{"id":360088,"date":"2018-05-07T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T09:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/israel-preparing-for-war-with-iran-seeking-us-support\/"},"modified":"2018-05-07T10:21:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T09:21:08","slug":"israel-preparing-for-war-with-iran-seeking-us-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/israel-preparing-for-war-with-iran-seeking-us-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Preparing For War With Iran, Seeking US Support"},"content":{"rendered":"
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May 2, 2018<\/p>\n

Not that there was much doubt who was behind it, but two days after \u201cenemy\u201d warplanes attacked a Syrian military base <\/a>near Hama on Sunday, killing at least 11 Iranians and dozens of others, and nobody had yet \u201cclaimed responsibility\u201d the attack, US officials told NBC <\/a>that it was indeed Israeli F-15 fighter jets that struck the base, NBC News reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wow! Video of a huge explosion just now in #Salhab<\/a> in #Hama<\/a>, reasons still unknown pic.twitter.com\/AfWYRAzosT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Danny Makki (@Dannymakkisyria) April 29, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ominously, the officials said Israel appears to be preparing for open warfare with Iran and is seeking U.S. help and support<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the list of the potentials for most likely live hostility around the world, the battle between Israel and Iran in Syria is at the top of the list right now,\u201d said one senior U.S. official.<\/p>\n

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Fire and explosions are seen in the countryside south of Hama city, Syria, April 29, 2018<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The US officials told NBC <\/a>that Israeli F-15s hit Hama after Iran delivered weapons to a base that houses Iran\u2019s 47th Brigade, including surface-to-air missiles. In addition to killing two dozen troops, including officers, the strike wounded three dozen others. The report adds that the U.S. officials believe the shipments were intended for Iranian ground forces that would attack Israel.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, as we reported yesterday, the Syrian army said early on Monday that \u201cenemy\u201d rockets struck military bases belonging to Syrian President Bashar Assad\u2019s regime. According to several outlets, the strikes targeted the 47th Brigade base in the southern Hama district, a military facility in northwestern Hama and a facility north of the Aleppo International Airport.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday that Israel on Tuesday morning had four problems, one more than the day before: \u201cIran, Iran, Iran and hypocrisy.\u201d The…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Zero HedgeMay 2, 2018 Not that there was much doubt who was behind it, but two days after \u201cenemy\u201d warplanes attacked a Syrian military base near Hama on Sunday, killing at least 11 Iranians and dozens of others, and nobody had yet \u201cclaimed responsibility\u201d the attack, US officials told NBC that it was indeed Israeli […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-360088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}