After an Israeli airstrike destroyed the IRGC’s Syrian headquarters in Damascus, killing three generals including the IRGC-Al-Quds commander in Syria and Lebanon, Mohamed Reza Zahedi, stern warmings came both from Hezbollah and Iran. The Iranians said they would avenge those killings “soon,” but more than a week has gone by and nothing has been launched at Israel either by Hezbollah or by its puppet-master Iran. No doubt the Iranians are in a quandary: they now have promised to strike, by way of revenge for Zahedi’s killing, the Jewish state, but they have to choose a target that will not provoke an Israeli response so ferocious that Iran will then face the prospect of responding in kind to save face, which could lead an all-out war, which it most definitely does not want. Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, has threatened to make the “Zionists repent of their aggression.” But he’s all hat and no cattle. Neither Hezbollah nor Iran wants to take on Israel right now; they saw what the IDF could do in Gaza, as it lay waste to Hamas. The Iranians know what kind of advanced missiles, rockets, and drones are now in Israel’s armory, including many weapons that were barely used in Gaza. More on these braggart warriors — Khamenei, Raisi, Nasrallah — who threaten the Jewish state with a terrible vengeance, but are shaking in their boots, can be found here: “Should Iran be afraid of Israel’s long-range attack capabilities? – analysis,” by Matan Wasserman, Jerusalem Post, April 7, 2024:
After the assassination of Iranian general Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the commander of the Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, at the beginning of the month, the Iranians issued a series of threats against Israel, including a tweet from Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, which read: “With the help of God, we will make the Zionists repent of their crime of aggression against the Iranian consulate in Damascus.”
Despite the Iranian capabilities in the field of rockets, missiles, and drones, and their use of foreign proxies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and the Shi’ite militias in Iraq and Syria, the level of damage Israel can cause to Iran and its allies though its long-range attack capabilities is very high….
Additionally, Israel possesses long-range bunker-busting bombs that can hit some of Iran’s nuclear facilities. However, Israel’s attack capability is not limited to the nuclear facilities: Israel can damage the institutions and symbols of government in Tehran, damage the fuel terminal on Kharg Island, and paralyze Iran’s oil export capacity via an attack on the Bandar Abbas port. These injuries will cause the collapse of the Iranian economy and disrupt the ability to live in Iran.
Israel has anti-missile defense capabilities, and a complete series of air-defense missiles, including the Iron Dome, David’s Slingshot, Arrow 2, and Arrow 3, which allow Israel to neutralize a large part of the missile, drone, and rocket attack capabilities of Iran, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen, as has been proven in six months.
Although not all the missiles will be stopped by the aforementioned systems, the damage to them will be less than any of the threats we hear every day in the media, and the damage Israel will cause to those countries is tens of times greater than their ability to harm Israel.
Israel has the ability to hit any target in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, or Yemen, through thousands of sorties of bombs from fighter jets. This capability could do unprecedented damage to these countries, including damage to fuel terminals, bridges, vital infrastructure, and symbols of government such as the presidential palace in Damascus. It is important that those who threaten Israel recognize and understand Israel’s attack and defense capabilities against missiles so that they understand what they are dealing with and the consequences of their actions.
Now if I were the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, I’d read and reread a Persian translation of the article just above, and then send copies to every officer in the Artesh, the IRGC, and the Basij Resistance Group, instructing them to read it v-e-r-y c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y, to make sure no one gets any smart ideas about taking on the Zionists before it’s time. I’d instruct them to commit this sentence to memory: The damage Israel will cause to those countries is tens of times greater than their ability to harm Israel. And quiet down.
Taffy says
I believe that Israel has the intelligence as to where Rasi and the Ayatollah hang out. They also have F-35s and in-air refueling capabilities and long range precision missiles too.
They could hit Iran’s Parliament in a heartbeat and wreak havoc with Iran and its leaders since the Iranians have no real air defense. I do not believe that Iran wants to FA and find out.
abu taleb says
They should hit the Ayatollahs and the Iranian president. Then they help the Iranian people to overthrow the government. The Iranian people must have been waiting for an opportunity to overthrow the government.
ed says
islam must be destroyed
FYI says
Israel is not just any Land.
It is “My Land” Jeremiah 2:7
“It belongs to God” Leviticus 25:23
Jews and christians should note:
allah{of the kaaba} is NOT the Biblical God.muslims think someday that allah will conquer the planet but Jerusalem needs to be won first.But the planet is ALREADY owned by the Biblical God who happens to be… the God of Israel.
This can’t happen!
The terrible fate awaiting the nations{‘every nation’} that try to destroy Jerusalem .This is what God will do.It is God’s land and city!
Jerusalem:=the Holy City
Zechariah 12 v 9
Zechariah chapters 12-14
Daniel 7 v 23-27 The world of today described
Note Jesus Christ insists in Matthew 24 that you know Daniel.
James Lincoln says
Any government / terrorist group that attacks Israel has got to be totally brain-dead.
David M says
Exactly, Hamas is finding that out the hard way, and they are brain dead. I have a list of four countries in no particular order you do want want to attack because of the payback: Israel, China, Russia & the USA.
Christopher Watson says
We used to be top of that list. We fought China, Russia and the USA in 1812 and won. Now we shake in our boots at the mention of the Houthis. We try to sign up moslems into our army and we treat the Gurkas abominably.
Dehne McLaughlin says
Agree. And Iran holds back retaliating to Israeli attacks as its priority is to develop its own atomic bombs before Israel has an excuse to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities.
40 rounds says
Israel has suitcase nukes in every Muslim capital so they can only push so hard against them. Iran knows this that’s why they need to be very careful in their response.
David M says
As well as about 20 nuclear submarines cruising the ocean that could wipe out any country that attacks Israel. You know they would use them if they had to as well.
Vera levy says
Imagine that those fanatics in Iran are gone for good
What a relief for the world !
This, without a doubt, would wipe out worldwide terrorism!!
There cannot be made a deal with this Fanatics!
The Democrats must be insane, thinking that America will get anything out of this murderous in any deal
The thinking of the Obama Biden administration has been false all alone in every war, which has been conducted in the Middle East
To get the first year in 2015
Obama, let Hizbollah off the hook and has hidden all the information about that from the American people
And now those drug cartels coming from all over South America illegally into the US
Everyone can watch the Cassandra prophecy on the Internet. This will be a surprise for every Democrat voting American.
They have given the power to the devil
Moshe says
Not to mention reported “EMP Bombs”
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/world-war-3-fears-grow-32516831
steve O'mara says
Israel, fortunately for the Islamic World, is NOT lingering in the 7th century. Israel is a modern civilised democratic entity. However, tiny peace-preferring Israel has the capability of turning ANY serious attacker into …an ashtray… Gaza was fortunate that its Hamas ”owners” are cocooned/swaddled beneath civilians even to the point that their feral ”soldiers” prefer NOT wear uniforms. If positions were reversed, Gaza would nave immediately after a 7th October incident, nuked Israel.
Christopher Watson says
“All Hat and No cattle?” Never heard that one before.