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Alarms sound in southern Israel, explosions heard in Jerusalem
JPost ^ | 04/21/2021 | Staff

Posted on 04/21/2021 4:11:25 PM PDT by ScubaDiver

Alarms sounded in Abu Qrenat near Dimona in southern Israel early Thursday morning, the IDF's Spokesperson's Unit reported.

Residents from nearby villages reported hearing "loud explosions" that "shook the houses."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bombs; israel; syria; waronterror
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To: ScubaDiver

The mullahs are very upset and frustrated.


21 posted on 04/21/2021 4:43:12 PM PDT by allendale
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To: ScubaDiver

BREAKING: Israeli airstrikes reported in Damascus countryside, Syria.


22 posted on 04/21/2021 4:49:24 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I bet you saw a picture of a Israeli weapons (missile) test that went sideways. That happened early this morning/late last night at a IDF base which I think is a ways from here (but I’m not certain on the location). The ground explosion was immense.

It was the ‘Tomer Factory’ I believe.


23 posted on 04/21/2021 4:54:26 PM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: PIF

Three weeks to go...


24 posted on 04/21/2021 4:56:53 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: ScubaDiver

Thanks! I’ll check.

Stay safe!


25 posted on 04/21/2021 5:00:37 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: DannyTN

The Iron Dome and similar systems are truly incredible. Hopefully they can and will knock out any incoming missiles that threaten the nuclear plant and Israeli cities.

I’ll wait for more information before speculating that Iran is behind this :-)

But what amazes me is not just how effective the anti-missile/anti-rocket technology is, but how humane it is. If Israel did not possess these technologies they would be forced to take ever more drastic measures including air strikes and ground invasions. Every time they intercept a missile in the air, they are not only saving the lives of their own people but also the lives of the people who launched the missile.


26 posted on 04/21/2021 5:01:31 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: ScubaDiver
Conflict News @Conflicts·2m

ISRAEL: IDF report that missile that triggered red alert over southern Israel was a SAM fired from Syria. Battery that fired missile has been targeted tonight.

27 posted on 04/21/2021 5:01:34 PM PDT by McGruff
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Quick...jo, the ho, and Kerry get the planes loaded with billions of dollars to buy milk for the chillun....


28 posted on 04/21/2021 5:02:20 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: McGruff

Interesting. That’s unusual, yes? Don’t the vast majority of the launches happen from Palestinian territory? Things could be rockin’ in Tehran in the foreseeable future...

...perhaps in advance of Biden signing yet another idiotic ‘deal’ with the Mullahs.


29 posted on 04/21/2021 5:04:46 PM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: McGruff

Been to the border. Israel has a big-@ss listening station on a cliff. Pretty impressive. I’m sure it would pinpoint wherever it came from.


30 posted on 04/21/2021 5:05:09 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: ScubaDiver
Conflict News @Conflicts

MORE: Errant Syrian missile was “not even close” to striking the Dimona nuclear reactor, according to an Israeli military spokesman.

31 posted on 04/21/2021 5:08:38 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: ScubaDiver

Yeah. Aren’t most of the missiles launched from Gaza pretty crude and fertilizer based? They seem to hit the usual Kibbutzes in the area.


32 posted on 04/21/2021 5:08:50 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Yes.


33 posted on 04/21/2021 5:11:20 PM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: ScubaDiver

Agreed...
I was billeted in the GZ 04-05, 06-07. That summer & fall of ‘06 was intense.....multiple daily rocket & mortar attacks.


34 posted on 04/21/2021 5:25:37 PM PDT by LFOD (Formerly - Iraq, Afghanistan - back home in Dixie.)
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To: ScubaDiver
It gets stranger:

According to the IDF Spokesperson, a Syrian surface-to-air missile was fired at an Israeli aircraft and instead fell in southern Israel. It did not intentionally target a specific site. In response, Israeli aircraft hit the battery that fired the missile and several others.

35 posted on 04/21/2021 5:33:24 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: ScubaDiver
I don't know if this was in the original reporting so I'll post it here:


36 posted on 04/21/2021 6:06:42 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: McGruff

Maybe conflicting info. Seems that the Syrian army were firing at Israeli jets, either intentionally or by accident but more likely intentionally since Israel was bombing at the time. They missed and the missile landed in the desert or was intercepted in the desert.

What was Israel’s primary target though? Says they took out anti-aircraft batteries but was that the reason they were in the air in the first place?

I’ll note that Russia sent a suicide drone into a Syrian based ISIS convoy the other day, killing perhaps as many as 200 people if I got the story right.


37 posted on 04/21/2021 6:12:03 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

Sounds like the IAF was operating when fired upon and launched a second strike this time at the SAM site?

SA-5? Big son of a gun IIRC


38 posted on 04/21/2021 7:06:35 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Been to the border. Israel has a big-@ss listening station on a cliff. Pretty impressive. I’m sure it would pinpoint wherever it came from.

Ive been there too. I remember that.
39 posted on 04/21/2021 8:09:00 PM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: lightman

Three weeks to go...

Just warming up.


40 posted on 04/22/2021 3:56:52 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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