Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
Israel used the United States-controlled airspace of Iraq to launch its attack against Iran on October 26, the Iranian military revealed.
“In a clear aggression and against the international laws, warplanes of the Zionist enemy on Saturday used Iraqi airspace that is under control of the terrorist army of the U.S. to fire a number of air-launched long-range missiles, towards a number of border radars in Ilam and Khuzestan province and around Tehran province,” the ministry said in a statement, adding missiles that had been fired 100 km away from the Iranian airspace had warheads with a weight of one fifth of the weight of the warheads of Iran’s ballistic missiles.
The military also acknowledged that Iranian radar units suffered “minor and ineffective” damage as a result of the Israeli attack, noting that all radar units have either been repaired or are being re-serviced.
“A significant number of the missiles were traced and intercepted and the enemy’s planes were blocked from entering the country’s airspace,” it added.
Concluding, the military said that Iran reserves the right to respond to the “Israeli aggression” at an appropriate time, adding that the country reiterates the need for a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon to prevent the massacre of innocent people in those regions.
The Israeli attack on Iran was a response to the October 1 large-scale missile strike on Israel. The attack was carried out in several waves over the course of several hours.
During the attack, Syrian state media reported that Israel struck several military sites in the south and center of the country. Israeli fighter jets were also spotted over Jordan.
The first wave of the attack reportedly targeted Iran’s air defense capabilities, while the second hit drone and ballistic missile manufacturing sites, as well as sites used to launch such weapons. Some 100 aircraft of the Israeli Air Force took part in the attack, which the Israeli military dubbed “Days of Repentance.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a statement posted to X, mourned four officers who were killed in the attack, warning against future escalation by Israel.
“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,” Pezeshkian writes.
Israel’s use of Iraqi airspace during the attack on Iran was confirmed by Iraqi media. The wreckage of a secretive Israeli air-launched two-stage ballistic missile was found in the northern province of Saladin. Video footage of the wreckage was posted to social networks.
The secretive missile, which was first spotted during the April 19 Israeli attack on Iran, appears to be a derivative of Israel’s Sparrow family of air-launched target missiles, which were initially developed to mimic ballistic missiles and test anti-missile systems.
The missile in question may be the “Golden Horizon” air-launched ballistic missile named in a recently leaked U.S. intelligence report on Israeli preparations to attack Iran. The missile is thought to have a maximum range of around 2,000 kilometers.
It is unclear what other weapons Israel used during the attack on Iran, although a report by The New York Times suggests that drones were employed.
Video footage of the attack released by the Israeli military showed fighter jets taking off with just air-to-air missiles and external fuel tanks.
While Israel managed to hit targets in Iran, the full extent of damage the Islamic Republic took remains unclear. Any response by Iran could lead to a serious escalation. At the same time, the lack of response could encourage Israel to escalate even further. Due to the complexity of the situation, the Iranian leadership will likely take time before making a decision.
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here we go. more damage control and brainwashing from south front. look on the map you assholes. where is israel, where is iraq and where is iran. the whole attack was carried through syrian airspace. i will repeat it once more !
s y r i a n = russian controlled airspace. f*ck your lies and your pro-putin propaganda.
and we have three possibilities and i don’t know which one is the most devastating for russia:
1. russia has long term agreement with israel that they can use syrian airspace to bomb iranian proxies, saa and 3rd countries at will = betrayal
2. russia had secret meeting with netyanyahu and somehow “forgot” to inform iran= betrayal
3. russian aviation is so weak, that putin ordered not respond because he was afraid his tiny contingent in syria would be wiped off = he is coward and weak
there is. 4th explanation: look at putin’s application form for visa, row about nationality of his mother and you all will understand putin’s love for khazarian people and khazaria in exile (israel)
in fact, this option is “more than likely”. in this light, the russian economic “miracle” achieved by putin after the yeltsin debacle looks quite different. perhaps someone wanted a seemingly “strong” russia to justify military spending in the west, but they made sure that the russian “leader” would be their asset. this also explains the unshakable certainty in the west that the russians will not use nuclear weapons.
instead of posting your guesswork and wishful thinking on southfront, why don’t you do the msm rounds, i’m sure you could fascinate them with your knowledge of the situation?
zionist piece of shite even created multiple accounts as per his zionists puppet masters. to convince whom, faggot? you fckers are the most disgusting pieces of shite on earth.
