November 1st, 2024: Iran Planning Another Major Strike on Israel, Putin’s Military Purge, & North Korea’s Missile Milestone
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What threat is Iran posing to Israel before the U.S. elections?
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Later, Vladimir Putin, remember him? He's shaking up his military leadership with reports that at least 10 generals have been arrested in recent months on fraud and corruption charges. Fraud and corruption within the Russian military. Who would have thought it? Plus, North Korea just set a new record with its longest ever ballistic missile flight, a missile said to be more agile and reportedly capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. And in today's back of the brief, U.S. Northern Command reports hundreds of unauthorized drone incursions over military sites across the country in recent years, posing, of course, potential security risks. Yeah, that would make sense. Is it just me, or wouldn't it make sense to shoot down any unauthorized drones that are flying over sensitive sites? But first, today's PDB Spotlight. According to a report by Axios, Israeli intelligence suggests that Iran is preparing a massive retaliatory attack on Israel in the coming days, possibly before the U.S.
presidential election set, of course, for 5 November. Unlike the previous strikes, which hailed from Iranian territory, this one is expected to come from Iraqi territory. That means it's likely to be carried out by Iranian proxy groups, including Iraq's militias, using a large number of drones and ballistic missiles. That is, after all, why the Iranian regime has spent all these years and money and effort to build their various proxy groups, so that they could strike at Israel without drawing return fire directly onto the Iranian regime itself. Although at this stage, following two separate direct attacks on Iran by Israel in retaliation, the regime's concept of hiding behind their proxies might be wearing thin. Along those lines, Axios is reporting that carrying out the attack through pro-Iran militias in Iraq could be an attempt by Tehran to avoid another Israeli attack against strategic targets in Iran.
Meanwhile, two separate rocket barrages fired from Lebanon killed seven people in northern Israel on Thursday, hitting agricultural areas along the border. So much for the cautious optimism over possible ceasefire discussions between Israel and Hezbollah. According to the IDF, Hezbollah fired dozens of projectiles into Israel's north throughout the day, targeting the Golan Heights and other parts of northern Israel, including areas surrounding the major port city of Haifa. An Israeli farmer and four foreign agricultural workers were killed when rockets landed near Metula, a town on the border with Lebanon. Later, paramedics reported that a woman in her 60s and a man around 30 were killed near Kibbutz Afek on the outskirts of Haifa. The back-to-back attacks represent the deadliest spate of strikes from Lebanon since the Israeli military invaded the country earlier this month. Now, the deaths bring the total number of Israeli civilians killed in the conflict with Hezbollah to 39.
Meanwhile, the IDF announced that the deputy commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan force was killed in an airstrike earlier this week. According to the military, Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi was killed in a strike carried out by fighter jets in southern Lebanon. The IDF said in a statement that Shahadi advanced numerous terror attacks against the State of Israel,
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