Iran Insists it Obtained Images of Israel from Hizbullah Drone
Iran insisted on Wednesday that it had obtained images of sensitive areas of Israel from a Hizbullah drone before it was shot down, despite the Jewish state questioning if the aircraft carried a camera.
"The fact that we have obtained the images of many areas that are important for us is the proof that we have conducted a successful mission," Revolutionary Guards' spokesman Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif told the ISNA news agency.
"They (Israelis) must know that we possess the information we need on necessary areas in case a particular situation" arises, Sharif said, indicating that they could be potential targets for Iranian retaliation in the event of an Israeli attack on Tehran's nuclear sites.
An Iranian official had said earlier that Tehran was in possession of pictures taken by the Hizbullah drone, which flew over Israel in early October.
On Monday, a senior officer in Israel's northern command dismissed the Iranian claim.
"I don't think there was a camera," he said, although he admitted the incident was "still being investigated."
On October 6, Israel's air force shot down the unarmed drone over the Negev desert after it entered the country's airspace from the Mediterranean Sea.
At the time, the Israeli military dismissed the idea that the drone could have been launched from Gaza, and said it was examining the possibility it may have been sent by Hizbullah.
Several days later, Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said his movement had sent the drone, saying the aircraft was "Iranian-built and assembled in Lebanon."
"It overflew sensitive and important installations for dozens of kilometres until the enemy spotted it near (the nuclear site) Dimona," he said, without identifying the installations.
over 11 years
Where did you read this? According to any source, 121/165 dead Israelis were IDF soldiers. Where in the hell did you read about any dead Israeli Arabs?
over 11 years
"we have conducted a successful mission," ... the comment speaks for itself...
over 11 years
so let the hezbis go in palestine and fight from there! not from lebanon taking a whole country hostage for their ambitions...it s palestinians problems not lebanese , we have enough to deal with...
so if hezbis want to fight for them, good, but let them go and live in gaza...
over 11 years
We all know that Hizballa was created by Iran and it is a tool in the hands of the Farsi ayatollahs...Hizb takes its orders from Iran so no surprise here!!! hizb's loyalty is to Iran and NOT Lebanon that's so VERY clear...
over 11 years
Partners!!! Aren’t you going to say equal partners? lol
yes, we all know that Hizballa will cease to exist without Iran's financial and military support...do you really believe that all Hizblla's arms, schools, hospitals, telecomm networks, payrolls etc...are supported by people’s contributions and selling lotto tickets? Iran owns Hizballa and Hassoun is just a paid agent like most of the rest of M8 leaders, a photo shoot is just that nothing more(no respect involved)...Mark my words, Iran will cut a deal soon enough...
over 11 years
so moooowaten...who gave iran these supposed image? was it the lebanese government or hizbolaaat?
over 11 years
Mooowaten talking about ignorance...talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
over 11 years
again you run away from answering....you don't see a problem with hizbollaaaat an unelected militia sharing information with a foreign country? information that was not even shared with the lebanese government??? 7ada darabak 3arask lamma kent zgheer?
over 11 years
Momo, thanks for that fresh poll from 2008, not much has changed since then, right? The poll states that Assad shows an "increase in popularity" among Arabs..... quite laughable.
So here's what it said about your rat master.... 26% of Arabs voiced support for him. Which means 74% did not voice support for the rat dweller.
I know you're not too good at math, but 26% approval rating is pretty sucky. And that was in 2008, before he sent Jihadists to support the butcher in Syria.
over 11 years
prove once again hezbollah is just a tool for Iran and Syria. I wonder how will giving images of the drone to Iran help the lebanese cause? it is just helping the Iranian future war with israel. And people still supporting Hezbollah... you are no better than the zionists lovers . Even worse, at least they do not show it publically that they ar traitors. People like FT aounieh wou mabsoutin i hope u like what your ally does. I dont know if u live in lebanon but go see downtown beirut, the businesses are beeing shut down because no money anymore youve scared everybody. good luck now.
over 11 years
@mowaten
More like they are ready to fight each other to the death in order to regain Palestine.
Which planet are you living in? Do you not see the chasm between the Palestinians and that ever since Palestine was usurped they can not agree on anything.
You still speak of defeating Israel... Wake up and recognize that if it were agreed amongst the Mid Eastern nations or even only in Iran that defeating the Israelis is the ultimate goal it would have been achieved long ago. No one, not even your beloved Iran, wants Israel to be defeated else they would loose their raison d'etre - ya raouhi ya inta. Wake up, wake up already!
do you really want to use the group of people who overwhelmingly support hass nass as ur point?