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Iran 'encouraging' Gaza rocket fire, Israel destroys long-range missile pads

Israel is accusing Iran of encouraging 'Palestinian' terrorists to shoot rockets at southern Israel from Gaza, and the IDF says that it has destroyed the launch pads for Hamas' long-range Iranian Fajr-5 missiles. This is from the first link.

Iran is encouraging the Islamic Jihad terrorist group in Gaza to continue firing rockets against Israel, IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai said on Sunday.

According to Mordechai, since the beginning of the violence on Friday, 150 rockets have been fired by Palestinian terror groups, although 40 landed inside Gaza and another 37 were intercepted by the Iron Dome counter-rocket defense system. "Iran finances Islamic Jihad and supports it with weaponry," Mordechai told reporters. "In these days, the Iranians are supporting them and actively encouraging them to continue."

Mordechai said that while Hamas was not actively firing rockets into Israel, it is viewed as the ruling authority in Gaza and is therefore held responsible by Israel for terrorist attacks that originate inside the territory.

And this is from the second link.

A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that one site hit was being used to launch Iranian-built Fajr-5 missiles.

"The IAF (Israel Air Force) destroyed launching pits of Fajr long range rockets that can hit Tel Aviv," Ofir Gendelman wrote in a posting on Twitter. "This is the result of meticulous intelligence work."

Just imagine how effective the IDF would be if Iran had nuclear weapons. Why is it that no one outside of Israel seems to understand the extent to which an Iranian nuclear weapon would be a game changer?

What could go wrong?

Labels: Hamas, IDF, Iran, Iranian missiles, Palestinian Islamic Jihad

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:24 PM