Israel launched a barrage of airstrikes on 50 Iranian targets in Syria — a massive escalation that could lead to all-out war

Israel’s military launched a barrage of missile strikes on Iranian targets based in Syria early Thursday morning, a massive retaliation in an ongoing conflict between the two bitter enemies.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed fighter jets took down “dozens” of Iranian military targets in Syria overnight Thursday. The IDF spokeman’s unit told Israel’s Channel 10 News more than 50 targets were hit.

In a series of tweets, the army said the strikes were in response to Iranian rockets launched at IDF positions in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights earlier that night.

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The IDF included an animated video of how the military act unfolded, featuring footage reportedly from the strike.

“This Iranian aggression is another proof of the intentions behind the establishment of the Iranian regime in Syria and the threat it poses to Israel and regional stability,” it said.

The IDF said it would “not allow the Iranian threat to establish itself in Syria” and that it would hold the Assad regime accountable for the escalation of violence within its borders.

The official IDF spokesman, Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis, told Channel 10 that Israeli airstrikes had hit Iranian intelligence facilities, logistic headquarters, observation posts, weapon-storage facilities, and a vehicle used to launch rockets into Israeli territory.

Manelis said the strike was the largest attack carried out by Israel in Syria since the two signed an agreement following the end of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

It is also the first time Israel directly pointed blame at Iran for firing into Israeli territory.

Israel claimed that the Iranian strikes on its territory caused no injuries or damage. It said four missiles had been intercepted by the Iron Dome rocket-defense system while others fell into Syrian territory.

Manelis told Haaretz, “We were prepared and we sum up this night as a success despite the fact that it is still not over.”

He said Israel was not seeking escalation but that its forces were “prepared for any scenario.” He added that Israel “hit hard at Iranian infrastructure” that it claims Iran has been building up for over a year.

Manelis posted a photo on his personal Facebook account, illustrating Israel’s airstrikes at several locations in Syria, including several near Syria’s capital of Damascus.

Syrian state news agency SANA reported, “The Syrian air defenses are confronting a new wave of Israeli aggression rockets and downing them one after the other.”

SANA also posted video of what it reported to be Syrian air defenses shooting down Israeli missiles.

Syria’s Observatory for Human Rights said 23 fighters were killed in the airstrikes. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed Israel used 28 aircrafts and fired 70 missiles.

17 Comments on "Israel launched a barrage of airstrikes on 50 Iranian targets in Syria — a massive escalation that could lead to all-out war"

Outcast_Searcher on Fri, 11th May 2018 3:22 pm 



If Syria/Iran doesn’t want to be attacked by Israeli missiles, not attacking Israel first would seem like a good idea.

Funny how striking back to show it’s not going to put up with that is called a “major escalation”.

twocats on Fri, 11th May 2018 6:19 pm 



that’s weird – reality would argue the exact opposite point

on its face israel’s story is so flimsy and its tie back to iran so preposterous that only a simpleton would not see through it as propaganda.

israel has repeatedly said it will not accept a permanent Iranian military presence in Syria – but that is what is happening and the US isn’t stopping it. So for Israel – it really wouldn’t matter if “Iran” attacked them or not – they would need to continue launching these strikes as they have been.

Boat on Fri, 11th May 2018 7:05 pm 



Tocat

That is correct. Another red line are troops within 37 miles of the border. Another red line is the manufacturer, storage or assembly of weapons within that 37 miles. Guaranteed attact if you mess with the Jews. I don’t see a flimsy story but a small country trying to survive.

eugene on Fri, 11th May 2018 9:15 pm 



I decided, long ago, that Israel is simply a repeat of the Nazis. In the end, for all their bullshit, Jews are just nasty ass humans like the rest of us.

Plantagenet on Fri, 11th May 2018 10:07 pm 



Israel is in a tough neighborhood. They have to be tough themselves just to survive.

Cheers!

Bloomer on Fri, 11th May 2018 11:20 pm 



Rather then picking sides, the global community could be promoting peace in the mideast. Unfortunately, war is more profitable. Its a trillion dollar industry. Humans are clever when to comes to developing modern weapons to kill one another. Humans aren’t so clever at figuring out how to get along.

deadly on Sat, 12th May 2018 3:50 am 



Good God Almighty, if the Jews want to duke it out with the Iranians, let them.

