The Israel Airport Authority said on the night of the 13th local time that due to the Iranian attack, Israeli airspace will be closed from 0:30 local time on the 14th.
CCTV News, according to the Israeli Airport Authority on the 14th local time, at 7:30 local time (12:30 Beijing time), Israeli airspace has been reopened. In addition, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan have also reopened their airspace.
After the start of Iran's strike against Israel, large numbers of Iranians rallied in many parts of the country to support the Iranian military's actions.
In Israel: People think the attack is a meme
The alarm sounded, and suddenly his legs went limp
According to Jimu News, Zhen Lin (pseudonym), a local Chinese who works in Israel, said in an interview that at the beginning of the missile attack, a rapid alarm sounded around him, and his legs suddenly became weak.
Zhen Lin showed several videos taken at that time and said: "I haven't seen these before, and a few local Chinese people still ran out to see if it was 'fireworks', but some people hid in the air defense tunnel." Although I later saw that the missile was intercepted, I still panicked. Only when I went out did I realize that the motherland was really too safe. ”
In addition, Zhen Lin said that the locals had issued an early warning statement before the airstrike, and that "the first batch of drones will arrive in Israel within an hour." In addition, the Iranians announced the launch of cruise and ballistic missiles. All our managers, please make sure that your Chinese team is close to the protected area. ”
This is footage of the Israeli air defense system initiating the interception, taken in the early hours of April 14 over Tel Aviv, Israel.
Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Gini Images)
According to The Paper, Mr. Zhang, a Chinese in Tel Aviv, Israel, said in an interview that Iran had issued a notice a week ago, but there has been no response. Until a few days ago, the United States claimed that Iran was about to attack Israel, and everyone did not take it seriously. Today's news said that the attack would happen in a few hours, and everyone still didn't believe it, thinking it was a meme on social platforms, but they were all mentally prepared.
In addition, Israel began a military call-up. Mr. Zhang said that some of his colleagues had received notices from the military. "The situation in our company is that one of my direct leaders was suddenly drafted by the army and may have to go back to join the army, and I don't know where to go yet. He couldn't explain it to his youngest son, who was also flustered and didn't know about the security situation. Other colleagues in our company also received summons from the army to go back to join the army. ”
Did the Iranian air strikes on Israel make the locals feel unsafe? Mr. Zhang said that since he has been in Israel for six years, this situation has been seen more often. "I knew it wouldn't be too dangerous, so I wasn't too worried. The Tel Aviv sirens didn't go off, so everything was fine. ”
The crackdown is hierarchical, phased, and targeted
The Iraqi military said the military operation had ended
On the evening of the 13th and the early morning of the 14th local time in Iran, in the early morning of the 14th Beijing time, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement saying that in response to Israel's numerous crimes, including attacking the consular office of the Iranian Embassy in Syria and resulting in the death of many Iranian military personnel, the Revolutionary Guard Corps used drones and missiles to launch strikes on certain Israeli targets, successfully hitting and destroying these targets.
CRI's Li Jiannan: According to observations and combing, the current Iranian military operation is a targeted attack in a layered and phased manner. First, Iran has launched a large number of Witness-136 drones into Israel, which are known for their low cost, destructive power and operational efficiency, and these drones are designed to destroy Israel's defenses in preparation for ballistic missiles and other types of drones to break through the barriers of Israel's air defense system.
In addition, the target of the Iranian attack is clear, and the Iranian military, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the military operation did not target civilian facilities, and the targets of the attacks were concentrated in the scope of Israeli military facilities. According to media reports, the missiles launched by Iran mainly attacked Israel's Nevatim Air Base, which is about 1,100 kilometers away from Iran's western border and has a runway length of about 3,400 meters, which is the main base for Israeli F-35 fighters. Iranian public opinion generally believes that this military operation is not only a response to Israel's attack on Iran's diplomatic mission in Syria, but also a warning to Israel and the United States that any of its aggression and provocations will be met with a stern response from Iran.
According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency, the Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Bagheri, said on the 14th that the United States claimed that it did not know about Israel's actions against the Iranian Embassy in Syria, but in fact the operation was carried out with the permission of the United States. At the same time, the US military in Iraq and Jordan did everything to hinder Iran's military operations, but Iran's actions achieved their goals.
One of the targets of Iran's military operation was a large Israeli intelligence center in the border area between Israel and Syria, which provided intelligence on Israeli attacks on the Iranian embassy in Syria, Bagheri said. Another target was Israel's Nevatim airbase, from which F-35 fighter jets took off to attack Iranian diplomatic institutions. Bagheri said both targets had been severely damaged during Iranian military operations and operations had been suspended. Bagheri said Iran has the ability to launch a military operation 10 times the size, but the Iranian action is limited to punishing Israel, and Iran has not launched strikes on densely populated areas of Israel or economically active areas.
Bagheri said that the Iranian military operation has ended, but the armed forces are on alert. If Israel moves to attack Iranian interests in Syria, Iran will retaliate. At present, Iran has only attacked the Israeli military area, not residential and commercial areas. If Israel strikes back at Iran again, Iran's next operation will be even larger.
Li Jiannan: During the current military operation, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued two statements in succession. The first statement was to emphasize the purpose of the operation, which was to retaliate for Israel's attack on Iranian diplomatic institutions and the death of Iranian military personnel. The second statement announced the results of the operation, in which Iran successfully hit and destroyed a number of Israeli military targets. Iranian public opinion generally believes that Iran's actions are not motivated by the escalation of tensions, but rather in response to the provocations and aggression that Israel has taken the lead.
Netanyahu commented publicly
What will happen to the Iran-Israel situation?
According to the latest report from the brokerage China, the Times of Israel said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on social media X on the 14th that for Iran's attack, "We intercepted it." We stopped. As long as we are united, we will win". According to the Times of Israel, this is Netanyahu's "first public comment" since Iran's attacks on Israeli targets.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the analysis believes that although the attack has not caused a large number of casualties, attacks on Israel of a similar scale are rare, and Israel may not rest on its laurels and will take measures to make a strong response.
The US Foreign Policy website wrote that this was one of the largest Iranian attacks in the Middle East in the past five years. After the attack, Lebanon, Iraq and other countries announced the temporary closure of their airspace due to security concerns, and explosions also sounded frequently in Jordan, Iraq, Syria and other places, and people filmed debris of downed missiles south of Amman, the capital of Jordan.
Israeli media reported on the 14th, citing a senior official, that this is the first time that Iran has launched an attack on Israel from its territory, and "(Israel) needs to respond decisively." That reaction will come soon." Analysts believe that if Israel responds "in an offensive manner", it will inevitably trigger a series of escalating attacks and could lead to the situation spiraling out of control.
Analysts say Iran aims to re-establish deterrence against Israel through the attack. Israel and Iran have been engaged in a game in the Middle East in the form of indirect confrontation for many years, and with Israel's air strikes on the buildings of the Iranian embassy and consular buildings and Iran's retaliatory actions, the intensity of confrontation between the two sides may escalate significantly, which will add more uncertainty to the situation in the Middle East.
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