Thread: Israel launches preemptive strikes on Iran

Iran launches retaliatory missiles at Israel after Iranian supreme leader vows revenge for nuclear site attacks – live | Iran | The Guardian

So now it's Iran's turn for a revenge strike for the revenge strikes for the revenge strikes for the strikes.

This could get complicated.

Explosions and Buzzing Drones Heard as Israel and Iran Exchange New Wave of Attacks

The retaliatory strikes came on Saturday, a day after Israel killed top Iranian military leaders and scientists and destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz.

Iranian ballistic missiles struck at least seven sites around Tel Aviv on Friday night, hours after waves of Israeli strikes devastated Tehran’s military chain of command and hit critical nuclear facilities. Attacks continued on Saturday morning, with Iran reporting dozens of people killed and Israel reporting about 20 people wounded, some seriously.


Missiles and drones flew in both directions as Israel said its military campaign, called “Rising Lion,” would continue for days, if not longer. Iran said its response was not over.


On Saturday, residents in Tehran reported hearing explosions, and the Iran air defense fired nonstop rounds in the Pastour neighborhood. Precise casualty figures in Iran were difficult to confirm. But Iran’s U.N. ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told the U.N. Security Council, that Israel’s strikes in Iran had killed 78 people and injured 329 others.


Earlier, explosions were heard over Jerusalem as missiles streaked overhead, while in Tel Aviv, Israeli television showed images of a severely damaged building and many mangled and burned cars from one of the sites hit. Three hospitals in the area said they had received about 20 wounded people, some with serious injuries. Fire officials said several people had been rescued from buildings struck by Iranian missiles.


In one area near Tel Aviv, officials said a 70-year-old woman was in critical condition after being pulled from the rubble of a building. A man was seriously injured with shrapnel wounds to the face, officials said, and another man was treated with head injuries, burns and smoke inhalation from a fire. Thirty-four people were taken to hospitals in the area, officials said.


Rafael Grossi, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, told the U.N. Security Council that Israel’s strike on Iran’s nuclear site near Natanz on Friday had destroyed its aboveground enrichment plant, causing chemical and radiological contamination. But he said the leak was “manageable.”


An American official, who requested anonymity to discuss an ongoing operation, said the U.S. military was helping Israel intercept some of the ballistic missiles. The official said that U.S. military assets, already in the eastern Mediterranean to help defend American troops in the region, had been used to intercept the missiles.


Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said in a statement that it had struck dozens of targets in Israel “forcefully and with precision,” including military and defense sites, in response to Israel’s attacks that killed senior commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians. The New York Times could not independently verify that claim.


Israel Katz, Israel’s defense minister, said that Iran had “crossed a red line” by firing missiles at populated areas in Israel, warning that “the ayatollah regime would pay a very heavy price” for its actions.


Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said earlier that Israel “should anticipate a harsh punishment” for its daylong assault, as some of Israel’s European allies expressed worry that Israel was ratcheting up its military conflict with Iran.


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who has described the sustained assault as necessary to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, said in a video statement on Friday night that the people of Iran should rise up against their leaders.


“The regime does not know what hit them, or what will hit them. It has never been weaker,” Mr. Netanyahu said.


Here’s what else to know:


Top Iranians killed: Two high-ranking military commanders, Mohammad Bagheri and Gen. Hossein Salami, were killed, Iran said, as was Ali Shamkhani, a politician who was overseeing the nuclear talks with the United States, officials said. Two senior Iranian government officials said Gen. Ismail Ghaani, the Quds Forces commander in charge of proxies in the region, was among those who had been killed. Read more ›


What was hit: Mr. Grossi said the underground halls at Natanz were not struck, though damage to the power supply to the halls may have damaged the centrifuges housed there. He said the Iranian authorities had reported strikes on nuclear facilities in Fordo and Isfahan as well. Read more ›


Trump’s reaction: President Trump is navigating the divides within the Republican Party over whether the United States should get involved in another foreign conflict. His administration had been holding nuclear talks with Iranian officials, and he has urged Tehran to strike a deal to curb its nuclear program or risk “even more brutal” attacks. Iran said it would not attend talks scheduled for this weekend in Oman.