Seems as though both have a lot to lose, so in the interest of both the Jews and the Iranians, they should be able to see eye to eye.

However, both are Old Adams and can’t really see eye to eye, so it will be the standard method of negotiation, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

They’re animals with animal instincts, killing is one of them. Somebody always breaks the rules, lying, killing, stealing don’t matter anymore, mean nothing.

Too many people on this earth, so it is nature’s way of reducing the number of humans.

Humans do that at an ever increasing pace.

With any luck, the number of deaths will outpace the number of births and we can get back to the one billion humans goal, planned humanhood. Yeah, right.

It’s a laugh a minute. Laughter is the best medicine.

The Jews killing Iranians is a hoot, a knee-slapper. Might as well get busy, get ‘er done. Doesn’t matter which humans bite the dust, Jews will too one day, Iranians can help with the death count, slaughter style. lol

It is only fair and all is fair in love and war.

Death humor is the best.

Homo the Sap, Permanent War

It’s Saturday, so you can drink all day long, no guilt.

Sissyfuss on Sat, 12th May 2018 9:37 am 



It is mind boggling that for all the violence being perpetrated in the Middle East oil prices haven’t gone exponential. Somehow the PTB are able to orchestrate a volley and a ballet of missiles that manage to miss all the crucial infrastructure. This cannot continue and when everyones aim becomes a little more venal we shall experience consequences detrimental to our comfort.

joe on Sat, 12th May 2018 10:03 am 



Just as a side point, I noticed a peculiar little similarly between the so called state of Israel and my own little monarchy. Both don’t have written constitutions. Israel has somthing called a basic law, but, it does not cover everything.

”
The Israeli Declaration of Independence stated that a formal constitution will be formulated and adopted no later than 1 October 1948.[4] The deadline stated in the declaration of independence proved unrealistic in light of the war between the new state and its Arab neighbors. General elections were arranged on 25 January 1949, in order to elect the Constituent Assembly which would approve the new state’s constitution. The Constituent Assembly convened on February 1949. It held several discussions about the constitution without reaching an agreement.

For a number of reasons, Israel’s first prime-minister, David Ben-Gurion, did not wish to create a constitution.[5]After only four meetings, the Constituent Assembly adopted on 16 February 1949, the Transition Law, by which means it became the “First Knesset”[6] The Knesset is, therefore, one of three sovereign parliaments in the world that are not bound by a codified constitution; the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and of New Zealand are the others. Because the Constituent Assembly did not prepare a constitution for Israel, the Knesset is the heir of the Assembly for the purpose of fulfilling this function.[6]”

“https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Laws_of_Israel”

I guess I might have to look into the difficulties DbG faced. Maybe one of them was who exactly could be Israeli and who could not in a land known then as Palestine….

Cloggie on Sun, 13th May 2018 4:13 am 



It is mind boggling that for all the violence being perpetrated in the Middle East oil prices haven’t gone exponential.

You won’t entertain the idea of course that there is something lacking with your understanding of the world’s oil reserves and that the depletion idea is somewhat overblown, to use a concept from the world of renewable energy?

Israel was officially founded in 1948.

Actually it was in 1916 after the British government, that was losing WW1 against Germany, had reached a deal with American Jewry about handing over Palestine from the British colonial treasure chest to the Jews, to set up a home land:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration

…in return for US war participation on the side of the British. In 1916 US Jews were already strong enough to blackmail Wilson into declaring war against Germany, that had done nothing against American interests, to purely serve Jewish interests.

Now, in 1948, white men’s planetary rule was still total, although it had been transitioned from Europeans to American whites (or rather their kosher owners) and Soviet whites.

But in 2018 this is no longer the case. The European world is globally in retreat, as a consequence of WW1 and WW2, when the Jews got the upperhand over the western part of the white race, thanks to the US army (#ProudToBeAnAmerican) and set out to passively genocide it out of existence (you only have to read the posts by millimind to get confirmation of that intention):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDaKFE_J_ug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xMr_QwiZJw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ1BRHBErH8

https://documents1940.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/paul-krugman-white-americans-are-losing-their-country/

…but as a consequence the weakening white world is ever less able to contain the rising Islam in the Middle East, that openly wants to topple the Israeli regime, that they see as a dagger in ancient Islamic Ottoman lands that needs to be removed. Additionally they want the El-Aqsa Mosque back, some shitty, shabby building, aka the third holliest site of Islam…situated in Jerusalem:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque

…the very place DJT wants to move his embassy to.

