aggression. if someone rises up to kill you, kill him first. jonathan spire is a journalist and middle east analyst. he directs the middle east center for reporting and analysis. welcome, mr. spire. good to have you here. so you wrote this week that the israel/iran war is already underway. what s happening on the ground? well, as you were describing a moment ago, what s happening on the ground is an ongoing israeli campaign to attempt to undermine and prevent what i would describe or what is often described as the entrenchment and consolidation by the iranians on a military infrastructure in syria, lebanon and iraq. and in a sense, the attempt by the iranians to consolidate their own de facto control of a kind of contiguous line of territory through iraq, through syria, through lebanon and to israel.
aggression. if someone rises up to kill you, kill him first. jonathan spire is a journalist and middle east analyst. he directs the middle east center for reporting and analysis. welcome, mr. spire. good to have you here. so you wrote this week that the israel/iran war is already underway. what s happening on the ground? well, as you were describing a moment ago, what s happening on the ground is an ongoing israeli campaign to attempt to undermine and prevent what i would describe or what is often described as the entrenchment and consolidation by the iranians on a military infrastructure in syria, lebanon and iraq. and in a sense, the attempt by the iranians to consolidate their own de facto control of a kind of contiguous line of territory through iraq, through syria, through lebanon and to israel. that s been going on for a
you can see over the shoulder, this is the ms. missile defense system that will intercept any missiles from israel including lebanon and syria, also the distance those mountains, that is syria off in the corner, the country of lebanon. all this coming as tensions continue to rise in the middle east. on saturday, strike a target in syria that was trying to launch a major attack against the country. the revolutionary guard was reportedly going to use killer drones to target israelis. less than an hour after the strike, prime minister benjamin netanyahu tweeted i read has no immunity anywhere. our forces operate in every sector against the iranian aggression. if someone rises up to kill you, kill him first. also overnight, targeted a base in lebanon run by militants. the reason for this strike is unknown. the story was breaking and panic consumed with gaza after three rockets were fired into israel. they scrambled for safety as
correspondent trey yingst has the latest tonight from northern israel. the lebanese militant group hezbollah is bowing to retaliate against israel after strikes this weekend killed two of its fighters and small drones attacked a community, communications office in beirut. i can say to the israeli army on the border, starting tonight, be cautious and be on standby on the border and wait for us. on saturday, israel struck an iranian cell in syria that was allegedly preparing to launch a drone attack against the countr country. less than an hour after the strike is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu equated twer forces operate in every sector against iranian aggression. if someone rises up to kill you, kill him first. in the past week, israel has reportedly targeted iranian proxies and weapons smuggling groups with drone strikes in iraq and an air strike in syria. now the israelis are preparing for possible retaliation.
iranian-backed militia, according to defense forces were right on the brink of launching what they call severe attacks on northern israel, using what the israelis call killer drones, drones that play themselves are are flown on to target by pilots on the ground elsewhere. they re saying this was a variant of a drone that s never yet been used against israel. there have been attempted drone attacks, one in the past. it was flying south over the river jordan. in this case, the israelis, very, very quick, indeed, to acknowledge they carried out the operation. benjamin netanyahu, quoting hebrew scriptures, saying if the man rises to tell you, kill him first. and repeating the hint that israel is prepared to attack