Residents of Tehran, the Iranian capital, say they are hearing drones buzz nonstop in the sky above them. Fatemeh Hassani, who lives in the Mirdamad neighborhood, was speaking during a live town hall discussion on the social media app Clubhouse, and shared the sounds she was hearing of sirens and explosions with the audience.

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What's the UN reaction to Israel claims?

Short term wins don't work in this region. The Zionists should know that by now.

Trump pulling out of the JCPOA in 2018 gave Iran hardliners their needed excuse to gain the upper hand internally.

Just another Trump triumph.

MAGA’s Worst Fear Comes True as Trump Forced to Defend Israel

President Donald Trump campaigned on pulling the U.S. out of global conflicts and ending wars, but the rapid escalation between Iran and Israel has MAGA world wringing its hands.


Iran launched ballistic missiles at Israel on Friday after Israel carried out what it called a “preemptive strike” on Iran’s nuclear capabilities late Thursday.


The U.S. is assisting in shooting down missiles targeting Israel, a U.S. official confirmed to the Daily Beast.


White House and Pentagon officials remain tight-lipped on the situation and just how far the U.S. is prepared to go.


As the U.S. engaged with Israeli allies, conservatives expressed concern that America would be pulled into another war in the Middle East.

MORE MAGA’s Worst Fear Comes True as Trump Forced to Defend Israel

Which orange c u n t said "I am the President of Peace" again?

Originally Posted by Troy

What's the UN reaction to Israel claims?

who cares?

the UN these days is ineffectual and has been hijacked through corruption to steer its agenda and decision making in favour of state politics by a certain 2 permanent security council members, its a failed institution

Originally Posted by malmomike77

the UN these days is ineffectual and has been hijacked through corruption

Indeed, and UNRWA was complicit in working with HAMAS for years. Not only can they not be trusted, they are the enemy.

Originally Posted by Troy

Short term wins don't work in this region. The Zionists should know that by now.

You clearly are blinded by your antisemitism. To be a Zionist only means that you agree with Israels right to exist. The majority of Americans are Zionists, as am I.

Originally Posted by Troy

Trump pulling out of the JCPOA in 2018 gave Iran hardliners their needed excuse to gain the upper hand internally.

You really are clueless. Several of them are dead.

Another brilliant operation by the Israelis. They seem to have a deeply rooted intelligence network in Iran, no doubt aided by a population that deeply despises the mullahs...

Before Israel launched an unprecedented wave of strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and top military leaders this week, its spies were already on the ground in enemy territory.

Israeli intelligence agency Mossad had smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the strikes, according to Israeli security officials, and would use the weapons to target Iran’s defense from within.

The officials said Israel established a base for launching explosive drones inside Iran, and the drones were later used to target missile launchers near Tehran. Precision weapons were also smuggled in and used to target surface-to-air missile systems, clearing the way for Israel’s Air Force to carry out more than 100 strikes with upward of 200 aircraft in the early hours of Friday local time.

The plan to disable Iranian defenses seems to have been effective; Israel said all of its aircraft returned safely from the first waves of strikes, appearing to show Israeli air superiority over parts of a country hundreds of miles away.

Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also gave Israel’s air force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists.

In an incredibly rare move, the Mossad released video from some of its operations, showing drones attacking what appear to be unsuspecting missile launchers.

It is the latest operation to show how deeply Israel’s intelligence services, including the Mossad, have penetrated some of Iran’s most closely guarded secrets. The operations have made the Mossad appear a nearly unstoppable force in Iran, capable of hitting at some of its highest-ranking officials and most sensitive sites.

“Mossad has treated Iran like its playground for years now,” said Holly Dagres, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute and curator of the Iranist newsletter.

“From assassinating top nuclear scientists to sabotaging Iranian nuclear facilities, Israel has proved time and time again that it has always had the upper hand in this shadow war that has now been playing out in the open since the first tit-for-tat strikes in April 2024.”

An Israeli security source said the latest operation required commando forces operating deep within Tehran and across the country while avoiding detection from Iran’s security and intelligence agencies. The source said Mossad teams targeted air defense missiles, ballistic missiles, and missile launchers as the attack from the Israeli Air Force began.

A second Israeli security source said the Mossad operations were years in the making, involving both intelligence-gathering efforts and the deployment of Mossad commandos deep behind enemy lines.
Some of the Mossad commando forces operated in the Iranian capital itself, according to the security source.

