit certain targets in the territories of the Zionist regime with dozens of drones and missiles.”
- Its called saturation attack, you drop everything you have from every point with ETA the same moment on the head of target from all directions
********** BULLETIN *********
Russian Fighter Jets have just entered IRAQ Air Space. They will be able to intercept either US or Israeli war planes if any attempt is made to attack Iran.
-- A United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker declares emergency while it is flying over Southern Iraq during the ongoing Iranian attack against Israel. RUMOR (not verified) The Tanker was approached by RUSSIAN Fighter Jets and told to leave Iraq air space!
JORDAN DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY: Has OPENED its air space to Israeli Fighter jets to intercept Iranian Drones/Missiles.
******** FLASH - URGENT **********
The Israeli Governments "Doomsday plane" has taken off and is the only plane leaving Israel. Potentially carrying Netanyahu and cabinet.
That aircraft is shown in the FILE PHOTO below:
Here is its Take-off from FlightRadar:
News by Twitter
Earlier
Iran Seizes Israeli-Owned Merchant Ship in Strait of Hormuz
Reports have come in overnight saying Special Forces of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) seized the MSC ARIES in the Strait of Hormuz.
The vessel involved was the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries, a container ship associated with London-based Zodiac Maritime. Zodiac Maritime is part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group.
The vessel was redirected to Iranian territorial waters.
Whenever Prof. Marandi comes on I pay attention
How will Iran respond to Israel?
Prof. Mohammad Marandi joins The Grayzone from Tehran to discuss the likely Iranian response to a brazen Israeli attack on its embassy in Syria. Marandi delves into two decades of Iranian preparations for the current scenario, and analyzes the ongoing war in Gaza as well.
⚡RED ALERT: NETANYAHU IN NUCLEAR BUNKER, AIRSPACE CLOSED, MARTIAL LAW, EMBASSIES EVAC'D, CYBERATTACK
Israel is Losing and the IDF Can't Defeat Hezbollah or Iran | Ray McGovern
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