Iranian officials say they have transferred technology for fight against Israel

Mohsen Rezaei, former senior advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tehran has transferred missile-building technology used in fighting against Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip: "The Palestinian resistance missiles are the blessings of Iran's transfer of technology", something to bear on mind to understand how and why more than 3,000 rockets have been launched against the israeli people in recent weeks, spurring the Israeli military answer to protect the lives of their people.

Iran: Serious reasons to be (even more) concerned

Hours ago, Iran’s defense minister commended Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip for firing dozens of rockets into southern Israel, stating their operational power is "...a thousand times more than what it was before.”

Iran’s Fars News Agency quoted Iranian Defense Minister Brig.-Gen. Hossein Dehqan on Saturday, claiming that the Gaza terror organizations "...have not yet displayed their actual missile capability". The rocket barrage came after Israel unveiled the massive cache of Iranian missiles and munitions which commandos confiscated from a ship, the Klos-C, and which intelligence has found was intended for Gaza.

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Syria jihadist rebels prepare for US attack

The hailstorm of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) that is expected to rain down on Syria's bases and command-and-control centres - if President Barack Obama wins Congressional approval - would certainly hurt the jihadists' enemy, although perhaps not fatally: In preparation for the missile strikes - if and when they come - instructions have gone out online for rebel commanders and others to change their locations and not to gather in big groups or convoys. There is a specific fear of homing chips being attached to leaders' cars to guide incoming missiles as they are believed to have been in Pakistan's tribal areas and in the Gaza Strip.

Tel Aviv gets missile defense

Israel deployed its Iron Dome missile defense system in Tel Aviv on Friday, as the United States weighed military strikes on neighboring Syria, local media said.

News website Ynet said that unlike last November when the interceptor missiles brought down rockets fired from Gaza, to the south, this time they were pointing north, toward Syria. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel had deployed its Iron Dome system to meet its current security needs.

He did not specify where, but media reported earlier in the week that the military was moving two of its short-range Iron Dome batteries and one battery of the mid-range Patriot missile to northern Israel. “We have decided to deploy Iron Dome and other interceptors,” Netanyahu said Thursday night in a statement as he went into security talks at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv.

Israel deploys full missile defenses

Israel is deploying all of its missile defenses as a precaution against possible Syrian retaliatory attacks should Western powers carry out threatened strikes on Syria, Israeli Army Radio said today.

No special troop movements or exercises have been ordered (apart of a small-scale mobilisation of reservists) but additional Iron Dome and Patriot missile defense batteries were deployed Wednesday in Israeli areas near the Syrian border, Israeli defense officials said.

The missile defenses include:

• Against long range missiles: Arrow-II
• Against medium range missiles: Patriot
• Against short range missiles: Iron Dome

Israel says the Iron Dome system shot down one of the four rockets launched from Lebanon into northern Israel last week, and intercepted a rocket fired toward the Red Sea resort town of Eilat earlier this month. The Iron Dome system has also intercepted rockets launched from the Gaza Strip.