Arab Palestinian arson balloons ignite 60 fires on Israel fields and woodland.......
August 12, 2020
Firefighters, soldiers and volunteers raced between dozens of fires set off on Tuesday, August 11, by Arab Palestinian arson balloons from Gaza. Blackened wheat fields and scorched trees were all that remained of thousands of dunams of fertile land adjoining the Gaza Strip.
This was the sixth and most destructive day of the cynical campaign devised by Arab Palestinian terrorists for using bright-coloured toy balloons to sow desolation. The fire-fighting teams toiled ceaselessly in the sweltering summer heat to keep the flames from reaching populated areas. No one was hurt.
This year’s Palestinian balloons are causing even more damage than they did in their first appearance in 2018. On Tuesday, they focused mainly on the Kisufim and Beeri environs in the Eshkol council bordering on the Gaza Strip.
A Bedouin family of shepherds was evacuated from its encampment near Kissufim. Wild creatures fled from the burning Beeri nature reserve although many, including nesting birds, failed to escape the flames and were incinerated. Incendiary balloons exploded over the town of Sderot and Hof Ashkelon.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Benny Gantz both warned that the perpetrators of balloon terror would not escape harsh punishment. Netanyahu added: “I want to make it clear to all of Iran’s proxies, including those in the Gaza Strip, that we have exacted a heavy price in the past and will do so now.”
The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip slammed Israel’s closure of the Kerem Shalom goods crossing into the enclave early Tuesday, accusing Israel of “belligerent” acts. “This is a crime against two million Palestinians. Israel will be held responsible for the consequences.”
On Monday, the Arab Palestinian group test-fired rockets over the Mediterranean Sea, announcing that the next rockets would be aimed at Israel.
Its leaders have indicated that the escalation of terrorist violence against Israel is their means of pressuring Qatar to continue its regular cash gifts to the Gaza Strip, after its year-long program winds down next month.
Amid the flames and the smoke, a new neighbourhood was inaugurated at Kibbutz Sufa, the first in 33 years. It will accommodate 20 young families who have joined the kibbutz.
Iran's Mighty Missile Force Must Not Be Taken For Granted......
12 August 2020
The missile program actually began under the Shah, but today it is the Middle East's largest.
Ballistic missiles are also the most blunt prong of Iran’s deterrent strategy, which also includes the use of proxies and asymmetric naval warfare. Still, it is certainly something that U.S. Central Command has to plan for, especially as Iran and the United States come closer to fighting directly in the Syrian Civil War.
The missile program actually began under the Shah, but it was accelerated during the Iran-Iraq War in order to threaten Saddam Hussein with strikes deep in Iraqi territory.Since then, Iran has worked with countries like Libya, North Korea and China in order to develop a large and diverse arsenal of ballistic and cruise missiles that form one part of its three-leg deterrent strategy.
With Iran now using missiles in conflict, it’s worth taking a closer look at the weapons in its arsenal.
The backbone of Iran's missile forces are the Shahab-series of liquid-fuelled (mostly) short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM). There are three variants of the missile: The Shahab-1, Shahab-2 and Shahab-3. The Shahab-1 was the first missile Iran acquired and is based on the Soviet Scud-B missile.
Iran reportedly purchased these initially from Libya and possibly Syria, but North Korea has been its main supplier. The Shab-1 has a reported range between 285–330 kilometres, and can carry a warhead of around one thousand kilograms. Iran is believed to have three hundred Shahab-1 rockets.
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