Politics Media: Iran plans new missile attack on Israel
Following the Israeli attack on Iran, the government in Tehran is already planning another counter-attack, according to media reports.
01.11.2024, 05:05
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An attack with drones and ballistic missiles could be launched from Iraq, the US news website Axios reported, citing Israeli sources. According to the report, Israeli intelligence services assume that the attack could possibly take place before the US elections next Tuesday.
Iran will certainly respond to the Israeli attack, said the deputy commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Ali Fadawi, in an interview, according to a report by the Mehr news agency. "We have not left any aggression unanswered for more than 40 years." The US television station CNN quoted a person familiar with the deliberations in Tehran as saying: "The Islamic Republic of Iran's response to the aggression of the Zionist regime will be final and painful."
The chief of staff of Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, according to Axios, that the Iranian response would make "our enemies regret the attack". Israel had attacked several military installations and the air defense system in Iran last week. According to Iranian reports, only minor damage was caused. Israel had responded with the air strikes to an attack by Iran with around 200 missiles at the beginning of October.
Israel's Chief of Staff: "We know exactly how we can hit Iran"
In the event of another attack, the Israeli military warned Iran of harsh consequences. If Tehran "makes the mistake and fires missiles at Israel again, then we know exactly how we can hit Iran", said Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi to soldiers at an airbase in the south of Israel, according to a report in the newspaper "The Times of Israel". Targets that were spared in last week's retaliatory strike could also be targeted. "We are not finished yet, we are in the middle of it," said Halevi.
Israel flies air strikes on the south of Beirut
Meanwhile, for the first time in almost a week, Israeli forces again attacked the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. At least eleven airstrikes hit the Dahieh district, according to Lebanese security sources. A reporter for the German Press Agency reported columns of black smoke rising over the area. The explosions could be heard in large parts of the capital.
In the nearby district of Lebanon Hill, an apartment was reportedly hit by an Israeli drone. At least two people were killed, including a member of the Hezbollah militia.
A few hours earlier, the Israeli military had announced attacks on facilities belonging to the Shiite militia Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The armed forces published two maps showing the targets and called on residents to keep at least 500 meters away from the buildings.
Blinken: Progress in talks on Lebanon ceasefire
Despite the fierce fighting, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sees "good progress" in the negotiations on a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. "More remains to be done," said Blinken in Washington. The progress would result from his recent trip to the region and the ongoing talks.
They are working "very hard" to "make progress on understanding what would be required for the effective implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701," Blinken added. UN Resolution 1701 requires Hezbollah to withdraw behind the Litani River - about 30 kilometers from the border with Israel.
Report: Almost 6,000 buildings damaged in Lebanon's border towns
According to a media report, thousands of buildings in Lebanese border towns have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks. At least 5,858 buildings were affected in the border area, the Washington Post reported, citing its own analysis of satellite images and video footage. Almost a quarter of all buildings in 25 towns along the border with Israel were affected. The majority of the damage - around 80 percent - had occurred since the start of the Israeli ground offensive in southern Lebanon at the beginning of October. Since then, the extent of the destruction has doubled approximately every two weeks.
