SPECTATOR
The humiliation of Iran
Yossi Melman
October 24, 2024

The ramifications for Iran, Israel, its Shiite proxies in the region, and the West are enormous. Iran, for all its rhetoric, has been proven to be a paper tiger. It will take at least two years for its anti-aircraft defenses to be resupplied by Russia, which is already suffering from production difficulties due to the war in Ukraine. Until that happens, Iran is blind, deaf, and has been humiliated. And with less than two weeks until the U.S. elections, it will hesitate from retaliating against Israel, fearing that this will aid Trump’s election prospects. Israel, meanwhile, has once again proven its aerial and intelligence superiority. Israel’s attack was designed to achieve several goals, some military and some psychological. It has sent a clear message to Iranian leaders and commanders: that it knows about Iran’s military bases, its headquarters, air-defense systems, and missile depots, as well as its command-and-control centers. READ MORE

FDD Mark Dubowitz: Israel Retaliates Against Iran Regime with Precision Strikes In the early hours of October 26, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced it had successfully targeted key Iranian military and defense industry assets, including air defense systems, missile production facilities, and UAV production sites. The precision strikes follow more than a year of Iranian proxy attacks on Israel, and two rounds of direct attacks on Israel from Iranian territory on April 13 and October 1. The Israeli Air Force reportedly struck multiple S-300 air defense systems, demonstrating it can cripple Iran’s defense of its airspace, critical infrastructure, and facilities. All Israeli aircraft returned home safely, demonstrating the IAF’s dominance in the air.

JNS Caroline Glick: Israel fires back at Iran! Was that it? The Israel Defense Forces carried out precise and targeted airstrikes against military targets in Iran over the weekend. In this episode of Caroline Glick’s “In Focus,” we’ll discuss the targeted sites and why the IDF chose them. We’ll also try to decipher the factors that affect Israel’s strategy and what to look for in the coming days and weeks, especially as America heads to the presidential elections.

JINSA Israel Strikes Back Webinar IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror: “In a way, it’s a turning point here. What happened is that the whole strategy of Iran, that was built by Suleimani and Khamenei for the last 25 years, is collapsing. Israel has been speaking about an attack on Iran for at least 15 years. For the self-confidence of Israel, this operation is very key. Now every decision-maker understands that we have a tool that can be exercised…the basic fact of the Israeli Air Force hitting Iran, destroying targets, and coming back without casualties … is very important…it gives us kind of a freedom. WATCH THE WEBINAR

NEW YORK POST Israel used US-made F-35 stealth fighters in its largest-ever strike on Iran Israel deployed US-made F-35 stealth fighters among its 100 jets, spy planes and refueling aircraft to conduct its largest-ever strike on Iran, which left Tehran vulnerable should war break out, a report says. The Jewish state greenlit the use of F-35s, its most advanced aerial weapon, to help lead operation “Day of Repentance” that bombarded military sites across Iran on Friday night, sources told the Wall Street Journal. The four-hour operation, which was launched in retaliation for Tehran’s ballistic missile barrage against Israel on Oct. 1, also destroyed several of Iran’s missile defense system batteries, leaving a hole in the Islamic nation’s security in a reported attempt to discourage another attack on Israel.