Israel's Iron Dome rocket defense in action. Reuters image. |
UPDATE 15 May 2021: According to info received from a special edition of the MEMRI Iran Threat Monitor Project (ITMP) communication was made from HAMAS Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades which revealed that both HAMAS and PIJ are firing Iranian-made "Sejjil" missiles and several other types of Iranian "arrows" with the designations SH85, J80, SA120, S40 and Q20.
The enemy also has a name for this war. That name is "The Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Swords War." IRGC General Mohammed-Hossein Sepehr has stated that Iran has built bases from Tehran to Baghdad, and from there to Beirut, Syria, Yemen, and to the Horn of Africa. These bases have been built in order to wage war on the cancerous growth that is Israel. He stated, "We have a religious duty to annihilate Israel."
The weapons noted above were delivered to Syria on direct flights from Iran, moved overland into Lebanon where they went to Hezbollah armories. From there they were transported by sea to Gaza. Obviously, these weapons transfers occurred over many years; they were personally overseen of Hajj Qassam Solemani, the late general who ran the IRGC Qods Force. The transfers also involved direct meetings between Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Al-Assad's specific approval for the transfer of the missiles was discussed al length by Nasrallah and Solemani with them agreeing that whoever met him face-to-face first would request his permission to execute the transfer to HAMAS. Nasrallah had the face-to-face and al-Assad's response to the transfer request was "as far as I am concerned, no problem."
Also among the weaponry transferred were Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missiles sold to Iran, transferred to Syria and on to HAMAS in Gaza. There are also armed "suicide drones," known as "Shahab." Some of these Shahab drones have recently attacked Israel's natural gas platforms off the coast of Gaza. Some of the transfers also were routed through the former regime in Sudan. Much of those transfers were conducted under the guise of "diplomatic relations." The movement of diplomatic "bags" is covered under international accords; a "bag" may be as large as a shipping container. They are exempt from the routine customs inspections.
Israel was aware of the weapons transfers and has been attacking their storage depots inside Syria for well over a year now. Based upon the sheer size of the missile barrage from Gaza, Israel got some of the shipment, but most certainly not all of them. The IDF have got a serious fight on their hands. It's no coincidence that rockets continue to trickle into Israel from both Lebanon and Syria in the past couple of days. A sign of the expanded war to come, no doubt.
An almost certain IDF armor incursion into Gaza will encounter the Kornet ATGM and other weapons. These ATGMs are stationed near to the Gaza border with Israel to exact a heavy toll on IDF armor. The IRGC Qods Force, Hezbollah and HAMAS/PIJ work very closely together, like to peas in a pod; they all have the same higher command structure.
Altogether, this war was planned for years in advance and the objective is to soundly "defeat the occupation forces" and liberate all of Palestine. Planning for this war really intensified in May of 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The HAMAS/PIJ soldiers came from both Gaza and Judea and Samaria. They trained covertly at camps set up by Soleimani and they numbers in the thousands. Many have returned to their homes; some now are serving as the tip of the 5th column spear inside Israel. As we all know from Psalm 83, this is precisely the objective as prophesied by Asaph.
11 May 2021: Operation Guardian of the Walls is the name of Israel's ongoing military response to HAMAS and PIJ rocket and incendiary attacks. Closing in on nearly 300 strikes of all types in Gaza alone as of this morning, 11 May. The number of terror rockets fired into Israel is about the same.
The neoCommunist Biden Admin and Democrat Party have lost all credibility in Israel. An epic rupture in bilateral relations that has little chance of restoration has occurred in the last 5 days. Bottom line: Israel has been wholly betrayed by Biden and Democrats who now openly side with Islamic jihadists in Gaza and within Israel itself.
If you've been following comments under SITREP E9-21 then you well aware of the circumstance of how this new conflaggration began in Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. This frees Eschatology Today to focus on current news and leave the history to historians.
