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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israeli media debunk IOF claims about damage from Iran's strike</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">April 17, 2024<br></div>
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researcher specializing in "Israel's" wars reveals new details
concealed by the Israeli occupation army about the impact of the Iranian
retaliatory strikes.</p><img src="cid:ii_lv41jqc40" alt="9b3f1d84-978c-4f62-89c1-f9a1bb843698.jpg" width="464" height="309"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
<br>Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari displays to the
media one of the Iranian ballistic missiles reportedly intercepted over
the weekend, southern occupied Palestine, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. <em>(AP </em>Photo)
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<p>Ori Vialkov, a researcher specializing in "Israel's" wars, revealed
Wednesday that the Israeli occupation military underreported details
regarding Iran's latest retaliatory attacks against Israeli targets in
occupied Palestine.</p>
<p>Vialkov told the Israeli newspaper <em>Maariv</em> that Iran's
Operation True Promise witnessed the launch of approximately 185 "Shahed
136" drones and their jet-powered version, the "Shahed 238", which can
reach a speed of up to 500 kilometers per hour.</p>
<p>The researcher said that the Iranian forces launched dozens of cruise
missiles and around 110 ballistic missiles, noting that the US military
intercepted at least six missiles using American destroyers equipped
with the Aegis missile defense system.</p>
<p>He highlighted that Iran fired several long-range ballistic missiles
toward "Israel" from various launch sites on Iranian soil but did not
use all types of its missiles during this operation.</p>
<p>According to Vialkov, Iran possesses around 3,000 ballistic missiles,
and about 800 to 1,000 have a range that can reach occupied lands.</p>
<p>Some of the missiles used by Iran during its retaliatory strikes against "Israel" include:</p>
<ul><li>"Kheibar," which entered service in 2022 with a range of 1450 km and a warhead of 500 kg;</li><li>"Emad," which entered service in 2016 with a range of approximately 2,500 km and a warhead of 750 kg;</li><li>"Ghadr-110," an enhanced version of the "Shahab 3" with a range
between 1,800-2,000 km and a warhead ranging from 650 kg to 1,000 kg;</li><li>and possibly the "Shahab 3B" with a range of 2,000 km and a warhead of 700 kg.</li></ul>
<p>The researcher pointed out that the Iranians did not use more
advanced missiles such as the "Sejil," with a range of 2,500 km and a
warhead of 1,500 kg, or the "Khorramshahr," a missile with a range of
2,000 km and a warhead of 1,800 kg, and its upgraded version, the
"Khorramshahr 4," which they may have reserved for future operations.</p>
<h2>Damage caused by the Iranian retaliation</h2>
<p>The Iranian forces attacked three main bases: the "Hermon" base, the
"Nevatim" base, and the "Ramon" base, Vialkov mentioned, citing a map
published by an Iranian-run website.</p>
<p>However, the Israeli occupation military claims that only <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/home-to-f-35-squadrons--meet--nevatim--airbase-struck-by-ira">the "Nevatim" Airbase</a> suffered minor damage and the "Hermon" base had a road damaged in its vicinity, while the "Ramon" base was not hit at all.</p>
<h3>1- 'Nevatim'</h3>
<p>The researcher recalled that <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-official-reveals-impact-of-damage-by-iran-s-retaliatory-r">Israeli sources told <em>ABC News</em></a> that five Iranian missiles hit "Nevatim", damaging a C-130 transport plane, a non-active runway, and an empty storage building.</p>
<p>According to the report, the Israeli anti-air systems intercepted
nine missiles, not seven as claimed by Daniel Hagari, the spokesperson
for the Israeli occupation army.</p>
<p>Hagari said that only four or five missiles hit the "Nevatim" base,
causing minor damage to a C-130 transport plane hit by missile
fragments.</p>
<p>But video analysis shows at least four Iranian missile impacts, not
interception missiles, at the base. The Iranian forces also confirmed
that they achieved three precise hits at the "Nevatim" base; hitting one
runway, damaging one building, and hitting another building and the
hangars. In addition, expert analysis shows five hits.</p>
<h3>2- 'Hermon'</h3>
<p>Vialkov revealed that an analysis of the image published by Hagari
shows that an Iranian drone managed to penetrate the "Hermon" area and
hit a road there, refuting the Israeli spokesperson's claims that a
missile or interception fragments landed on the road and that no drones
breached the occupied airspace.</p>
<h3>3- 'Ramon'</h3>
<p>After analyzing satellite images of the "Ramon" base, analysts claim
that Iran failed to hit aircraft hangars, ammunition buildings, or
command and control centers, the Israeli researcher mentioned, but noted
that other analyses suggested that the base may have been targeted with
five hits on several of its warehouses, maintenance facilities, and
vicinity.</p>
<h3>4- 'Dimona' Nuclear Reactor</h3>
<p>Elsewhere, Vialkov told <em>Maariv</em> that satellite image analysis
revealed there was at least one hit on one of the buildings in the
"Dimona" Nuclear Reactor and up to two hits in its vicinity as a result
of the Iranian strike. He noted that these analyses are based on
low-quality satellite images, and only with the availability of
high-quality satellite images can the true damage inflicted on the base
be determined.</p>
<p>In conclusion, Vialkov suggested that the interception rate of the
Iranian missiles was approximately 84%, still a very high percentage,
but incomparable to the Israeli occupation army's 99%, which gave a
sense that all Iranian threats were intercepted.</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iron-dome-failed-to-intercept-all-seven-hypersonic-missiles">Iron Dome failed to intercept all seven hypersonic missiles: Press TV</a></strong></p></div></div></div>
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