Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hailed on Monday the recent strikes on Iran as the most significant Air Force operation since the 1967 Six-Day War. “The response seems very precise, high-quality, and deadly for what we wanted to hit, and I think the IDF has not done an operation like this; the Air Force has not done an operation like this since Operation Focus,” Gallant emphasized while in talk with IAF officials and IDF chief of staff. Operation Focus was Israel’s initial air strike at the beginning of the Six-Day War in 1967.
Iran faces tough choices in deciding how to respond to Israeli strikes
How the Islamic Republic chooses to respond to the unusually public Israeli aerial assault on its homeland could determine whether the region spirals further toward all-out war or holds steady at an already devastating and destabilizing level of violence. In the coldly calculating realm of Middle East geopolitics, a strike of the magnitude that Israel delivered Saturday would typically be met with a forceful response. A likely option would be another round of the ballistic missile barrages that Iran has already launched twice this year. Retaliating militarily would allow Iran’s clerical leadership to show strength not only to its own citizens but also to Hamas in Gaza and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, the militant groups battling Israel that are the vanguard of Tehran’s so-called Axis of Resistance. It is too soon to say whether Iran’s leadership will follow that path. Tehran may decide against forcefully retaliating directly for now, not least because doing so might reveal its weaknesses and invite a more potent Israeli response, analysts say. “Iran will play down the impact of the strikes, which are in fact quite serious,” said Sanam Vakil, the director of the Middle East and North Africa program at the London-based think tank Chatham House. She said Iran is “boxed in” by military and economic constraints, and the uncertainty caused by the U.S. election and its impact on American policy in the region. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s ultimate decision-maker, was also measured in his first comments on the strike Sunday. He said the attack “should not be exaggerated nor downplayed,” and he stopped short of calling for an immediate military response. Saturday’s strikes targeted Iranian air defense missile batteries and missile production facilities, according to the Israeli military. “Israel has yet again shown its military precision and capabilities are far superior to that of Iran,” she said. For decades, leaders and strategists in the region have speculated about whether and how Israel might one day openly strike Iran, just as they wondered what direct attacks by Iran, rather than by its proxy militant groups, would look like. Today, it’s a reality. Yet the playbook on either side isn’t clear, and may still be being written.“ There appears to be a major mismatch both in terms of the sword each side wields and the shield it can deploy,” Vaez said. “While both sides have calibrated and calculated how quickly they climb the escalation ladder, they are in an entirely new territory now, where the new red lines are nebulous and the old ones have turned pink,” he said. NN: Iran is blinded by their hatred. They will attack again and soon.
Oil sinks by 6% as Iran’s Oil Untouched…. FOR NOW!
The prices of oil futures continued to decrease on Monday after Iran stated its oil production resumed operating as Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes did not target those facilities. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for December’s settlements plummeted by 6.03% at 5:34 am ET to sell for $67.41 per barrel. Meanwhile, Brent for the same month’s deliveries declined by 5.81% to go for $71.67 per barrel.
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IRGC chief says Israel will face “bitter consequences” for Iran attack…… US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami (pictured) warned Israel of “bitter consequences” after the recent attack on Iran, local media reported on Monday, citing a letter that Salami sent to Iranian Army Chief Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi. Salami noted that Israel “failed to achieve its ominous goals,” adding that its Saturday’s attack on Iran was a sign of “miscalculation and helplessness.” He further said that “bitter consequences will be unimaginable” for Israel as it fights Iran-backed militant groups in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Salami’s comments come after Israel launched precise strikes on military sites in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities in the country.
US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. The strikes reflect the Biden administration’s determination to maintain a delicate balance. The U.S. wants to hit Iranian-backed groups suspected of targeting the U.S. as strongly as possible to deter future aggression, possibly fueled by Israel’s war against Hamas, while also working to avoid inflaming the region and provoking a wider conflict. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said that the strikes near Boukamal by F-16 and F-15 fighter aircraft targeted a weapons storage facility and ammunition storage facility used by the IRGC and affiliated groups. “Both facilities were destroyed,” he said. “We currently assess there were no casualties in the strikes.” A senior U.S. military official said there had been Iranian-aligned militia and IRGC personnel on the base and no civilians. The official would not say how many munitions were launched by the jets. A senior defense official said the sites were chosen because the IRGC stores the types of munitions there that were used in the strikes against U.S. bases and troops. The two officials briefed reporters after the strikes on condition of anonymity to provide details on the mission that had not yet been made public. And the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group for several Iran-backed groups, said fighters attacked al-Assad airbase in western Iraq with a suicide drone. U.S. officials said it was shot down a few kilometers away and did not hit the base. The retaliatory strikes came as no surprise. Officials at the Pentagon and the White House have made it clear for the past week that the U.S. would respond, with Ryder saying again Thursday that it would be “at the time and place of our choosing.” The latest spate of strikes by the Iranian-linked groups came in the wake of a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital, triggering protests in a number of Muslim nations. The Israeli military has relentlessly attacked Gaza in retaliation for the devastating Hamas rampage in southern Israel nearly three weeks ago, but Israel has denied responsibility for the al-Ahli hospital blast and the U.S. has said its intelligence assessment found that Tel Aviv was not to blame. NN: This sounds like escalation to me Not peace
Iran’s Khamenei criticizes Israel’s ‘malignant’ strikes……..Austin tells Gallant Iran must not respond to Israeli strikes
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed Israel’s recent air strikes on Iran, condemning the attacks as “malignant.” Khamenei urged against underplaying the severity of the attacks, saying, “It would be wrong for us to say that it was nothing and it did not matter.” He emphasized Israel’s failure to understand Iran’s strength and determination. “The calculation error of the Zionist regime must be disrupted,” he added.