We are informed by the prophet Ezekiel that prior to the Gog/Magog invasion God speaks to the mind of Gog, "You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’." It may yet turn out that Operation Guardian of the Walls might morph into the fulfillment of Ezekiels prophecy. The current rhetoric coming from PM Netanyahu has been heard repeatedly in the on again-off again conflicts with the Islamic jihadists of the Gaza Strip.
Therefore it remains to be seen in the coming hours/days if this operation truly is the debut of Israel's new no-holds-barred warfighting doctrine we've discussed recently as "Israel Victory." The IV doctrine has all of the elements necessary to produce the outcome foretold by Asaph, Isaiah, Ezekiel and perhaps even Jeremiah. The Iranian hand in Gaza is plainly evident, and a northern front operation by Hezbollah and Syria is entirely possible. It's also interesting to note that this newest shooting war in the Holy Land has erupted just about two weeks prior to Pentecost.
Watching...
Hundreds of rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel today. Homes have taken direct hits, lives lost in these massive and well-planned barrages aimed at Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot and other communities.
ReplyDeleteThe IDF, as Eschatology Today forecasted, has pivoted 100 percent from the national defence exercise to a war footing.
Thousands of IDF reservists are on call-up to report to their units at this time. The escalation of combat operations against the enemy forces is increasing by the minute. This is war.
Hundreds of rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel today. Homes have taken direct hits, lives lost in these massive and well-planned barrages aimed at Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot and other communities. Tel Aviv, Netanya and Haifa joining the HAMAS and PIJ target lists with the introduction of a new 120km range rocket today.
ReplyDeleteThe IDF, as Eschatology Today has forecast, pivoted 100 percent from the national defence exercise to a war footing. Thousands of IDF reservists are on call-up to report to their units at this time. The escalation of combat operations against the enemy forces is increasing by the minute. This is war.
The counting of jihadist terror rockets launched at Israel as of this morning has exceeded 1,000.
DeleteThe customary Egyptian effort at mediation has been ignored.
This is war. Dozens are now dead and stability in mixed Arab-Israeli towns hangs by an unraveling thread.
Israel's PM and DM say HAMAS and PIJ "will pay a heavy price."
We'll soon see how heavy the price is.
Iran and Hezbollah and Syria in the north have been very quiet; no IAF airstrikes in Syria noted during Operation Guardian of the Walls. A likely welcome relief for Iran and proxies. Surprising they've stood idle while HAMAS and PIJ are taking the brunt of Israel's firepower. How much longer?
One final note:
DeleteIsrael's government ministers are blaming Iran for this war.
So, when will Iran pay a heavy price for its proxy war in Israel?
I don't want to jump the gun or sound like a sensationalist, but I'm thinking the first prophetic domino with the pre - 70th week battles may soon fall, possibly this year. We'll see
ReplyDeleteHartdawg,
DeleteIt might be the domino that unleashes the flood of those that follow, and it's neither jumping the gun or sensationalist IMHO to say so. Even if not so, it most certainly is something that is consistent with what Isaiah, Ezekiel and Asaph all have prophesied.
In this conflict Israel has a legitimate 5th column of Arab partisans operating within Israel's towns and villages. Lod is just one of many, some larger, many smaller.
ReplyDeleteWhat this means is that in addition to fighting enemies outside its borders, Israeli and Israeli-Arab are now as close to civil war (War of Independence) as they were back in 1947-48.
This is very different than previous Gaza HAMAS engagements; lends credence to an Iranian strategic plan. If this assessment is correct, Hezbollah could suddenly join in the combat.
Tonight in Israel HAMAS sent a barrage of rockets into the Jezreel Valley, just northeast of Har Megiddo (Har Megeddon).
ReplyDeleteTonight I saw video of a massive 100 rocket barrage launched from Gaza. Then from Israel perspective, the Iron Dome system taking many of them out, but not all.
Israel is quite vulnerable from mass rocket barrages, a distinct Iranian military tactic. Again, Iranian planning in this warfighting is blatantly evident. Expect Israel to respond in kind at some point.
