Five explosions were reported heard across Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj early on Saturday morning, according to Iranian media, in what is alleged to be the beginning of an Israeli retaliatory attack on Iran.

Earlier today, we told you about the shipment of US F-16s that arrived in the Middle East to be put in place to defend against an attack from Iran after Israel began retaliatory air strikes against the terror regime. About 45 minutes ago Israel time, those strikes began and they are precise and deadly. Early reports coming in are saying some of the strikes are occurring near Iranian nuclear facilities.

“The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.” Daniel 8:20 (KJB)

It appears as of this writing, that the attacks are currently ongoing, and are meant to be a very strong deterrent to Iran. The Biden administration for their part is trying, as usual, to prevent any real damage to Tehran by Israel. Hopefully, Netanyahu will see past that and go and do what he knows must be done. Wiping out Hamas and Hezbollah only works if the head of the snake, Iran, is neutralized as well. Now the long-awaited reprisal has begun, the only question is will Iran respond, and if so, how hard? This is a breaking news story and this article will be updated as new information comes in.

Israel confirms it has struck Iran, as explosions rock Tehran

FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: Israeli officials confirmed to Army Radio that Israel had started striking targets across Iran. “The IDF is currently attacking precise targets in Iran,” IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari said in a statement. “This is in response to persisting attacks by the Iranian regime on the State of Israel.”The IDF is completely prepared in attack and in defense. We are following the developments from Iran and its proxies in the region.”

IDF says airstrikes – 4 weeks after Iran fired 200 ballistic missiles at Israel – are response to regime’s attacks; US backs Israeli ‘self-defense’; no change to home front guidelines

Reports of explosions at the Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital were also received. Arab media reported that Israel attacked the location of the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Iran.

Looks like Israel’s attack was a “preparation”:

Destroyed air defense en route to Iran in Syria & Iraq

Destroyed radars of S-300 & S-400 air defense in Iran

Now that Iran’s air defense is fully blinded, Israel can freely attack its nuclear facilities.
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— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 26, 2024

There were no planes flying over Syria or northern Iraq during the time of the suspected attack. Iran closed its airspace following the attack, according to Maariv. The White House was notified shortly before the strikes on Tehran began, according to Fox News. Israel’s Security Cabinet also convened in order to approve the strikes. Karaj one of the cities where explosions were heard contains one of Iran’s nuclear power plants.

On Friday, a fire was reported at an Iranian Defense Ministry site in Tehran, although the Tehran Fire Department denied any connection. Explosions were also heard in Syria and Iraq, and air defense systems were reportedly activated, according to Maariv. Syrian media confirmed that Syrian air defense confronted aerial “hostile targets” around Damascus early Saturday morning. READ MORE

Israel Strikes Iran

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US Central Command announced on Friday that F-16 fighter jets have arrived in the Middle East from Germany ahead of an impending Israeli strike on Iran.

For the past few weeks, the entire Middle East region has been on edge, waiting for Israel to answer Iran back for, not one, but two military strikes against them. It looks like the moment of decision has arrived, borne witness to by the arrival of a squadron of F-16 fighter jets in the Middle East, courtesy of the United States. I think we can safely say that it’s about to go down.

“Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.” Proverbs 20:18 (KJB)

It has been exciting to see Israel come roaring to life and taking the fight to their enemies instead of simply responding, but know this. Without taking out the nuclear weapons capabilities of Iran, beating Hamas and Hezbollah doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. Hamas is funded by Iran and so is Hezbollah, so that means the funding of terrorism will only stop when Iran is neutered. Iran has to go. Now.

US F-16s arrive in Middle East as Israel prepares for Iran strike

FROM AL-MONITOR: “US Air Force F-16s from the 480th Fighter Squadron based at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany arrive in the US Central Command area of responsibility,” CENTCOM wrote on X Friday. CENTCOM did not specify the exact Middle East base or bases the F-16s had reached. The nearest base to Israel is the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan’s Azraq that has served as a main hub for US air force operations in the region.

Earlier this month, a squadron of US F-15s arrived at an undisclosed base, joining F-16s, advanced stealth F-22 Raptors and a number of US Navy ships already in the region. The reinforcements have arrived as Israel prepares for its promised retaliatory attack in response to Iran’s Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel, which came after the Israeli military’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Abbas Nilforoushan.

U.S. Air Force F-16s from the 480th Fighter Squadron based at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany arrive in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. pic.twitter.com/myt8uWySX9

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 25, 2024

Israel’s plans were thrown off balance over the past week by a Hezbollah drone strike on Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea on Oct. 19 as well as a Pentagon leak that revealed alleged Israeli military preparations to attack Iran. The United States hopes, that despite the turbulence, Israel will keep its word on an informal agreement between the two nations in which Washington promised to reward Israel for not striking Iranian nuclear and oil facilities.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon said on Thursday that the US State Department has approved a potential $440 million sale of TOW missiles to Saudi Arabia.

“The proposed sale will improve the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats by enhancing the strength of its homeland defense,” the Pentagon’s statement read.

The Pentagon added that the sale “will support the foreign policy goals and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a partner country that is a force for political stability and economic progress in the Gulf Region.” READ MORE

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Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant to Israeli pilots: ‘after we strike in Iran, everyone will understand what you did in preparation and training’

Israel is formulating a strike on Iran as an answer for the missile barrage Tehran sent on October 1 that got a whole lot bigger after a Hezbollah drone strike on the private residence of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week. Reports we are now hearing about the timing of Israel’s response may have to do with whoever the winner of the November 5th presidential election in America might be.

“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.” Genesis 32:28 (KJB)

Whatever Israel decides to do, it needs to be a decisive strike, one that not simply sends a message but one that will cripple whatever sector of Iran it lands on. The Biden administration warned Netanyahu not to enter Rafah, and had they listened to that bad advice, Yahya Sinwar would still be alive and causing mayhem. Israel needs to ignore whatever Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have to say, and do the opposite of whatever they’re being told. I hope that Israel has finally decided to strike the nuclear facilities in Iran, that’s what really needs to happen and they will never have a better opportunity than right now to do it.

Middle East crisis live: ‘After we attack Iran, everyone will understand your preparations,’ Israeli defence minister tells troops

FROM THE GUARDIAN UK: Israeli media is reporting that defense minister Yoav Gallant has told pilots and air crews at Hatzerim Airbase “after we strike in Iran, everyone will understand what you did in the preparation and training process.”

He added “Anyone who dreamed a year ago of defeating us and striking us has paid a heavy price and is no longer in that dream.”

Israel has been expected to retaliate for waves of missiles fired at it by Iran on 1 October. One person in the occupied West Bank was killed, and two people in Israel were wounded during the Iranian strikes, which were mostly deflected by air defences. Tehran launched the assault after Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, who had led Hezbollah for more than three decades, in a series of strikes on the group’s underground headquarters in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut.

HATZERIM AIRBASE: “In my conversation with them I emphasized – after we attack Iran, everyone will understand your strength, the process of preparation and training – any enemy that tries to harm the State of Israel will pay a heavy price.” Yoav Gallant Israeli Defense Minister pic.twitter.com/uGMGhT1Rwr

— Now The End Begins (@NowTheEndBegins) October 23, 2024

Earlier today, US secretary of state Antony Blinken told the media that Israel must be careful to retaliate in a way that does not further escalate tension in the region. READ MORE

Israel warns retaliatory strike against Iran will be ‘lethal, precise and surprising’

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