Defense and Security
Israeli security agencies described the Jan. 25 incident as a severe assault that nearly resulted in the victim’s death.
“We must not return to the Oct. 6 situation where the enemy is on our fences,” the finance minister said.
“This is, thank God, the seventh time they have unsuccessfully tried to eliminate me,” said Israel’s national security minister.
Their arrival, along with another Marine unit of similar size on its way from San Diego, will bolster the 50,000 U.S. troops already in the region.
More than 50 targets were hit in an overnight wave of IAF strikes.
Palestinian Media Watch called for the killer’s rearrest and imprisonment due to his collection of monthly stipends under the P.A.'s “pay for slay” programs.
The strikes were “part of the current operational phase aimed at further degrading core Iranian terror regime systems,” it said.
“The Hasmonean Brigade will continue to act with courage in every arena where it is required,” its commander said.
Iran’s Supreme Leader has not been seen in public and did not deliver an address for the Iranian New Year on Friday, and the rumor mill is in full swing.
The projectile from Lebanon wounded two men as Israeli rescue teams responded across the north.
“If the war continues on schedule, more or less six to eight weeks, then the U.S. has succeeded beyond the dreams of war planners,” he said. “People don’t appreciate just how great this war is going.”
The raid follows Sunday’s attacks on Iran’s Defense and Intelligence ministries, the IRGC Air Force and Internal Security Forces.