The Israeli vulnerability also has a parallel evident in Isaiah 17 which speaks to a large loss of life in Israel, but also the destruction of Damascus and the Syria as a nation.
Eschatology Today has been speaking to these coming prophetic events for 12 years now.
Sean, have you noticed the news reporting Palistinian and Jewish conflicts in major US cities? This could get even more interesting very fast!
ReplyDeleteYes. It's an ancient hatred (olam ebah) and now it's global.
ReplyDeleteHezbollah has joined the assault on Israel. Bible prophecy is very much unfolding and this could lead to major fulfillment as previously stated (Psalm 83/Isaiah 17).
ReplyDeleteThree Grads launched from Lebanon so far, very inaccurate, may not have impacted Israel's territory.
DeleteMight be an attempt to goad Israel into striking Hezbollah. Nevertheless, anticipate Hezbollah to join the war.
Quoting Arutz Sheva:
ReplyDelete"The Lebanon-based The Daily Star cited Lebanese security officials who said that four rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards Israeli territory Thursday night, apparently in a show of solidarity with terrorists in the Gaza Strip."
IDF ground forces have engaged the enemy inside Gaza, but have not yet entered Gaza.
ReplyDeleteAt some point very soon the IDF ground invasion of Gaza will commence.
DeleteThe IDF's objective will be to neutralize all terrorist capabilities completely.
Watching this unfold, I cannot help but think Psalm 83, Isaiah 17 and Jeremiah 43. Is this what is happening now, or will there be another ceasefire? If now, will these events happen in quick succession or simultaneously? If not now, how long before before we see fulfillment of these events?
ReplyDeleteAll I know for sure is that The Lord God is, has been, and always will be in full control. The bride is longing for the Bridegroom. Keep looking up.
Pentecost is May 23 ...
Turkey and Russia in discussion to send international troops into Israel in order to protect the Palestinian??
ReplyDeleteNick and everybody,
DeleteHere's what I have culled thus far from globalist media:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Ergodan told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel should be given a "strong and deterrent lesson" by the international community for its actions against the Palestinians. (AP Report)
Newsweek published:
"In a statement, the Turkish Presidential Communications Directorate said Erdogan and Putin talked on the phone Wednesday. Erdogan stressed the need for "the international community to give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson" and pressed for the U.N. Security Council to rapidly intervene with "determined and clear messages" to Israel. Erdogan also suggested an international protection force to shield the Palestinians."
Israel has begun Sabbath observance, so expect little to no reaction from Israel until Sunday, 16 May.
I expect Israel to vehemently reject Erdogan's over-the-top Islamist rhetoric. A non-starter.
See Ezekiel 38 for how Gog get such an idea put in his head. (It doesn't come from Tayyip Erdogan.)
I'm currently working on what I consider to be a block buster update for this SITREP. Data from several sources will be used.
ReplyDeleteUntil then here are four key bullets:
● Hamas, Islamic Jihad- "Iran has provided us missiles, weapons, funding and food.
● "Our soldiers were trained by our brothers of the IRGC."
● "Without Iran's assistance, we could not fire rockets at Tel Aviv."
● "Hajj Qassem (Soleimani) personally oversaw the transfer of many types of rockets to Gaza; many of the best were transferred directly from Syria to Hezbollah and then to Gaza with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's approval."
Sean, I think your bullets spell, "Tick-Tock, Isaiah 17"
ReplyDeleteAccording to a message received from the Blogger Team it was Global SITREP E3-21 which was found to be outside of "community guidelines" covering blog content.
ReplyDeleteSpecifically, the content of SITREP E3-21 The Euphrates River was initially flagged to have "violated our Malware and Viruses policy."
Clearly, someone falsely complained about this blog contained malware and viruses resulting in the temporary deletion of it by Blogger without first validating the false accusation and also put up the red-flag warning banner.
Minutes ago another Blogger Team message was received stating they investigated, found no violation of the malware/viruses policy and have restored that SITREP and removed the warning banner.