In addition to the drone base established by the Mossad long before Wednesday’s attack, Mossad commandos deployed “precision-guided weapons systems” near Iranian missile air defense systems, which were activated at the same time as the Israeli air force began striking its targets. A second operation deployed sophisticated vehicle-mounted weaponry to target other Iranian defense systems.
The Mossad operation also involved assassinations of top Iranian officials.

Israel has shown – flaunted even – the Mossad’s ability to operate with near impunity in Iran in the past.

Starting in the early-2010s, Iran accused Israel of carrying out a campaign of assassinations against the country’s nuclear scientists. Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon tacitly acknowledged the targeted killings when he said in 2015 that Israel cannot be held responsible “for the life expectancy of Iran’s nuclear scientists.”

From 2007 to 2012 Israel allegedly carried out five covert assassinations, nearly all in Tehran, through remote-controlled bombings, or remote-controlled machine guns. Only one of Iran’s key nuclear scientists survived the assassination attempt, Fereydoon Abbasi.

Just last month, Abbasi told Iranian state media that any attack on production sites would have little impact on the timeline of developing a bomb, saying, “our capabilities are spread all over the country. If they target production sites, it will be inconsequential to our timetable, because our nuclear materials are not stored above ground for them to hit.”

Abbasi was one of the scientists killed in Israel’s early morning attack in Tehran.

The Mossad’s actions soon became much more public.

In early-2018, Israel stole Iran’s nuclear archive from Tehran, displaying the intelligence coup in a live broadcast from Jerusalem. Speaking in English, Netanyahu showed off the archive, including what he said were copies of 55,000 pages of Iranian nuclear information and a display of discs he said were 55,000 files.

Iran tried to dismiss Netanyahu’s comments as “childish” and “laughable,” but the plundering of the archive showed the confidence Israel had in the Mossad’s ability to function in Tehran. The operation, which would have required extensive planning and an intimate knowledge of the archive’s location and security, pushed the first Trump administration to withdraw from the original nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Israel wasn’t done yet.

In November 2020, Israel assassinated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s chief nuclear scientist, while he was in a bulletproof car traveling with his wife. Fakhrizadeh’s car was moving in a convoy with three security vehicles when he came under fire. Iranian state media said a remote-controlled machine gun opened fire on the nuclear scientist, who had been a long-time target for Israel.

The operation, which Israel has not publicly acknowledged, was carried out with remarkable precision, and it displayed a deep knowledge of Fakhrizadeh’s pattern of life.

And yet despite its repeated inability to stop the Mossad, Iran has proven incapable of improving.

Ram Ben Barak, the former deputy director of the Mossad, said the organization’s continued success is “due to a very, very disliked regime, even hated by most of the public, so this allows for intelligence penetration on one hand, and on the other, you have the sophistication and professionalism of the Israeli intelligence personnel.”

After the start of the war in Gaza, Israel assassinated Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in the heart of Tehran. A source familiar with the matter said Israel planted an explosive device in a guest house where Haniyeh was known to stay. The bomb was concealed in the room for two months before the targeted killing and detonated remotely once Haniyeh was in the room.

Israel’s unprecedented attack shows Iran has become a ‘playground’ for the Mossad | CNN

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

So now it's Iran's turn for a revenge strike for the revenge strikes for the revenge strikes for the strikes.

This could get complicated.

Let's be honest, the world is shite anyway these days and it looks like it's only get even worse.

Let me have me holiday this summer and then the lunatics on both sides can blow the fucking thing up.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

It's not anti-semitic to recognise that Israel are the biggest terrrorists in the region.

Of course it is because Isreal is defending itself. Of course, you have forgotten why all of this is happening in the first place.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Come to Europe and you'll see the Palestinian flags hanging from balconies everywhere - as it should be.

Ya because you have sold your countries off to them. I truly hope you are not at the next Christmas market that gets plowed through by those savages.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

FREE PALESTINE.

There has never been a palestine and there most likely never will be at this point. You are so pumped full of BBC, Guardian and Aljazra propaganda it is utterly laughable.

Originally Posted by bsnub

of course it is because isreal is defending itself. Of course, you have forgotten why all of this is happening in the first place.



Ya because you have sold your countries off to them. I truly hope you are not at the next christmas market that gets plowed through by those savages.



