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Tuesday, June 20, 2017
IDF chief downplays ‘operational achievement’ of Iranian missile strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot downplays the significance of an Iranian missile strike against the Islamic State in Syria earlier this week, saying its “the operational achievement was less than what was reported in the media.”
This appears to confirm comments made by anonymous Israeli security sources who said Monday that only one or two of the missiles launched actually hit their target.
The military chief does acknowledge that the missiles “made a statement” to the world about Iran’s preparedness to use its ballistic missiles, something it hadn’t done since 1988.
— Judah Ari Gross
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