Now I can get on with the update...
Satan working overtime to keep the truth from getting out. It's not going to work
DeleteLooks like E3-21 is still missing
ReplyDeleteI can see it. May need a tweak to appear.
ReplyDeleteRecall three years ago when Israel and HAMAS were engaged in combat. Recall that a unit of the IDF's Sayeret Maktal (Special Forces) were discovered deep underground in Khan Younis. It was global news at the time when the unit fought it's way out while other units of IDF/IAF provided direct cover fires.
ReplyDeleteNow look at what the IDF/IAF did three days ago when it eradicated a large cadre of HAMAS Izz al-Din missile brigade most senior leaders and operational and technical brain trust.
Israeli intelligence has been intercepting and listening-in to HAMAS communications in real-time. The IDF knows where HAMAS is at any given moment; they know the most top secret hideaways and tunnels throughout the Gaza Strip. They read HAMAS' private mail with regularity.
And the everyone in Israel can thank their Special Forces for it. This is how wars are won; it's how this war will conclude decisively in Israel's favor. This active intel coup is akin to the allies breaking the Nazi Enigma code during WWII. HAMAS now quite literally has no where to hide.
As of Sunday, 16 May, the level of fighting has not abated either in Gaza or in Israel's mixed Jewish-Arab cities. In fact, Israel is pressing it's attack against HAMAS and PIJ on the surface and in the underground of Gaza.
ReplyDeleteHi Sean:
ReplyDeleteThe Psalms 60 and 108 are an encouraging read during the battles that are taking place. Both Psalms say that God supplies the victory!
Gene,
DeleteIndeed they are and indeed He does!
I'm on Psalm 80 as my favorite right now because its time for fulfillment is very near!
Isaiah 11:14 - literally!
ReplyDeleteThe military objective of the IDF's operation 'Guardian of the Walls' is the eradication of HAMAS and PIJ.
ReplyDeleteIf Iran's Radical president Ahamedinejad is back what will be the impact on Israel and USA.
ReplyDeleteNick,
DeleteIf Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins re-election next month, it would be yet another guarantee of war.
And assuming the Iranian election actually occurs, I'd give Ahadinejad a good chance of winning because the regime and its theocracy is near collapse and outright revolution to overthrow the mullahs.
These things are part and parcel of Jeremiah 49's prophecy concerning 'Persia' in these last days.
HAMAS and PIJ officers hiding in Gaza's underground seem to now have a life expectancy measured in mere minutes - from the moment an IAF F-16I Sufa gets wheels up until its several hundred pound ordnance hits paydirt.
ReplyDeleteThat's what the terrorist PIJ leader found out today.
More rockets fired at Israel from southern Lebanon. The launch sites received direct IDF counter fires.
ReplyDeleteDrone from Syria shot down in Jordan River Valley by IDF.
It was NOT a "Syrian" drone shot down in the Jordan Valley, it WAS an Iranian IRGC-Qods Force drone.
DeletePM Netanyahu this morning said,
"The Iranians launched an armed drone our forces intercepted. That says it all about the real patron of terror in the Middle East."
This MUST be re-stated once again (I first wrote this 8 years ago) for clarity sake:
ReplyDelete"The Arab-Israeli War is the Psalm 83 War.
The initial 1947-49 phase of this war was the bedrock basis of all future Arab-Israel wars through to the present. It is a war which will not be decisively concluded until the final phase as described by the prophet Asaph is fulfilled in the near future."
Put another way throughout the life of Eschatology Today, these on-again, off-again Arab vs Jew (Israeli) wars are integral parts of a process of prophetic fulfillment.
The current war, Operation Guardians of the Wall, is part of the ongoing process.
ALL prophecy in the Bible had a process (real-world events) which preceded the final fulfillment.
Thank you, Sean, for the updates/comments. It's hard to find accurate news even with checking several Israeli news sites--and forget the US media, they seem totally uninterested. Judi
ReplyDeleteJudi,
DeleteIt is my distinct pleasure and duty to keep on keepin' on and bringing the facts to those who want them and for as long as the Lord wills.
