The IAF’s ‘Arrow’ air defense system intercepted a missile that was launched from the Houthis in Yemen on Monday, which activated sirens in Tel Aviv, and surrounding areas, the military announced. Shrapnel from the interception is reported to have fallen in the West Bank, according to Israeli media. The IDF added that the missile … Read more
Iran sent into space on Friday its heaviest-ever payload using the Simorgh carrier rocket including an advanced module for transferring satellites to higher-altitude orbits, state television reported. The Samān-1 transfer module, along with a CubeSat and a research payload “were successfully placed in an elliptical orbit with a high point of 410 km (255 … Read more
The Israel Air Force struck a dozen targets in Iran that were used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles as part of its retaliatory military action against the Islamic Republic, severely harming Tehran’s ability to replenish its inventory, it was reported on Saturday night. The targets struck were sophisticated equipment that Iran … Read more
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has asked the Iranian military to prepare response scenarios to a potential Israeli attack, according to a Thursday New York Times report, citing four Iranian officials. Iran’s response to an Israeli strike would be contingent on the extent of Israel’s attack, the officials, two of whom were from the Islamic Revolutionary … Read more
American soldiers will allegedly send the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) air defense system to Israel in order to prepare for intercepting ballistic missiles, N12 reported on Saturday night. According to the report, such a decision would cause the US to station American soldiers in Israel to operate the THAAD system. לראשונה: חיילים … Read more
IDF Chief Spokesman Daniel Hagari at 8:30 p.m. following Iran’s massive ballistic missile attack on Israel on Tuesday said, “We do not now see other aerial threats from Iran…So we issued instructions to [the Israeli populace] leave safety areas.” “During our defense, we shot down not a few [many] of the threats. There have … Read more
Jerusalem: A long-range surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen struck an unpopulated area near Israel’s international airport outside Tel Aviv on Sunday, Israeli sources said. The missile triggered sirens in Tel Aviv and other cities in central Israel, sending residents running to shelters during the morning rush hour, Xinhua news agency reported. The Israeli military said … Read more
The Iranian-backed Houthi group claimed on Sunday to have launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at Israel. While there is no evidence that the claim is accurate, it is clear the Houthis managed to reach Israel with a missile. Its flight path is not known, nor the particulars of its speed, but the Houthis claimed … Read more
The ballistic missile fired by Yemen at Israel at 6:21 a.m. on Sunday morning was not a hypersonic missile as the Houthis have claimed, the IDF said Tuesday night. Further, the IDF said that the missile was not an especially new advanced kind of maneuvering missile that could outwit Israel’s air defense systems. Rather, … Read more
Iran’s foreign minister said that Tehran was open to diplomacy to solve disputes but not “threats and pressure,” state media reported on Saturday, after the US and three European powers imposed sanctions against the country’s aviation sector. Abbas Araqchi’s comments come a day after The European Union’s chief diplomat said the bloc is considering … Read more
