Posted on 01/20/2015 4:01:18 PM PST by SkyPilot
Senior Iranian and Hezbollah figures killed in an airstrike in Syria this weekend were likely planning an 'imminent' attack on Israel, security sources have claimed.
Six Iranian army chiefs died alongside five Hezbollah militants after an Israeli helicopter fired rockets at a convoy in the Golan Heights region on Sunday.
Among those killed was Iranian General Mohammed Allahdadi, as well as commander Abu Ali Tabatabai, who is known to have worked with both Hezbollah and Iran.
Today Major General Eyal Ben Reuven, a former deputy head in the Israeli Defense Forces, accused the senior military figures of meeting to plot an attack on Israel.
He added that the commanders' decision to meet in Syria could mean that a 'high-level' and 'sophisticated' attack on Israel's northern border is 'imminent'.
Research group The Israel Project came to a similar conclusion, saying that the presence of Tabatabai 'probably indicates operations aimed at overrunning Israeli border towns.'
The warnings come just a week after Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, warned that the group 'is ready and prepared for a confrontation in the Galilee and beyond the Galilee.'
Jihad Mughniyeh (pictured), the son of a prominent Hezbollah leader, died alsongside Iranian General Mohammed Allahdadi on Sunday
Iran has also promised a 'crushing response' to the weekend strike, without laying out exactly what action will be taken.
General Mohammad Ali Jafari, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, said: 'These martyrdoms proved the need to stick with jihad. The Zionists must await ruinous thunderbolts.
'The Revolutionary Guards will fight to the end of the Zionist regime... We will not rest easy until this epitome of vice is totally deleted from the region's geopolitics.'
Israeli troops have been marshalled along the country's northern border, while an Iron Dome missile launcher has been deployed...
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It is called the "Sampson Option" and you are right - they will.
Sampson = Samson
ISIS does not yet control Damascus, but I can see that happening. If they, or the current regime in Syria launch chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons against Israel - or Israel's borders are about to fall - I fully expect Israel to launch a nuclear strike.
True.
Respectfully, the headline from the Daily Mail is highly misleading.
The tone of the article seeks to suggest an “attack”, as opposed to an “invasion”.
Not saying an attack is a good thing, but between Iranian bluster, and Israel’s ability to absorb the blows, I think this is more an editor’s way of gaining more readers. It worked, I fell for it.
Thank you.
We know they are going to. Problem is that in that war Israel gets hit pretty hard also.
Yep, to wipe out Damascus overnight it would take that.
He'll be sending intel to Iran.
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An Israel-Iran-Lebanon war won't be pleasant, though perhaps for Lebanon might come out better in the long term. Could cause Assad some problems as well.
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Sheesh, more coffee James!
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Good shooting Israel!
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