HAMAS has launched another massive missile barrage across the width of southern Israel.
ReplyDeleteNobody sleeps in Gaza tonight unless it's a life-ending dirt nap.
The Islamic terrorists in Gaza believe they are in a position of strength and can dictate the terms of another meaningless hudna (ceasefire, truce). Their thinking is fatally flawed.
ReplyDeleteThe IDF, Shin Bet and most Israelis are insistent on "finishing the job" (altogether eliminating the terrorist's capability to attack Israel in any manner whatsoever).
However, Israel's political elite have no desire to create a 'humanitarian crisis' in Gaza; they have no ready-to-go plan for the governance of Gaza after an obliteration of HAMAS/PIJ rule. The Arab residents Gaza have been thoroughly radicalized in Islamist ideology and have no love for a Fatah/PLO governance. Who else could step in to govern, the anti-Israel U.N.? Egypt?
Unless Israel has the will to finish the job (the complete military conquest of Gaza) and annex (absorb) the whole of the strip as they've planned for all of Judea and Samaria, yet another non-starter political accomodation may take shape in the next few days.
Israel has tough decisions to make.
What you are unlikely to hear or see any western media (especially US media) report on are the following facts regarding Arab Muslim riots in Israel's cities.
ReplyDelete50 synagogues and 112 Jewish homes have been burned by incendiary devices.
Many mosques have been revealed as Arab Muslim weapons depots (projectiles and molotov factories) and jihadist training centers.
Black Lives Matter (BLM) fully supports the HAMAS/PIJ war on Israel's civilian population.
Your right about that, but not surprised, the majority of our leadership have been given over to a strong delusion.
DeleteI think Israel just needs to go all out and completely take out the enemy. I think they got the strength and the ability to do so I do not know what the holdup is isn't taking out the enemy the main objective?
ReplyDeleteI agree. Time to eliminate the threat.
DeleteYes, as stated once again by PM Netanyahu this morning in Israel, the military objective of Guardian of the Walls is to "restore quiet and security to you, citizens of Israel."
DeleteAs long as HAMAS and PIJ (among other enemies) exist and have cross-border offensive military capabilities - the citizens of Israel cannot and will not realize the peace and security that is long overdue to them.
And that will be achieved as God has promised through the prophet Ezekiel.
The war continues this morning.
"Israel Victory" is non-negotiable.
Red alerts in northern Israel... rocket fire coming from Lebanon.
ReplyDeleteAs expected a so-called 'truce' began just about two hours ago.
ReplyDeleteA better term for this would be say it's a temporary cease fire agreement.
Actually...
DeleteHAMAS and PIJ fire thousands of rockets from Gaza into Israel...
of which about 5% misfire, fall short (killing dozens Arab residents in Gaza)...
of which 90% are destroyed in flight by the Iron Dome air defense system...
of which another small percentage actually hit homes and other structures in Israel.
All the while Israel's tanks, artillery and air force blast to smithereens HAMAS and PIJ war making arsenals, headquarters, secret tunnels, bunkers, multi-storey buildings and hundreds of the terrorists themselves.
Israel's government seems to accept this trade off, but the IDF, Shin Bet and Israeli people are sick to death of it.
This cease fire will be broken and events will move again towards prophetic fulfillment.
Israel is 7 hours ahead of US eastern daylight time, 10 hours Pacific. At 2AM eastern the ceasefire was holding.
ReplyDeleteIt's a temporary hold.
Arabs in Israel, far from Gaza in Judea and Samaria, have been deceived by their leaders about the physical punishment inflicted on Gaza by the IDF; they have been led to believe they've won a victory over Israel.
Eventually they'll realize many voices of the Gaza/PIJ leadership have been permanently silenced, never to be seen or heard again. And yet Israel's leaders are on TV and out in public speaking about what will happen if HAMAS/PIJ do something stupid again.
