Israeli Zionists Probe(?) Iran, Again
Breaking news.
Published: 2024-04-19
Updated 2024-04-19: Added to the end of sources is a fascinating discussion between Dimitri Lascaris and Laith Marouf on the Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel (responding to the Israeli attack on their embassy in Damascus) and follow up actions by Hezbollah. Note the suggested time offset for the video.
Updated 2024-04-20: Added b’s report from Moon of Alabama and the Intel Wrap from Judging Freedom to sources.
Conclusion
Bernard from MoA uncovered a report of fallen booster casings from Israeli “ROCKS” air to surface missiles found in Iraq. These may have been from missiles fired at Iran by Israel which were taken down by Iranian defense in Isfahan. Its all a bit murky.
The general consensus, by b. and McGovern & Johnson is that the activity reported below was the Israeli “response”. Bernard cited a report from Israeli news that they were annoyed that US officials had commented on the action which triggered the US news to go haywire. The annoyance was that this was meant just for domestic consumption in Israel.
This all seems plausible. Everything is quiet between Iran and Israel for now. [2024-04-20 21:55 AEST].
Update
This is beginning to look like confirmed as probing and/or false alarms.
The earliest reports from Al Jazeera (AJ) were of an Israeli false alarm in the Golan. Israeli attacks were reported in Syria [confirmed by Syrian official news agency SANA] and Iraq. The three quadcopters shot down over Isfahan (Iran) may not have been munitions but surveillance. Whose they were also remains unclear. It is also possible that Iran is deliberately playing this down.
Al Jazeera noted a previous quadcopter type incident in Isfahan, from January 2023. These were launched from within Iran; a terrorist attack. It is possible that similar type events [Al Mayadeen English] occurred today.
Iran diverted flights (close some airspace). They were concerned and took what they saw as prudent measures.
From Al Jazeera’s general live coverage
Violence in other parts of southwest Asia continues
At least 33,970 people have been killed and 76,770 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.
The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139.
06:25 GMT
Israeli leaders fear int’l arrest warrants over Gaza war: Report
Senior Israeli officials have discussed the possibility that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will issue arrest warrants for senior politicians and military chiefs over the conduct of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to media reports. …
06:05 GMT
US embassy issues travel restriction for employees in Israel
The US embassy in Israel says it is restricting travel of US government personnel within Israeli territory, following reports that Israeli missiles targeted Iranian territory. …
06:00 GMT
Israeli Air Force pounds Palestinian fighters as rockets fired at Israel
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad conducted two rocket attacks on southern Israel on Thursday as the Israeli military called in air strikes against dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip, war monitors said. …
Initial Report
[The activity has ended. A summary of the key data from Al Jazeera and other souces is provided below. Links to all sources, and the original text are preserved. Consulting live reports will provide additional information, if desired. The consolidated ‘live updates’ are in labeled chronological order. At the top are the most recent, or end of activity ‘live updates’.]
News of the attacks activity launched from Israel are just emerging. See Al Jazeera for updates. Other live sources may be added.
Reports will be added. See the Antiwar initial report, or Larry Johnson’s.
Attacks against nuclear sites are off-limits, US reportedly required of Israel. Given that the serious ones are under Iranian mountains, this might be irrelvant.
From Anitwar
President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would not support an Israeli offensive attack on Iran. However, the US has said it will continue to defend Israel, signaling it will intervene if Iran responds.
From Al Jazeera’s live feed related to activity in Iran
06:10 GMT
Iranian media reports dismiss attack from abroad
While we still wait for confirmation, Tasnim news agency has cited “informed sources” as saying that “there are no reports of an attack from abroad against Isfahan or any other part of Iran”.
[intercut] From PressTV
Situation normal after air defenses fire at 'suspicious objects' in Iran
"The sound was related to Isfahan's air defense systems firing at suspicious objects and we have not had any damage or accident," Brigadier Siavash Mihandoust, senior Army commander in Isfahan province, said Friday.