There has never been a palestine and there most likely never will be at this point. You are so pumped full of bbc, guardian and aljazra propaganda it is utterly laughable.

worst.

"lefty."

ever.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Of course, you have forgotten why all of this is happening in the first place.

Oh, I don't think we have Snubs. Not one fucking bit.

Cantona is thick as fxck. Thick enough to have been a fxcking footballer. Isn't he the dumbass that attacked some spectators? When did he get out of jail?

Originally Posted by hallelujah

worst.

"lefty."

ever.

If that is because I have a brain and can call out bullshit when I see it? I know in your world a "good leftist" shuts up and toes the line. A big reason why things are only going to get worse in the UK and Western Europe.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Oh, I don't think we have Snubs. Not one fucking bit.

All of that is just a crock of shit and it was never "their land" in the first place. Jeezus fuck Hal you clearly are drunk already.

Originally Posted by 39TG

Cantona is thick as fxck.

He is a complete moron and refers to himself as "the king". Hal is aready off and running and making an utter tit of himself.

A nuclear armed Iran wouldn't just threaten Israel. It would menace Europe with its nukes as much as Putin does. The Europeans better start building more nuclear bunkers and have monthly nuclear drills.

Originally Posted by 39TG

The Europeans better start building more nuclear bunkers and have monthly nuclear drills.

you mean renationalising the ones they sold off as part of the peace dividend

Zionism isn't simply about the right for Israel to exist. It is a nationalist ideology for Zionists to live in a certain region due to their religion at the expense of the exist Arab population.
If they could live in harmony then no problem but zionusm does not allow it. Furthermore they use defence of their region time and again as an excuse for expanding that region at the expense of the arabs.

That's what you are defending. You might as well defend Russia for doing likewise to Ukraine.

Not that you would understand.

Originally Posted by Troy

That's what you are defending.

pardon?

Originally Posted by bsnub

If that is because I have a brain and can call out bullshit when I see it?

Wot?!?!?

Have you ever taken a step back and looked at your posts on the Ukraine and Israel threads?



For fuck's sake, Snubby.

What planet are you on?

Originally Posted by Troy

Zionism isn't simply about the right for Israel to exist.

Fucking wrong, you nutcase.

Originally Posted by Troy

If they could live in harmony then no problem but zionusm does not allow it.

Good lord, you are a fucking indoctrinated clown. Zionists have been trying to live in peace for well over 50 years. Who have they attacked other than in self-defense? How many times has Israel been attacked without provocation?

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Originally Posted by hallelujah

Have you ever taken a step back and looked at your posts on the Ukraine and Israel threads?

OMFG you are an idiot. Russia supports Iran, Hezbolloah and HAMAS. Ukraine is the enemy of all of these bastards.

adolf

If they could live in harmony then no problem but zionusm does not allow it

21% of the israeli population are arab muslims.

they have equal rights with the majority israelis, some serve in the idf, and there are arab judges in the legal system and arab members of the knesset.

eradicate hamas, hezbollah etc. and there will be peace in the region. but iran will never allow peace to break out because their agenda is the obliteration of israel.

you can argue the rights and wrongs of the death rate in gaza until the cows come home, but the reasons behind it all are indisputable.

1. iran
2. continued imprisonment of the hostages
3. hamas, hezbollah as irans proxies still operate, although they have been much weakened.

get the extremists out of iran and gaza, and then there will be no need for extremists in israel.
but to get the extremists out of israel first would be suicide for israel.

These are the facts:

Iraq = smashed
Libya = smashed
Syria = smashed (thank you Russia )
Gaza = smashed
Lebanon = smashed
Iran = smashed
Afghanistan = smashed (thank you Talibansky)

Mission accomplished!
Their testicles have been cut off .

Originally Posted by bsnub

Who have they attacked other than in self-defense?

This has gone waay beyond self defence.

20,000 kids ffs.

But you are clearly incapable of understanding a different point of view on anything whatsoever.

Your education was most likely curtailed early.

Oh well.

Have another doughnut.

20,000 kids ffs.

a hamas exaggeration for sure, but yes many deaths there. human shields most of them as the search for the hostages continues, but that does not conform to the narrative does it.

if only the hostages were returned and/or iran was prevented from supporting hamas.

eh cyrille.