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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on March 17 that it used a new “Haj Qasem” ballistic missile for the first time in a fresh wave of attacks against Israel, describing it as an advanced precision-guided weapon.
The strikes targeted sites in the cities of Beit Shemesh, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem in the center of Israel, according to Tansim News Agency, which cited a statement by the IRGC.
The guards also said the barrage hit United States military bases in the Middle East, including facilities in Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq.
Drones and several other ballistic missiles, including the Ghadr, Emad, and Fattah models, were also used in the strikes, per the IRGC.
Haj Qasem is named after the IRGC’s Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the U.S. in Iraq more than six years ago. It is a medium-range ballistic missile with a solid-fueled, two-stage system. The missile range is reported to be up to 1,400 kilometers with a warhead weighing 500 kg.
At least eight salvos of missiles targeted Israel during the day, with warning sirens sending in the north, center and south of the country, sending millions into shelters. Multiple impacts were reported, some in the center were attributed to submunitions from missiles armed with cluster warheads. Still, there were no casualties, at least according to Hebrew media.
Early on March 18, an additional salvo of missiles was launched at Israel. Missiles armed with cluster warheads were also used, and multiple impacts were reported in the center of the country, mainly in Tel Aviv. Hebrew media reported causalities this time, with some reports indicating that at least two were killed.
The IRGC escalation came after Israel announced the assassination of Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, and Basij paramilitary force commander Gholamreza Soleimani. The Islamic Republic has since confirmed that both were killed.
The Israeli Air Force also carried out several strikes against IRGC and Basij checkpoints in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in what appears to be an attempt to destabilize the situation in the Islamic Republic.
Taking advantage of recent assassinations and strikes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Iranians to take to the streets to celebrate Nowruz, their ancient fire festival.
“In the past 24 hours, we knocked out two of the terrorist chieftains, the top terrorist chieftains of this tyranny,” said Netanyahu from the Air Force command bunker in the Kirya in Tel Aviv.
“Our aircraft are hitting the terror operatives on the grounds, in the crossroads, in the city squares,” he continued in English. “This is meant to enable the brave people of Iran to celebrate the Festival of Fire.”
“Celebrate and Happy Nowruz,” the primer added, reassuring Iran’s people that “we’re watching from above.”
No protests were reported, but Iranian opposition media, namely Iran International, said that the death toll in the Islamic Republic from the American-Israeli war has exceeded 5,000. So far, Iranian officials have reported some 1,444 fatalities, including civilians.
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the people of iran are not going to listen to a monster they wish were dead. the people of iran may yet get their wish granted. this wish isn’t confined to the iranian people but also to those in palestine, syria, lebanon, egypt, and every other person with a pulse. the iranian admin is just getting started. there will be no crying for isreal when it’s gone.
i pray for the destruction of antichrist israel. that is the beginning of the end. then the rest of the democracy loving world will follow.
israël is only the conséquence of joos controlling the banking system of europe. the root causes are in deuteronomy 15:6. the balfour déclaration of 1917 is addressed to lord….. rotschild.
it’s not the “jews”, it’s the zionists.
i am a true jew and part of true israel.
these false jews came to power by riding false christainity. false israel came to power by creating democracy.
and now stupid democracy loving christians support antichrist israel.
the end is near.
if what you say is true the zionist likud party would be dismembered along with their acolytes and israel would be made whole by a leader reminiscent of yitzhak rabin who all israelis murdered and were indifferent to. just like the u.$. with jfk.
they still do not show those supposed “cluster bombs” hit the ground.
they are not cluster bombs. not a single video follows them to the ground. none!
they are setting up for war crimes charges, or something.
also, israel is only releasing video of impacts in residential areas.
a world of lies.
you make a valid point. we haven’t been shown much of these hitting, and what they show is basically bricks ans stuff removed and a bit of a small crater.. not much. some of the stuff in dubai looked scripted also, like how the explosions happened right near the ground floor lobbies in both high-end hotel “strikes”. i saw one video purportedly of the clusters hitting where some kids are on a cliff or something, but not much else.
exactly, whole buildings get demolished in iran and lebanon but in israel there are small holes in the sidewalk. highly suspect.
because this is what happens when a cluster bomb hit the ground, why you do not study instead to write asinine comments?
the isreali leadership are habitual liars. nothing they say, can or should, be believed. the only thing they are true to is their murderous intent of the goyim. since we in the west are not chosen, that makes us a target too. it’s just a matter of time and a matter of falling out with the apartheid regime.
are you joking or what? so tell us, what are they if not clusters? maybe you are another flat-earther.
fake jews and us down to hitting checkpoints. shameful. iran should strike the fake jews border posts so floods of heavily armed infiltrators can sneak in from other nations and create havoc.
the goatfuckers are getting desperate…heheheh
how is the 1 day regime change operation going? hahahahahahahaha ahahahahahahah bergstein
oy vey, moshe, we are f*cked! the damn mullahs are carpet bombing us with 8 missile barrages a day! i can’t take it any more! i’m hiding in a shelter all the time like a rat in a hole! i’m off! i’m going to bug out through ben gurion with everybody else while i still can! i’m taking the samsonite option!
i’m firing a flesh missile up your daughter’s arse…heheheh
we americunts prefer fuck sheep—less sexually repressed than our ugly obese females
from “as long as it takes” to “we will regine change iran” to “we will reopen the hormuz” to “err we dont have any allies left” to “lets talk” to “but we still won in our amazing minds”
i used to work in a zoo. monkeys of all kinds, including b ab oons and chi mpan zees, are ex tre mely supportive and friendly towards each other. i have a pig farm at home and anyone who knows pigs knows that they are smart and decent, albeit dirty, creatures. i demand that hts publicly apologize.
it is absolutely unacceptable that h t s compares ala w it es to decent and com passi onate a ni m a ls
the nature of the traitorous alawites who betrayed syria and iran is the nature of gmo soybeans.
i used to work in a zoo. mon ke ys of all k in ds, in clu ding b ab oons a nd chi m pan zees, are ex tre mel y suppo rtive and friendly tow ards e ach other. i have a p i g f ar m at home and any one who kn ows p ig s k no ws that they are smart and de cent, albeit d i r ty, cr ea tur es. i de ma nd that h t s pu blicl y apolo g ize.
it is absolu tely un acce pta ble that h t s co mp ares ala w it es to de cen t and co m pa ssi o nate a ni m a ls
i can sympathize with the rat and i don’t agree with the idea of needlessly torturing cows if they can be stunned first. but what the alawites did to their allies and liberators, the iranians…that puts them on a par with the harmful and callous monsatan soybean and the monsatan corn. this is called the most harmful weed.
monsatan plants are absolutely harmful.these pests were not created by god and neither were the alawites created by god.- are artificially created harmful species.
are targets in cities really a higher priority than airfields and arms/fuel depots?
bibi ma nieźle zryty łeb “świętujcie i wyjdźcie na ulicę” tak irańczycy, będą świętować, że żydzi i gady z usa niszczą im kraj, zabijają rodziny, niszczą przemysł, szpitale, szkoły, siłę militarną i, że będą odbudowywać się przez dziesięciolecia. oczywiste, że mossad nawołuje do tych “protestów”
after 6 somalis pumped my azz w jizz minnesota i go nyc where americunts not allowed without african visa
we bring peace and democracy like we did to gaza [murder and mayhem]
name of the nohe or song in the first video?
i do not understand: modern missiles with cluster munition capable to break an entire airbase, or industrial center, used for what? to make holes in a street? what’s the point?