Iran Sends Drones Into Israel And Declares: ‘We Will Hit You With Dozens Of Missiles And Drones For Hitting Our Consulate In Syria.’
Iran has sent drones into Israel, as we read in AP news:
Iran launched drones toward Israel late Saturday, the Israeli military announced, and Iran’s state-run media reported that dozens had been fired.
The Israeli army’s spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said it would take several hours for the aircraft to arrive and that the country was prepared. Iran had been threatening to attack Israel since an airstrike last week killed two Iranian generals in Syria. Israel has not commented on that attack, but Iran accused it of being behind it.
Israeli aviation authorities said they were closing the country’s airspace to all flights as of 12:30 a.m. local time (5:30 p.m. EDT).
The drone attack late Saturday marked the first time Iran had ever launched a full-scale military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity dating back to the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
In a statement carried by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged launching “dozens of drones and missiles towards the occupied territories and positions of the Zionist regime.” The statement did not elaborate.
The White House said it would provide unspecified support for Israel’s defense against the ongoing attack. “The United States will stand with the people of Israel and support their defense against these threats from Iran,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
An Iranian television announcement stated that Iran will hit Israel with dozens of missiles and drones as a punishment for the attack on the consulate in Syria, as we read in the Tehran Times:
Iran also confirmed it has begun its retaliation against Israel through a TV announcement.
“In response to various crimes of the Zionist regime, including the attack on the Iranian consulate section in Damascus and the martyrdom of some of our country’s military commanders and advisors in Syria, the IRGC’s Air Force targeted specific objectives inside the occupied territories by hitting them with dozens of missiles and drones,” a news anchor said, reading a statement by the Islamic Revolution Gaurd Corps (IRGC).
Israel cannot afford to fight two enemies on two different fronts. Iran has the capacity to vanquish Israel. If Iran had to, it could amass an army of 49,050,889 soldiers, as opposed to Israel which could only amass 3,798,223 soldiers. Israel would be devastated by such a conflict.
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