Austin tells Gallant Iran must not respond to Israeli strikes
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that Iran should not “make the mistake” and respond to Israel’s attacks, reiterating Washington’s commitment to Israel’s security. The two officials spoke on the phone in the aftermath of strikes on Iran early on Saturday to discuss the current security situation in the Middle East. Austin and Gallant also talked about the potential for reaching a diplomatic solution to the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.
NN: It ain’t over till they get their versions or America goes up in nuclear smoke
Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel attacked military targets in Iran with pre-dawn airstrikes Saturday in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel earlier this month. It was the first time Israel’s military has openly attacked Iran. The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted facilities that Iran used to make the missiles fired at Israel as well as surface-to-air missile sites. Crucially, there was no indication that Iran’s oil or nuclear sites were struck. Iran insisted the strikes caused only “limited damage,” and Iranian state-run media downplayed them. Taken together, the moves suggested at least for now that both countries are trying to avoid a more serious escalation. Still, the strikes risk pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed by Iran — including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon — are already at war with Israel.
Following the airstrikes, Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying it “considers itself entitled and obligated to defend against foreign acts of aggression.” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran has “no limits” in defending its interests and called for the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel for the attacks.
But late Saturday, Iran’s military issued a carefully worded statement suggesting any cease-fire in Israel’s ground offensives in Gaza and Lebanon would trump any possible retaliatory strike. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said four people were killed, all with the military air defense. Iran’s military said the strikes targeted military bases in Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran provinces. But the powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which oversees Iran’s vast ballistic missile arsenal, was silent, raising questions about whether anything had been hit at its bases. “Enemies of Iran should know these brave people are standing fearlessly in defense of their land and will respond to any stupidity with tact and intelligence,” he wrote.
“If the regime in Iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we will be obligated to respond,” Israeli military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said.
The Iranian military statement described Israel’s warplanes as firing lightweight missiles at a distance of 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Iranian border. The missiles struck air defense radar stations, the military said, some of which were already under repair. Israel’s attack did not take out highly visible or symbolic facilities that could prompt a significant response from Iran, said Yoel Guzansky, a researcher at Tel Aviv’s Institute for National Security Studies who formerly worked for Israel’s National Security Council.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, that “Iran should not make the mistake of responding to Israel’s strikes, which should mark the end of this exchange,” according to Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary. The pair spoke Friday and Saturday.
Regional tensions have been soaring. Israel and Iran have been bitter foes since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israel considers Iran its greatest threat, citing its leaders’ calls for Israel’s destruction, their support for anti-Israel militant groups and the country’s nuclear program.
NN: if a pictre is worth a thousand words….a video is worth a million:
Israel Strikes Targets Across Iran, Expanding Their Conflict
- At least two waves of attacks hit Iran early on Saturday
- Israel says it had ‘right and duty’ to retaliate after barrage
- Explosions Heard in Tehran as Israel Strikes Iran
Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes on military targets across Iran early Saturday, delivering on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to retaliate for a missile barrage three weeks ago and fanning fear of open conflict between the two longtime adversaries. The Israeli Defense Forces said it “completed precise and targeted strikes against military targets.” It said fighter jets struck facilities that made missiles used over the last year against Israel, as well as surface-to-air missile arrays. Numerous explosions were reported around Tehran, and Israel’s Channel 12 reported more strikes in the city of Shiraz. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The target choices indicated that Netanyahu refrained from attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities and energy infrastructure as US President Joe Biden had urged. A US official, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the US had worked with Israel to come up with a “proportional” response and urged Iran not to retaliate again. During the strikes, the Israel Defense Forces said it acted “in response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel” and that Israel had the “right and duty” to respond. The Israeli statement about Saturday’s strikes was unusual as an open acknowledgment of action against Iran. Israeli is suspected of having conducted numerous assassinations against Iran in recent years, as well as a single strike after a previous Iranian attack in April that was a response to a strike on Iranian generals in Syria. But it hadn’t claimed direct responsibility for those attacks. The early morning strikes fulfilled Netanyahu’s promise to hit back after Iran fired about 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Oct. 1. The Islamic Republic said that attack was a reprisal after days of military and intelligence operations that killed Hezbollah militia members in Lebanon, which is Tehran’s most important proxy group and is deemed a terrorist organization by the US. The tit-for-tat strikes fanned fears of a direct and open conflict between Israel and Iran. The US and its allies said for weeks that Israel had the right to defend itself but had worked behind the scenes to keep Israel from launching an attack that would set off a wider war. Israel’s early Saturday attacks targeted military sites in Tehran Province as well as in Khuzestan and Ilam, near the Iraqi border, causing “limited damage,” Iran’s state TV reported, citing a statement from Iran’s Air Defense Headquarters. The statement condemned the attacks as a “provocative action” and said that Iranian defense systems had successfully intercepted the strikes. In the US, National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said “it is our aim to accelerate diplomacy and de-escalate tensions in the Middle East region. We urge Iran to cease its attacks on Israel so that this cycle of fighting can end without further escalation.” The US official who spoke to reporters said the Israeli attack should mark the end of the direct military exchanges. The latest attack unfolded a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East, where he made a renewed US push for a cease-fire in Gaza and sought to exert fresh influence on Israel to temper its response to Iran. The Biden administration had worried that an assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be an unacceptable escalation and attacking the country’s oil infrastructure would roil global energy markets.
