Moscow urges citizens to leave Israel

It is increasingly unsafe to remain in the Jewish state, Moscow’s envoy has said

The Russian ambassador to Israel, Anatoly Viktorov, has urged Russian citizens to leave the Jewish state in view of the increasing tensions in the region. The appeal came after Iran fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel in response to the intensification of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.

Speaking to the TASS news agency on Thursday, Viktorov expressed concerns about the “heightened escalation” in the Middle East.

“We are advising those who are currently in Israel to think about leaving while there are still regular flights” from the country, including Israeli national carrier El Al, the diplomat told the TASS news agency.

Viktorov urged Russian nationals to consider “risks to their lives and health” before making decisions about traveling to Israel. “The situation in Israel and the neighboring countries is highly intense,” he stressed.

Multiple Russian airlines canceled flights over Israel, Iran and Iraq earlier this week in accordance with recommendations from Russia’s civil aviation agency. Iran’s missile barrage prompted a Doha-bound plane carrying a Russian deputy prime minister to turn around mid-flight and return to Russia on Wednesday.

https://www.rt.com/russia/605211-russia-israel-travel-notice/

Israel shouldn't have attacked the Russian base in Syria today

Satellite Images Show Damage At Key Israeli Air Base After Iranian Missile Attack

The Nevatim air base in southern Israel sustained serious damage as a result of the October 1 Iranian missile attack, satellite images released by the Planet Labs and Maxar Technologies show.

The attack, codenamed “Operation True Promise 2,” was carried out in response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas Movement, in Tehran last July, and the recent assassinations of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian General Abbas Nilforoushan in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

Around 200 ballistic missiles were launched from Iran during the attack, including a number of Fattah-1 hypersonic medium-range missiles.

Alongside Nevatim, the missiles targeted the headquarters of the Mossad spy agency, Hatzerim Air Base, key radar facilities and military camps near the Gaza Strip.

The satellite images released on October 3 show multiple impacts at Nevatim, including direct hits on a large hangar and other structures.

Nevatim is home to the Israeli Air Force’s most advanced aircraft, including C-130J military transport planes, Boeing 707 and KC-130H refueling planes, GV Shavit and G550 Eitam/Oron early warning and intelligence planes, F-35I fighter jets and even the Boeing 767-338ER Wing of Zion plane used by senior officials.

The Israeli military acknowledged on October 2 that some of its air bases were hit in the Iranian attack, but said that damage was deemed “ineffective.”

The missile impacts damaged office buildings and maintenance areas in the bases, according to a statement released by the military.

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