Iran Launches Unprecedented Missile Attack on Israel
Resistance Forces Seize Initiative to Defeat U.S./Zionist Genocide and Terror
During the night of October 1, Iran launched an unprecedented barrage of more than 180 missiles at Israel. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its attack was in response to deadly Israeli attacks against the people in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as the assassinations of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hezbollah and the IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan in Beirut on September 27, as well as the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.
IRGC statements said that the missiles were aimed at "vital military and security targets" in Israel, specifically at three military bases in the Tel Aviv area. The headquarters of Israel's Mossad spy agency and the regime's Nevatim airbase that houses its F-35 warplanes were among the targeted sites by the IRGC, news reports indicate.
The attack, accompanied by a large-scale cyberattack, also employed Iran's new Fatah hypersonic ballistic missiles for the first time. The IRGC said that 90 per cent of the projectiles fired hit their targets.
Israeli oil platform in sea off Gaza on fire after Iranian missile attack, October 1, 2024
Despite denials by Israel and the United States who claimed that their respective militaries worked together to shoot down most of the projectiles that were fired by Iran, video footage appeared to show the missiles falling on major cities and towns. The Israeli army said only a "few" hits were recorded in central and southern parts of the country while, according to Israel's emergency service, two people were injured from falling shrapnel in the Tel Aviv area.
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. military "coordinated closely" with its Israeli counterparts to shoot down the projectiles. "U.S. naval destroyers joined Israeli air defence units in firing interceptors to shoot down inbound missiles," Sullivan told reporters at the White House. Sullivan said no deaths were reported in Israel: "In short, based on what we know at this point, this attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective," he said.
Palestine Chronicle reported the military spokesperson for Hamas, Abu Obeida saying, "The Iranian response that covered the entire geography of occupied Palestine [...] dealt a strong blow to the criminal occupation that thought that its rampage in the region and its aggression against its people could pass without punishment."
He said the Iranian retaliation was "an exceptional day in the history of the struggle." "The fires of the nation's resistance crossed in the skies of Palestine, and Tel Aviv was exposed to the strikes of the fighters from Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iran. This is a call to all the free people of the nation to make a share in the liberation of Palestine," Abu Obeida said.
Palestine Chronicle staff wrote:
"Indeed, the nature of the coordinated attack indicates that a year after the Israeli war and genocide in Gaza, coordination between all members of what is known as the 'Axis of Resistance' continues to operate at full capacity.
"In fact, the latest coordination exceeds that of military arrangements typically associated with the concept of the 'unity of the square,' to a high level of geostrategic coordination as well.
"The decisive Iranian response, and the interpretation of the attacks by various members of the 'Axis of Resistance,' as expressed in the words of Abu Obeida suggest that Israel's enemies have succeeded in restoring deterrence.
"The days ahead are likely to be decisive."
(Al Jazeera, Palestine Chronicle, Press TV. Photos: Quds)
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October 2, 2024
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