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50% of IRANS oil revenues allocated to IRGC and international terrorists
- Iran’s new budget for 2024-2025 significantly increases oil and gas revenues for military groups
- Despite sanctions, Iran continues to export oil, mainly to China and Syria, funding groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
- US and European sanctions have been implemented, but the execution has been fledgling.
The ongoing Israeli war with Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran is currently ruling geopolitics and media headlines. At the same time, US presidential elections in the coming weeks could refocus the discussion on the need to increase Western sanctions on Iran. Without any question, current sanctions regimes are flawed, not only due to a growing division of global powers but also to a lack of hardline implementation of existing or future sanction regimes. The need is clear, especially when looking at the latest news coming from Iran. Tehran has proposed a fourfold increase of oil and gas revenues going to the hardline extremist military group IRGC, which is on the sanctions list of most OECD countries already. Iranian sources have stated that the new Iranian government’s budget bill (2024-2025) shows that more than 50% of total oil and gas export revenues will flow into the coffers of the Iranian Armed Forces. At the same time, the Iranian government will receive around 37.5% of the total oil and gas export revenues, slated to be around EUR24 billion. Taking the latter figure, EUR12 billion will go to the Armed Forces. This includes the Army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the Law Enforcement Forces (LEF). The budget also stated that 42.5% of the remaining funds would go to the government’s operating budget, while 6.5% is linked to “special projects” as in nukes. An analysis of the budget shows that around 583,000 bpd of Iran’s crude oil and gas exports is allocated for the military budget, based on an official budget oil price of EUR57.5 And they are getting over EUR72 for their oil. 3,000,000 BPD WORTH.
NN: Maybe you can appreciate Israel’s CRISES. Iran wakes up ever day chanting death to Israel, death to America. Twice they launched the biggest rocket attacks in world history. Including the last one that launched 300 ballistic hyper sonic missiles. If such attack’s were launched at cities in America say New York city Their would be hundreds of thousands dead. New York has no bomb shelters, no incoming air raid warning system and no ability to shoot down even one incoming rockets.
So maybe you can understand that very soon the Iranians are going get the shit blasted out of them And they could vey well run out of virgins. They have few surface to air defense systems and no bomb shelters for their masses. And if Iran gets the bomb their will be a remnant of Jews left in Israel
Israel said to have delayed Iran plan after US intel leak
Israel decided to delay its plan for a retaliation attack on Iran for the missile launches on October 1 after the United States intelligence detailing it leaked in the media, The Times reported on Thursday. According to a source familiar with the matter, Israel chose to postpone the response worrying that the details given in the documents, although they do not specify the names and locations of the intended targets, will still give Iran enough information to predict its strategy. They added that the retaliation will happen nevertheless but with certain modifications. The US opened a probe into the leak of the documents, which were first published on Telegram on October 18.
Israel sees potential end to conflict with Hezbollah
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff General Harzi Halevi (pictured) stated that he sees a possibility of reaching a “sharp end” to the conflict with Hezbollah, an IDF spokesman revealed in a post on Telegram on Thursday. “In the north there is a possibility of reaching a sharp end, we finished the chain of command of the senior Hezbollah in a very thorough manner,” Halevi said while touring the Jabaliya area in the Gaza Strip. He also stated that the assassination of Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar was not planned, “but it was not random, it was not accidental, it was the result of a method.” Hezbollah confirmed yesterday that an Israeli attack killed the head of its Executive Council Hashem Safieddine, who was planned to be Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s successor. During the same day, the militant group fired about 135 rockets targeting mostly northern Israel, according to the Israeli military. NN: No way is their a peace deal in the making