“On July 31, we witnessed the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, and a few days ago, the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah. After that, the start of a ground operation against Lebanon led to the missile attack of Iran against Israel. “In order not to lose Iran’s ideological advantage, it must prevent Israel’s ground operation in Lebanon.”
These words Oku.AzPresident of the Center for Strategic Studies at Bahçeşehir University in Türkiye, an expert on terrorism and security, speaking about Iran’s missile attack on Israel Abdullah Agar saying.
“There is a place that Israel has declared a closed military zone within the country. It includes the kibbutz Kefar Gladi and Misgav Am (a type of collective community in Israel – ed.) and the city of Metulla. In front of said closed place In the military zone , near the border, is the Lebanese village of Kafr Kila. There is a place called “Fatima Gate” (Bab al-Fatima) in Kafr Qila. It is the place where the northwestern end of the Shiite crescent falls. symbolic meaning. Iran and “Hezbollah” use it to justify their fight in terms of history and religion.
On the other hand, Hezbollah presents itself as the leader of the resistance against Israel and Western-backed forces. The “Fatima Gate” and its religious significance are of particular importance to Hezbollah as a unifying and inspiring factor in supporting this resistance. This gate has been closed since 1982. According to the Iranian theory of “Umm al-Qura” (the name used for Mecca in the Holy Quran – ed.), Israel has a vision that it will enter Jerusalem through the “Gate of Fatima”. Official Tel Aviv knows this very well. In my opinion, one of the main objectives of the operations and the measures that will be taken in Lebanon is to capture that place. “One of the main reasons for Iran’s rocket attack on Israel overnight was to prevent it and not fall into a weak position from an ideological point of view,” the expert said.
The scientist also mentioned the existing air defense systems in Israel:
“As for the latest attack, I can say that Israel’s “Iron Dome” system is designed for missiles with a range of 40 km. However, against ballistic missiles, the extra-atmospheric hypersonic missile “Arrow-3” or “Hetz- Israel’s 3” atmospheric defense system There is an Arrow-2 defense system for attacks and a David’s Sling defense system against heavily armed unmanned aerial vehicles and the like.
To protect the gas extraction areas, the “Saar 6” corvette and other artillery systems are used. In other words, the main systems capable of repelling Iran’s attack with ballistic missiles are the “Hetz-2” and “Hetz-3.” The latest attack is stronger than Iran’s response to the attack on the diplomatic mission in Damascus. Previously, the United States sent not only Patriots to Israel, but also the THAAD high-altitude air defense system. THAADs are designed for anti-atmospheric missile strikes and can hit targets at an altitude of 150 km within a radius of 200 km and are effective against ballistic missiles with a range of up to 3,500 km. With this, Iran wanted to demonstrate that it is capable of organizing extra-atmospheric missile attacks.
A. Agar mentioned two possible outcomes of Tehran’s latest move:
“Iran wants to deter Israel from taking further steps and justifies the attack with the right of self-defense. However, we will see how effective this is in the near future. Because Israel is trying to get the United States to not only support it. In addition to these, “A-10”, “F-15 E” and “F-22” fighter jets were also sent. The same type of fighters will be sent along with the numerous military personnel. Until now, the United States and its allies know their strength. He waited so as not to confront and called it “strategic patience.”
Now the situation is completely different and more dangerous. There are two scenarios for what may happen in the near future. The first is that Iran’s missile attack will work and tensions will not rise. According to another scenario, official Tehran on the one hand, and Israel and the United States on the other, will enter into a direct war.”
Sohrab Ismail
