Direct Iranian attack against 'Israel' 'unprecedented': Sky News
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The Sky News correspondent stresses that "the use of cruise missiles - if confirmed - would change the dynamic further still."
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This image taken from footage released by IMA Media on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, shows a target being hit by a Khaibar-Shekan missile as dummies are seen in the foreground in an undisclosed location in Iran. (AP)
The direct Iranian attack against "Israel" is "unprecedented", Sky News correspondent Mark Stone indicated Sunday in an analysis piece.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force announced that it targeted Israeli positions in occupied Palestine with dozens of drones and missiles, as part of the retaliatory response to the malicious Israeli crime against the Iranian embassy in Syria.
The US-based ABC News said that it believes that there will be anywhere near 400 to 500 drones and missiles launched from Iraq, Syria, South Lebanon, and Yemen, however, the bulk of these weapons will be fired from Iran.
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"Even if the drones are intercepted, even if casualty numbers are low or zero, Israelis will feel profoundly vulnerable and the Israeli government will feel compelled to retaliate." Stone suggested.
The Sky News correspondent stressed that "the use of cruise missiles - if confirmed - would change the dynamic further still."
He added that the Iranian kamikaze drones "are flying low to avoid radar, making them harder to intercept. "
"There is a deep psychological aspect to all this too. People across Israel will not sleep tonight, knowing that drones are already in the air, heading their way," Stone mentioned.
The IRGC's Aerospace Force announced that the operation dubbed "True Promise" was launched in the context of "punishing the criminal Zionist regime."
The force said that the operation came "in response to the numerous evil crimes of the Zionist regime," including the attack on the embassy.
It said that its forces, supported by other units of the Iranian Armed Forces, launched the "wide-ranging" military operation.
The statement added that the operation was conducted with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council and under the supervision of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, with the support of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the backing of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces.
"Details of this operation will soon draw the attention of the heroic Iranian people and the free peoples of the world," the statement concluded.