i was sure that the russians would attack the most high-profile us propaganda asset on earth! how could the russians not take on the most powerful empire in history over a third-rate vaudeville show bombing of iran? thanks for always being inadequate, li’l hasbaranik!
lot of word salad here, yet you present no facts whatsoever. keep guessing
⬆️ analisto 🤣
zionists puppet alert.
why are you still on southfront if this is all propaganda as you claim? isn’t it better for you to post on another forum that shares your conspiracy theories?
propaganda, but keep coming back here to cry a river zionist nazi cuksucker. lol!
you should look at a map first before vomiting your verbal diarrhea here fagoot. why would anyone take a roundabout to syria when they can straight fly over the pro-isrehelli jorden skies into american-controlled iraqi airspace! fckuing zionist cuckball
snowden make less sense that annalise bareback, and she’s a girl math 360 retard…
make your own web site and fuck off to it if you think you can do better jackass… see you back here tomorrow, loser, cause those that can do, those that can’t, masterbate nonsense and retardation on their keyboard.
you look at the map…jordan then through iraq…you struggle eh?
do you ever tire of repeating the same debunked talking points? every competent analyst understands israel flew over jordan, then iraq. how come you always manage to be the first to comment to any sf article? could it be because you’re paid to monitor the site and channel the debate? do us a favor and go comment on i24 or times of israel, where people will marvel at your insights and astute analysis, we’re all stacked up here.
that “retaliation” looks more and more like an air defense probing attack. will the results deter the neocons ? who knows ?
what exactly should “deter neocons” ? israel is tiny. their airspace is so small that israeli pilots trained in turkey. with the speed of the fighter jets you can’t train in israel. jets have diameter of turns 30 km or so in supersonic speed. so what really happened? 100 israeli jets made comprehensive “training” above syria and iraq , including mid flight refueling. they achieved goals, they dropped bombs, there was not reaction from russia and iran. it looks like success.
you also have to take into account that this was the first time in history when f35s have been deployed in real action and have done exactly what they were designed to do. they penetrated enemy defenses, hit targets, and returned safely. i guarantee you that the whole world will study this mission carefully and that military doctrines will be modified. there are a thousand f35s in scandinavia, and each can carry a nuclear bomb. do you understand?
tus palabras se las lleva el viento
eso es correcto 👍 el “cornflake de nieve” es una marioneta pagada de los judios.
he’s no es más que un gilipollas iluso que se cree más listo de lo que es.
gee you believe this muppet?
how long and how stealth can a “penguin” fligh with a 15 tons missile attached under it ? did you forgot your pills or did you take too much of them ?
“there are a thousand f35s in scandinavia” nope.
a thousand f-35s? there isn’t a thousand f-35s in the entire world. what a maroon. dude, are you one of those new hasbara they hired after 8200 base was hit? boy, are they lowering the bar. new requirements: iq=below 50, education=grammar school, ‘c’ average max, mindset=previously programmed exceptionalist/racist, social skills=psychopathic loner/liar, small animal torturer. morals=none.
just stfu, no one here likes you, i don’t even like you… your retardation has lost its charm…
have you seen the footage clown? doesn’t look like a success to me, more like a failed incursion of the terrorists zionists
stfu you asshat clown
no question, the affinity of those folks for show biz would produce claims of success. i was sure that the iraqi and syrian air forces would take on the most high-profile asset of the us empire. everyone could play a role in this theatrical production of the jewish supremacists. but no, the russians just wouldn’t sell it.
obviously, they wanted to see what could withstand the murmansk ew system, but didn’t dare test the sam400s with their pilots. would have been too demoralising to see zionist pig pilots paraded in tehran…
i’m sure there’s 100s of thousands security cams all over iran that have compromised firmware which can be accessed remotely by third parties. yet none of these cams have been able to show any ground hits like those seen on the october 1 hypersonic strike on israel. looks like the iranian shield is far more effective than the david’s sling.
time to destroy some usa bases in the response.
exactly, sever the satellite relay to israel from all bases near iran, poke them eyes out good and deep.
my anuz bleacher lgbt taco maker snowden suffer many seizures after frequent gang bang at p diddy freakout
pedo biden and his gq g20 butt boy baby rapist have a vendetta against russia.
iran “take[s] time before making a decision” for many years. for all the axis talk, both iran and hezbollah are focussed on self-interest. but their passivity in the face of a massive zionist bombing campaign allows much greater arab civilian death, nor, now, promises a durable peace. israel is fighting to win, both iran and hezbollah are helping it win by not doing so.