In the almost two days that have passed since Israel announced the entry of its troops into Lebanese territory to liquidate Hezbollah, eight soldiers – all aged in their twenties – have lost their lives. They are the first to fall in the neighboring country since the 2006 war.So far, they are captains Harel Etinger and Itai Ariel Giat, both 23; sergeants first class Noam Barzilay, 22, and Or Mantzur and Nazar Itkin, 21; Sergeants Ido Broyer and Almken Terefe, also aged 21; and Commander Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22.
His photographs shocked the entire country, which was recovering from Tuesday’s massive attack. dIn one hour, Iran fired 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. THE extent of destructionHowever, this has been minimal. Most of the projectiles were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome (the air defense system of the Jewish state) and the warships that the United States has deployed in the region.
According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), only a few hit the ground. center and south of the countryand they caused no casualties. However, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense Authority and as captured on a security camera, a Palestinian died later of a piece of missile that fell on him while he was walking down a street from Jerichoin the occupied West Bank. He New York Times identified him as Sameh al-Asalia 37-year-old Gazani who took refuge in this city after the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli authorities are still assess the damage caused by the attack. But while they reject the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ claim that “90 percent of the missiles hit their targets,” they confirmed that there had been material damage in certain regions. Concretely, the Israeli army announced this Wednesday that some of its air bases were affected. Now he assured that the Shame were “minimal” and they don’t have did not affect the functioning of military infrastructure nor did they affect aircraft or weapons warehouses.
This shows that Nevatim Air Base is targeted
If you compare it to geotagged footage filmed to the east (right), the previously unconfirmed video (left) syncs up, showing that it was filmed at the same time.
The geolocated sequence (right) was filmed here: pic.twitter.com/FG2AqR3YDz
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According to the The Wall Street Journalsome missiles hit Nevatim Air Base in the Negev Desert causing minor damage. In this sense, specialists from Open Source Research (OSINT) verified the fall of warheads in this area. aerial images from the agency Reuters They also show civilians walking among the remains of a ballistic missile. For its part, the Israeli army refused to comment and indicated that will not provide information it can help Iran or Hezbollah.
On Tuesday, explosions were also reported near Tel Air Base Nosouth of the town of Rehovot. We do not know, at the moment, if there is any damage. Many videos broadcast on social networks show how one of the Iranian projectiles – it is not clear whether before or after being shot down – left a crater between 8 and 10 meters deep near one of the roads located next to the headquarters of Mossad (one of the Israeli intelligence agencies) north of Tel Aviv.
According to him New York Timestwo Iranian missiles were located in an area near the Dead Sea, not far from the town of Dimonawhere are the Israeli nuclear facilities. It is unclear whether the projectiles were shot down or fell in these areas without being intercepted.
Likewise, in a video published by the Army in which the head of the Home Front Command, Rafi Milo, appears, we can see how a school in the Guedera regionin the center of the territory, was partially destroyed. This is a building located near Ashkelonthe closest town to the Gaza Strip.
Emergency services announced that they had treated several people injured by shrapnel. And in the municipality of Hod HaSharon, also in the center, witnesses say the detonation of a missile caused damage to a hundred housesaccording to the BBC.