Just in case anyone thought I was kidding...
DeleteHere's the Palestinian Authority daily news reporting to its Muslim ummah readership:
"Gaza is shaking the foundations of Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Rishon LeZion, Be’er Sheva, the Negev, the Gaza Envelope."
Special Announcement:
ReplyDeletePresident Trump will begin holding public rallies within the next few days.
Speaking to One America News about the planned rallies he said,
"We’ll be doing one in Florida, we’re going to do one in Ohio, we’re going to do one in Georgia, we’re going to do one in North Carolina.”
The Art of the Comeback begins one year prior to the 2022 mid-term election season.
I hear good things coming out from the Arizona audit and possibly Georgia. Whether it changes the occupant of the white house, if it's exposed then we have an excellent chance of a fair election....that's contingent on if we hear a shout before then
DeleteAnother battle on Temple Mount, Saturday 22 May, 2021.
ReplyDeleteArab Jihadists, urged on by offical PA and Islamic leaders attacked Israeli police on Temple Mount this morning with molotov fire bombs. Israel police responded with stun grenades.
This concludes Global SITREP E10-21 Operation Guardian of the Walls.
ReplyDeleteThe IDF conducted its After Action Report (AAR) yesterday, 21 May 2021. The AAR confirmed every assessment made by Eschatology Today regarding conclusion of the IDF Operation - that is it's finished for now, but not over, and will be resumed without warning at the slightest HAMAS/PIJ aggression against Israel.
In the next round the IDF's actions against the Islamist enemy will be more severe, not less; more all-encompassing of IDF combat capabilities and not a purely air/ artillery campaign and very probably a territorial conquest of Gaza itself.
There is no timeline, it will resume without warning.
Coming Shortly: A Global SITREP After Action Report (AAR) based on analysis of what this war has now made clear.
DeleteLooks like IAF F-35 Adir have stuck a moving vehicle and stationary targets near Al-Abukamal in Syria's eastern Dier Ez Zor province on the Iraqi border.
ReplyDeleteHave you received any update regarding big explosion in Iran. Some factory /plant making drones/weapons)
ReplyDeleteEschatology Today AAR for Operation Guardian of the Walls, Part One.
DeleteAt around 03:30 AM Saturday a massive explosion blew up the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA) in Shahin Shahr, Isfahan, Iran.
This is the factory complex that produces the armed drones (UCAV) the IRGC-QF and its proxies (militias, Hezbollah, HAMAS) use.
One of those HESA armed UCAVs Israel shot down just 3 days ago over the Jordan Valley as noted in my comment above quoting PM Netanyahu's announcement on 20 May at 10:40 AM.
The Shahin Shahr complex also manufactures chemicals and military-grade explosives.
It can be stated as a fact that in this Gaza war "Guardian of the Walls" the IDF directly attacked not only HAMAS/PIJ forces, but also forces in Lebanon and their IRGC-QF armorer in Iran proper.
DeleteIranian Oil Refinery Faces Large Fire Following Explosion at Drone Factory Day Prior. The explosion at the oil refinery in southern Iran comes one day after the blast that occurred at a drone factory in Isfahan; It also occurred in sync with the timing of Israel's announcement of a new Chief of Mossad. For the second day in a row, the Islamic Republic faced another significant explosion.
I bet Israel is upto something.
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DeleteEschatology Today AAR for Operation Guardian of the Walls, Part Two.
ReplyDeleteThis war is like no other Israel-Arab war of the previous 73 years.
This war IS a paradigm shifting extension of the now years long, slow-burning Israel-Iran War.
This war has purposefully linked the prophecies of Psalm 83; Isaiah 11, 17 and 23; Ezekiel 28, and Joshua 13 to the Jeremiah 49:34-39 prophecy.
This war extensively tested the Iranian tactical and improved precision SRBM "bows and arrows," and used it's completely re-supplied HAMAS/PIJ proxy militias as proof of its rocket/missile warfighting doctrine.
