Sure enough, it was Iran, and on an uneventful Saturday on April 13, Iran suddenly launched a large-scale attack on Israel. According to information obtained by The New York Times from Israeli officials, Iran fired about 185 drones, 110 ballistic missiles and 36 cruise missiles in the attack.
After the attack, the Israeli military said that 99 percent of the more than 300 species attacked had been intercepted by itself and its allies and had been "thwarted" by the other side, a U.S. official revealed that at least nine missiles hit the target. It is precisely because of this that Iranian officials also issued a big-character poster subsequently, saying that they had successfully achieved two targets, one was a large Israeli intelligence center on the Israeli-Syrian border, and the other was Israel's Nevatim Air Base, where F35s were stationed. #伊以冲突#
Nevatim Air Base is located in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, where there are many Israeli defense facilities, such as nuclear research centers and nuclear weapons bases, so the Israeli Army's F35 fighter jets are deployed here, which has multiple meanings. After the attack on the Iranian embassy, Iranian officials believed that the F35 took off from here, so it was designated here as the main target, and the meaning of retaliation was obvious.
According to Russian reports, Iran launched at least 7 new hypersonic missiles at Nevatim, and the Iranian media also directly said that "the most important air base in the Negev was attacked by Iranian Haibar missiles." Haibar is a third-generation long-range missile equipped by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with a multi-warhead split guide and a range of 2,000 kilometers, and the Iranian military says it "can evade Israeli anti-aircraft missile interception." ”
Indeed, according to satellite images published by the United States, the buildings at the Nevatim airbase have been damaged, and there have been bomb craters on two runways. The Israeli army released photos saying that the situation was "slight", and the accompanying picture was a pit in the ground, but they still did not say anything about the situation of the F35 squadron stationed here. Some media have analyzed that the F35 fighters in the base may have suffered serious losses, but Israel does not admit it to the outside world.
It is worth mentioning that Iran's suicide drone flying towards Israel was intercepted by the United States, Britain, France, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, the first four countries were specially named by Israeli officials to "thank you", and Saudi Arabia, reported by Israeli media, and later confirmed by Saudi officials that "any suspicious object entering Saudi Arabia's airspace will be intercepted". Although Germany has also said that it is taking sides with Israel, it has not yet taken action. And according to Iranian media, at least 10 countries have helped Israel fight Iran's missile and drone operations. On the surface, there are already 5 countries, and there are at least 5 countries that do not want to be named, and it seems normal for the United States and the West to be together, but the same is true in the Middle East, and it can only be said that the water in it is really muddy.
As for the direction of the Iran-Israel conflict, it may not be as many people imagined that "until death rests". Iran's mission to the United Nations has stated that its self-defense strike under international law has been completed and that Iran will not attack again as long as Israel does not continue its provocations. Israeli President Isaac Herzog also said on the 14th that he would not seek war with Iran, but that his attack "must be responded to accordingly." As for the United States, Biden also made it clear that he does not participate in and opposes Israel's counterattack against Iran in any way. Judging from the current attitude of both Iran and Israel, there is quite a bit of a "point to the end" meaning.
Israel does not want to have one more adversary, after all, Hamas has not yet been wiped out as it has in its own harsh words. Iran, on the other hand, prefers to point the finger behind the scenes, and with the arc of resistance, there is no need for it to face the flames of war. At the moment, the choice is in the hands of Israel, whether the conflict escalates or dies down, it all depends on their thoughts. In addition, coupled with the interference of the United States, it is unlikely that there will be a lot of artillery fire between Iran and Israel.