05:40 GMT
Fears of all-out confrontation
Bernard Smith [Reporting from occupied East Jerusalem]
It is the beginning of the weekend in Israel and there has so far been no official confirmation from Israel. The only line we have is the Israeli military saying that its advice to the public has not changed. …
05:10 GMT
This update from AJ in full because it quotes Prof. Marandi (who some may recall from the 2024-04-05 "Understanding Iran" article, and this author respects having listened to tens of interviews with him).
‘Business as usual’
Mohammad Marandi, a political and security analyst at the University of Tehran, says it is “still unclear if anything important has happened”. [YxN: No, AJ, he’s a Professor of literature, English and Oriental studies.]
“There may have been three quadcopters that were downed somewhere near Isfahan but … everything is business as usual,” he told Al Jazeera.
“People in Isfahan … are saying everything is fine,” Marandi said, citing social media reports.
“The Iranians have said that if the Israelis attack again, if they carry out another act of aggression, then they will strike back harder than last time and they will strike back without waiting for two weeks like last time.”
Iran on April 13 fired a barrage of more than 300 drones and missiles against Israel, saying the attack was in response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus on April 1.
04:49 GMT
Iran lifts flight restrictions across the country
[YxN] That might be it. Iran would be unwise to lift flight restrictions unless they had good reason to believe this is over for now. Fingers crossed, it is.
The rest of this ‘update’
Earlier, Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, reported that the country’s civil aviation authority announced the lifting of flight restrictions in most airports.
Entekhab News also reported that flights are back to normal at Tehran’s main domestic airport, Mehrabad.
03:37 GMT
Iranian state television says three drones brought down over Isfahan
02:59 GMT
"IRNA said attacks struck Adra and al-Thala military airport and a radar battalion located between the city of Adra and the village of Qarfa in southern Syria.
In Iraq, meanwhile, explosions were reported in the al-Imam area of Babel."
[IRNA is Iran's official news service.]
Earlier
US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership, PressTV, 2024-04-18
The United States has predictably cast its veto against a bid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) for Palestine to be recognized as a full member of the United Nations.
The US, the Israeli regime’s biggest ally, blocked a relevant draft resolution that had been put to vote at the 15-member UN Security Council on Thursday.
Britain and Switzerland abstained, while the remaining 12 Council members voted yes.
…
Sources
Live
LIVE: Explosions reported as Iran activates air defence systems, Al Jazeera, 2024-04-19
Reports
Iran's air defenses down drones over Isfahan, Tabriz, staff, Al Mayadeen English, 2024-04-19
Situation normal after air defenses fire at 'suspicious objects' in Iran, PressTV, 2024-04-19
Israel Quietly 'Retaliates' For Iran's Retaliation Attack, b., Moon of Alabama, 2024-04-19
Israel Launches Attack on Iran, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2024-04-18
Shift in Israel’s Narrative on Iran’s 14 April missile Attack Signaled Israel’s Attempt to Strike Iranian Nuclear Facility, Larry Johnson, A Son of the New American Revolution, 2024-04-18
Explosion heard near Isfahan due to activation of air defenses, PressTV, 2024-04-19
US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership, PressTV, 2024-04-18
INTEL Roundtable： Weekly Intel Wrap-up w⧸ Johnson & McGovern, Napolitano with McGovern & Johnson, Judging Freedom, 2024-04-19
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Following a 00:18:39 duration discussion of identity terms and Zionist cultural attacks, Dimitri and Laith move on to the Iranian response to the Israel attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus. They provide independent and informed opinion questioning the level of damage which has been reported in Israel from the response. They then move to the consequences of the destruction of the Israel signals intelligence post on Mt. Hermon. Hezbollah executed a very sucessful attack deep into the Golan. This is corroborated by Hezbollah video they have seen and corresponding articles in Israeli media.
The discussion is informative and interesting.
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