Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on August 1 said that it was on “high alert” as the country braces for a response to the assassinations this week of Hezbollah’s military chief Fuad Shukr in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and Hamas’s leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Iranian and Hamas leaders vowed to take revenge against Israel for Haniyeh’s killing during a funeral procession for him in Tehran. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the war against Israel had entered a “new phase” and Israel should expect “rage and revenge.” In addition, the leader of Yemen’s Houthis, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, vowed that the Israeli escalation will be met with a “military response.”
The IDF has claimed responsibility for the assassination of Shukr. Yet, Israel has not officially commented on the assassination of Haniyeh.
“We struck on Tuesday night in Lebanon and killed Fuad Shukr in an accurate aerial strike,” IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said when asked about Haniyeh. “I want to emphasize, there was no other aerial strike, not a missile and not an Israeli drone, in the entire Middle East that night, and I won’t comment further.”
He said the IDF was holding continuous assessments on the situation, but for now, there was no change to Home Front Command guidelines for civilians. “We have our finger on the pulse all the time.”
“We have very good defense systems, and we have international allies that have bolstered their forces in the area to aid us against these threats,” Hagari said.
The IDF spokesman emphasized, however, that Israel’s defenses are “not hermetic,” calling on the Israeli public to follow the instructions.
“Be vigilant and continue to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command,” he said, adding that if there are any changes, the military will update immediately.
Hagari also said that “the IDF is on high alert, both in defense and in attack. IDF troops are deployed in the air, at sea, and on the ground, and are ready for any scenario, and especially with plans to carry out attacks in the immediate time-frame.”
In addition to increased aerial patrols, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets were waiting on tarmacs, ready to launch an attack or defend against one, according to Israel’s Channel 12 TV.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, spoke with United States President Joe Biden, who the White House said stressed America’s commitment to defending Israel’s security “against all threats from Iran.”
The two also discussed new U.S. military deployments to protect against possible attacks from ballistic missiles and drones.
According to recent reports, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has ordered a direct strike against Israel and the attack may be carried out jointly with other allies of Tehran, including Hezbollah and the Houthis.
Israeli television reported that Israel was working to finalize the coordination of a regional and international coalition to thwart such a response by Iran and its allies.
Overall, the Middle East appears to be on the brink of an all-out war as a result of Israel’s recent acts and its willingness to end its offensive in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip.
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“we have international allies” —> “we like to provoke others then demand and expect from our blackmailed goiyim pals to defend us and do all the fighting for us”.
israel is like the obnoxious little brat that spits in somebody’s eye in the school playground and then runs behind its big brother. it is clear they have zero interest in any negotiated ceasefire or hostage exchange – they have just murdered the other side’s negotiator.
the most frustrating about this is that there’s a large group thinking that the little guy is running the show and not the big guy and it’s mostly because they support their big guy family member, while not being direct family of the little brat who just hangs around his ‘big brother’.
probably it has something to do with the fact that the little guy owns central banks and has unlimited finds and power to corrupt anybody and anything in the west and they are doing it openly now with zero resistance. in brics they are doing it indirectly but if you ask me a question if putin and xi pin are independent or obeying international jew masonry, the second option is the correct one
but you have admit it works perfectly. biden was even not informed about assassination of hamas leader in advance. democrats are begging israel on their knees not to escalate against lebanon and iran before elections as it will require u.s. boots on the ground. they beg them to open humanitarian corridor to gaza but israel just give them fuck off. they don’t care if democrats or republicans will run the administration in the u.s. as jews are pulling the strings in both scenarios.
the blinken-biden regime knew that’s why the theodore roosevelt was placed in the persian gulf in advance so they could repel the iranian strikes they knew would follow and/or deter them, also if all fails to finally give their master netanyahu the us-iran war he has always wanted.
iran, if it will smash the zionist vermin will firts sink the entire fleet off yankees. and surrounding parasite nests. the flip flop army will sure come to the palestinian border and help the resistence neutralising the squatters. there are more than 1 milion flip flop wariors ready !!! the question is what is rusia gon a do? they have now a engagement with iran for help and military protection. i am sure that russia knew and detected the zionist attack to libanon/beirout and teheran.
i hate zionist but they are skilled to airstrike and kill military
israel has too many enemies to deal with. it cannot win. nobody can win with the entire board tilted against them. this region is islamic. a jewish cancer in its midst is destined to fail ultimately. these provocations are acts only intended on dragging anglo american gentiles to fight on their behalf. the zionist jew is a shameless little parasite, always has been, always will be
israel has a useful idiot they get the us to fight their wars for them
zionist gang rapists and genocidebergs have it coming.
israel is racist state and more dangerous than hitler and saddam
israel as a zionist entity is going to collapse. it is coming. the internal structures of the entity is crumbling. externally, they are hated and despised. sinwar’s genius was his intimate knowledge of the hateful vindictive jewish mind. he has been in israeli prison and knows hebrew. he knows how to push their self destruct button. and that button has already been pushed. netanyahu and likud are helping.
it is clear that the zio regime is hell bent on a total regional war and they will carry out further provocations till they get it. they murdered 100+ people in tehran at the soleimani memorial service – no response from iran. they bombed the iranian embassy in syria – largely symbolic missile attack by iran in return. so now they murdered haniyeh in tehran. iran has no alternative but to respond with a massive attack – anything else is just seen as weakness inviting even more zio terror.
this is not just a great embarrassment to iran – it is also 2 fingers to the us regime which has been trying to avoid a massive escalation in the run up to the nov. elections. the us has zero control over nuttyyahoo. he is hell bent on a war with iran drawing in the us as dumb goy muscle to do his dirty work. the us is just israel’s golem. however egregious the zio provocations,
the us is totally controlled by aipac and under the thumb of the zios. however egregious the zio provocations, biden/ harris/ trumpo, whoever, will just fight israel’s wars, whatever the cost to the us, like the good little bought and blackmailed shabbos whores they are. look at all the whores in congress giving 58 standing ovations to nutty yahoo whenever he so much as broke wind.
if they inform the us again beforehand, like last time, i will lose all respect for iran
if not because of iranian elite guards sleeping on the job and not checking my room thoroughly, i would have been alive today. stupid idiots! they should have looked at that bomb hidden in my room!!!
die jews, die!
time to meet your daddy in hell!
we alert in gay amerikunt bar
hoping for lots of dead jew filth
the more the merrier…lol