The way things are going now, European/US colonial rule over the ME will be ending soon, for ever, and Israel will be at the mercy of Turkey and Iran, after KSA will be in ruins and the Saudi regime hanged for treason to the western/Israeli Infidel.

Erdogan already feels so strong that he plans to hold an election rally deep into European territory, in Sarajevo:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/president-erdogan-to-hold-rally-election-rally-in-sarajevo-amid-european-bans-131478

What to do with Israel? I would not mind to see it become a province again of a neo-Ottoman empire and stop being a permanent sore in global politics. And we Europeans have an endless list of scores to settle with these folks:

– Bolshevism
– Sicking their Americans against us twice
– holotale
– Imposition of multiculturalism with the intention to wipe us out

European goodwill should be zero towards these folks.

The trouble is, they have 100 or so Jericho missiles, all pointing at European capitals and they already announced that in case Israel goes down, Europe will go with it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

In other words, we are held hostage by our tormentors of 2000 years.

Final Solution of the JQ in the 21st century can only be deportation, once again, this time to the NE-United States and set up a New Israel in a balkanizing US in Upstate New York.

Europe has 10,000 wide body aircraft to airlift the tribe to their new destination in a matter of a few days, if push comes to shove.

Davy on Sun, 13th May 2018 5:00 am 



“The trouble is, they have 100 or so Jericho missiles, all pointing at European capitals and they already announced that in case Israel goes down, Europe will go with it:”
nonsense

“Final Solution of the JQ in the 21st century can only be deportation, once again, this time to the NE-United States and set up a New Israel in a balkanizing US in Upstate New York. Europe has 10,000 wide body aircraft to airlift the tribe to their new destination in a matter of a few days, if push comes to shove.”
lunatic

Cloggie on Sun, 13th May 2018 5:26 am 



“nonsense”
“lunatic”

The full glory of Ozarks intellectualism.

Basically nothing to say. Completely unable to frame an argument and address points made by opponents. Just juvenile name-calling.

You stopped growing mentally at an age of 12. Start a discussion group at your local primary school, that’s your level. Be sure to wear your silly MAGA hat, 180 degrees backwards.

Davy on Sun, 13th May 2018 5:30 am 



nothing to say to nonsense. “10,000 wide body aircraft” to ferry Jews to the US and you call that sane? You are a loser nedernazi. You ruin this forum with your offtopic agenda.

Cloggie on Sun, 13th May 2018 5:43 am 



This is very on-topic.

So what is your vision regarding Israel?

Oh wait, you don’t have any. For that you need historic perspective, which you don’t have, other than what you remember from the media.

Davy on Sun, 13th May 2018 6:35 am 



ME peace neder. I don’t care for Israel or Jews. I have actually dealt with them with business. You have probably never known one. This ME business will run its course with some kind of destructive conflict that eventually gets cooler heads to prevail. That is my hope. If cooler heads don’t prevail the place will be a wasteland and the world economy hurt beyond repair if oil production in the reason is damaged beyond a timely reboot.

Anonymouse1 on Sun, 13th May 2018 6:46 am 



Of course this one was going to attract every Israel-firster on po.com , and retard(s), out of the synagogue to offer up their usual nugget of wisdom.

And there they are, cloggraham, the exceptionalturd, plantaretard and rest of the village idiots.

Davy on Sun, 13th May 2018 7:04 am 



weasel, what are you? You are just a guy afraid of opening up with who you are. Are you such a failure that you can’t tell us a little bit about yourself? We know you are young and Canadian. You are struggling to be an engineer. You became a habitual stalker and pricker. I think the real reason you come here is you are a failure and you feel a little self-worth by attacking others. In your sick mind you feel attacking people anonymously is superiority. You are a classic awkward dork. You are pussy because you won’t show any skin. You talk in tongues with illegible anti-American rants. You rarely contribute. You play stupid games. You will be gone before long now that your support network is shrinking. Cowards like you need like minded assholes.