If IDF target Iran’s nuclear, oil or energy infrastructure in response to the October 1 attacks, Tehran is set to unleash 1,000 missiles towards Israel
Iran could unleash 1,000 missiles towards Israel if a long-awaited revenge barrage hits its nuclear, oil or energy infrastructure, it was claimed last night.
A potentially devastating weapons salvo would be Tehran’s potential retaliation if Israel breaches the Supreme Leader’s so-called missile attack red-lines. It comes as the Middle East braces for Israel’s response to Iran’s 200-strong missile attack on October 1, in revenge for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s killing.
And a further 38 Palestinians civilians have been killed in Gaza, whilst three journalists died in an Israeli airstrike on their compound in Lebanon. The clock is ticking on Israel’s response which, it has promised, will be launched before the November 5 US election – but the targets are being kept secret.
According to US reports citing sources within Tehran’s shadowy Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, leader Ayotollah Khamenei had ordered preparations to hit Israel. Reports suggest Iran may not escalate in a further tit-for-tat exchange if Israel merely attacks its military bases and equipment stores – avoiding nuclear, oil and energy sites.
Attacking the nuclear, oil and, or, energy sites could result in Iran firing off 1,000 ballistic missiles, possibly forcing a flare-up into a much wider regional battleground.
The Iranian escalatory response would also include an attack from Tehran’s proxies, the Yemeni Houthis and Lebanese Hezbollah, who are fighting Israeli troops. Israel is suffering increasing losses in bloody battles in Lebanon – with ten IDF soldiers killed in 24 hours and many more injured.
Mossad’s top spy master David Barnea is preparing for more Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar. And the last orders from Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar have emerged – telling fighters to look after remaining hostages so they can be used as leverage. Notes penned by Sinwar before his recent killing emerged in reports from the Middle East.
As ground battles rage in southern Lebanon around 130 IDF reservists have insisted on not fighting in Lebanon and Gaza.
An attack on a “press-marked” guesthouse in Hasbaya, south east Lebanon, used by a dozen journalists killed three men working for Al-Manar TV and Al-Mayadeen TV. Lebanon’s information minister said the attack was deliberate and described it as a “war crime.”
An al-Jazeera journalist said on camera: “All official parties were told that this house was being used as a stay-house for journalists. An al-Jazeera journalist said on camera: “All official parties were told that this house was being used as a stay-house for journalists. “We coordinated with them all.”
The Israeli military has not yet commented, but has previously denied targeting journalists. Those killed were camera operator Ghassan Najjar and engineer Mohamed Reda from pro-Iranian news channel Al Mayadeen, as well as camera operator Wissam Qassem from the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar. The Lebanese ministry of health said three others were injured in the blast.