More than 4,000 Iranian SRBM's of several different types, including the Sejjil, were fired into Israel from Gaza, and a few from Lebanon in just the first 11 days of fighting. This was a first-run and harbinger of the much larger prophetic flood of war to come.
This war sets up what the LORD God will do when He knocks the bow from Iranian hands.
When Iran directs its Lebanese Hezbollah and Syrian proxies to join in with the HAMAS/PIJ proxy war against Israel, all of the aforementioned prophecies (dominoes) will fall into literal sequential fulfillment.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad had previously given his approval to Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah to convey to the now dead IRGC-QF General Qassem Soleimani and Supreme Leader of the Twelvers, Ali Khamenei.
A little over 1 year elapsed following Soleimani's drone strike assassination and the start of this war, the fuse for which was lit on Temple Mount during Israel's 'Jerusalem Day' celebration.
By the way, when I was awakened at 02:30 AM and led to write about the thoughts that swirled in my mind...
ReplyDelete"This war is like no other Israel-Arab war of the previous 73 years.
This war IS a paradigm shift..."
I was completely unaware that both religious and secular or observant Jew alike now are voicing the realization that this war is like none of the previous wars Israel has fought; that it signals a major paradigm shift for future military conflict between Israel and its enemies.
To define what "paradigm shift" means in this context... it means total, full-scale war, to include the ongoing asymmetrical and cyber warfare plus chemical, biological and nuclear weapons accompanying conventional, maneuvering armored and infantry operations throughout the entire region.
DeleteYears ago I wrote that this coming war would surpass all previous wars Israel has fought by orders of magnitude.
PA dictator Mahmoud Abbas has made ceasefire demands to the visiting Jordanian and Egyptian Foreign Ministers that Jews must be barred from visiting (intruding upon) the Temple Mount.
ReplyDeleteWanna start a war over Jerusalem and the Temple Mount? This is how you do it!
And PA/Fatah leader Rajoub Jabril made clear their intent:
Delete"We will continue the cycle of blood and killing. We are not the only ones who will die.”
He included the PA "lion cubs" (i.e., children) among those who will sacrifice (martyr) themselves in the coming warfare with Israel.
In the "It's About Time!" category, the U.N. IAEA chief finally sounded alarm klaxons today when he unexpectedly announced that Iran is enriching uranium to levels only reached by nations manufacturing nuclear weapons.
ReplyDelete60% enrichment is a mere blink away from weapons-grade.
I can almost hear Israel's F-35 Adir squadrons warming their engines.
Sean you may have explained this already in a previous SITREP or comment, but it is important for people to understand the following:
ReplyDeleteThe amount of time and energy it takes to enrich Uranium to 20% is far longer than it takes to enrich it from 20% to 80% plus and to weapons grade. In other words, if a nation can get their uranium stockpile enriched to 20%, most of the work is already done at that point. It only takes a little longer to enrich it up to that which is suitable for a nuclear bomb - a fraction of the time it took to enrich the Uranium to 20%.
Sounds a little anti-intuitive, I know. Seems like it should go slower and slower as you enrich further and further. But it the exact opposite.
Jonathan,
DeleteYou're absolutely correct, Eschatology Today has repeatedly brought up the critical nuances of the uranium enrichment process from raw yellow cake to uranium hexaflouride cascading in centrifuges (IR1 and IR2 to present day IR6) to the end state weapons-grade fissile core of a nuclear weapon from 2012-13 to 2020-21.
The ONLY thing left to consider at this late date is on what day and at what hour PM Netanyahu and his National Security Cabinet will invoke the "independent decision" to "kick the tires and light the fires" of its F-35I Adir stealth squadrons and send them wheels-up on their mission to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
For all intents and purposes, the count-down clock now reads zero zero zero. Time has expired.
If folks don't understand this by now, then there is nothing left for me to say about it.
Time for a new SITREP during this brief interlude about something which may or may not have a bearing or impact on coming events. Nevertheless, it is worth considering.
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