One of the leading candidates to take over as the chief of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has called for Israel to step up assassinations of leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
IDF Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir made the case in a 74-page paper for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a pro-Israel American think tank based in Washington. He said the assassinations were necessary to stop Iran from further entrenching itself in Syria.
Israel frequently bombs Syria and frames the strikes as attacks on Iranian assets in the country, although the airstrikes often kill Syrian soldiers or target civilian infrastructure. Zamir said if Israel invades Lebanon to fight Hezbollah, Iran could launch attacks from Syria to hit Israeli forces.
Zamir described the IRGC as the “backbone” of Iran and “the main means by which it seeks to dominate the region.” He outlined several ways Israel could work with allies to target IRGC leaders, including what he called the “Soleimani model,” referring to the January 2020 assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the former head of the IRGC’s Quds force. Soleimani was killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad.
In recent months, Israel has stepped up its covert attacks inside Iran and is suspected of several killings, including against scientists working for Iran’s military. US officials have said Israel was behind the killing of IRGC Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, who was gunned down in Tehran at the end of May.
Zamir is a candidate to replace Avi Kohavi, the current IDF chief of staff. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has said he plans to appoint a new chief of staff before the upcoming Israeli election in November. Gantz has named other candidates, but whoever is appointed will likely agree to put more pressure on Tehran.
The stupid and arrogant Israelis don’t realize that two can play this game. It wouldn’t surprise me to see that retaliations against Israel spread to the US.
Israel has a history of poking other countries in the eye, then calling the response “an attack”, which they use to “defend” themselves.
They have their slave, U S of A to take care when things go wrong
“History”? It’s more like M.O.!
Logically it can spread to US.Probably that is Israel’s intent.US can watch only helplessly.Zionists own America and it is the tragedy. You suffer
Imagine the world “shock” had an Iranian commander said this of Israeli leaders!
More like “shock and awe”. The hawks would be salivating.
I think that’s what they are actually hoping for. Haven’t gotten the US to attack Iran for them for over 40 years. A little assassination on US soil could certainly do the trick.
Yes, timing is everything.
At the moment, Israeli leaders would like nothing better than some incident to “justify” a war on Iran.
But that is a passing situation. Nothing remains frozen forever. Their time will come.
FOR SURE we do not want to turn the world any further toward terrorism than it is already!!! Even this deadly war in Ukraine, has its roots in an AMERICAN terrorist operation in 2014 when the Obama “PEACE” presidency overthrew their elected president, and Hillary Clinton & Victoria Nuland installed a puppet who promptly installed Nazis who began persecuting and killing its Russian speaking citizens whom Russia is at this moment trying to liberate from those terrorists.
Well it has finally made Iran get rid off incompetent leadership and promote specialists. Let’s see how long Israel has free hand within Iran and if Iran is able to hit back
With luck, Iran will take out the whole Israeli leadership in one fell swoop.
Wishful thinking although I would welcome it
That sounds more like BAD luck than good. Even attempting to “take out” Israels leadership could trigger another terrible war that would take way too many innocent lives to consider even rational. Peace and prosperity please, not war and debt!!!!
Assassination in kind is not and has not been rooted in Persian blood…!
That sounds like nuclear war.
Nuclear war is a bad thing, even if it kills people who really need killing.
Sad 2C the state who once proclaimed “The Most Moral Army in The WORLD” talking about stepping up their already OUTRAGEOUS terror campaigns. Shouldn’t anyone who assists them be guilty of “Providing Material Support to Terrorists?” O I forgot, they’re special and don’t need to follow any rules. They can even murder American journalists, and not even get any criticism from our SELLOUT PUPPET.
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It’s great to be a special country, isn’t it? Rules based order, my …..
All previous Israeli assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists failed and did not stop Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities…! Now, who believes the assassination of IRGC leaders would stop Iran’s presence in Syria and Lebanon…?!
Well then, ramp up assassinations of Israeli leaders. Kill them too. Kill the right wing. Then we can talk peace with the (shocked) survivors who suddenly realize they are not themselves immune to what they do to others.