Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Elder of Ziyon
Here they are:
Governmental centers:ParliamentPrime Minister's OfficeMinistry of WarAirports:Ben Gurion International AirportHaifa International AirportRamon International AirportMilitary bases:Sdot Micha AirbaseRamon Air BaseRamat David Air BaseHatzor AirbaseHatzerim AirbaseNevatim AirbaseTel Nof AirbasePalmachim AirbasePorts:Port of HaifaAshdod portPort of EilatPower plants:Orot Rabin power plantRutenberg power stationEshkol power stationReading power stationHaifa power plantOil and gas fields:Karish gas fieldLeviathan gas fieldTamar gas fieldShimson gas field
The news agency has English, Arabic, Farsi and Urdu editions, but this is a top story only in English (I couldn't find it at all in the other languages but didn't look exhaustively.)
This is pure psychological warfare. The list of "targets" could be discovered by anyone with Google; there is nothing novel or showing any intelligence in this list.
The rest of the article is also part of an Iranian attempt to demoralize Israel:
The above-mentioned data-x-items are the most vital and sensitive installations of the Zionist regime that can be targeted in any possible battle, and of course, everyone admits that this attack will inevitably happen soon.Israel is in the crosshairs of the storm and despite having a lot of military, intelligence, and technological capabilities and unlimited support from its allies around the world, it does not have a high depth and security, and it does not have enough manpower to face a multi-front war. In addition, there is an obvious weakness on its domestic front that could collapse under the weight of massive attacks that the Zionist regime may be exposed to in the coming days or weeks.It is true that there is a so-called regional alliance that seems ready to participate once again in supporting these terrorist Zionists, but the expected attack will take a different form before. Especially since it can include fronts where the missiles and drones of these fronts do not need a distance of 2000 kilometers to reach Israeli settlements. Therefore, the situation prevailing in the occupied territories these days is not at all similar to the previous retaliatory attacks and has caused the Zionists to panic more.
The "obvious weakness on its domestic front" is the haredi refusal to be drafted, a story that has been heavily covered in Islamic media.
There is another psychological dimension to this list. As reported by Critical Threats:
Iran’s decision to explicitly name these targets, which are spread throughout Israel, likely seeks to cause the Israel Defense Forces to disperse air- and missile- defense assets across a wide area. Iran may calculate that by causing Israel to spread out its defenses, this information effort will increase the likelihood that Iran can hit some of its targets. The US-Israeli coalition intercepted the majority of Iranian drones and missiles outside of Israel during the April 13, 2024 attack on Israel.[3] Drones and missiles fired from Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria would be much harder to intercept than those launched from Iran given the shorter distances and flight times to Israel.
A third psy-ops goal is to further dissuade international airlines from operating in Israel.
However, it isn't as if Israel didn't already have its priorities on what to defend. This list is unlikely to change the defense decisions much, especially since Iran's attempts to manipulate their enemies with bombastic threats is well known.
What Israel should do, however, is issue a statement that it has lists, too. And those lists include targets that could cripple Iran's economy.
They don't have to say what they are out loud. But Iran's ports and its oil facilities are obvious targets if Iran should attack Israel's infrastructure. Iran is heavily dependent on imports and exports via the sea and if they are taken out, the effects on Iran's population would be almost immediate.
Israel doesn't need to give specifics. They just need to tell the world that Iran knows what Israel could do if it attacks. Let thei rown imaginations fill in the rest.
