{"id":311639,"date":"2025-07-06T06:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T06:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=311639"},"modified":"2025-07-08T04:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T04:32:05","slug":"iran-struck-five-israeli-military-bases-during-12-day-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=311639","title":{"rendered":"Iran struck five Israeli military bases during 12-day war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Aftermath of an Iranian missile strike in the occupied territories<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Introduction \u2013 July 5, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The Israeli military censored reports of successful missile attacks on air bases, a logistics hub, and an intelligence center, says the Telegraph below. But note, this website carried Press TV\u2019s reports of Israeli military sites being hit nearly two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s long before the Telegraph even mentioned them.<\/p>\n<p>This raises serious questions about the &#8216;free and impartial&#8217; Western mainstream news media.<\/p>\n<p>Is it really so out of touch? Or is it so owned and controlled by Zionist interests that it only reports on the following two weeks after this web site? Ed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Bk4M3ygDuc\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=311152\">Iran\u2019s missile strike destroyed training center for Israeli military pilots: Report<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Iran\u2019s missile strike destroyed training center for Israeli military pilots: Report&#8221; &#8212; The Truthseeker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=311152&#038;embed=true#?secret=t4BU04mHtN#?secret=Bk4M3ygDuc\" data-secret=\"Bk4M3ygDuc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"D9vAduN2cV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310818\">Iran&#8217;s missile, drone barrage hits Israeli military sites, command and control hubs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Iran&#8217;s missile, drone barrage hits Israeli military sites, command and control hubs&#8221; &#8212; The Truthseeker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310818&#038;embed=true#?secret=ZxUhVPjsjE#?secret=D9vAduN2cV\" data-secret=\"D9vAduN2cV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MQNwmKFCqO\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310771\">True Promise III: Iran rains down missiles, drones on critical Israeli military targets<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;True Promise III: Iran rains down missiles, drones on critical Israeli military targets&#8221; &#8212; The Truthseeker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310771&#038;embed=true#?secret=J29RzLzA9C#?secret=MQNwmKFCqO\" data-secret=\"MQNwmKFCqO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8OhRf1Shnb\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310622\">Iran strikes Israeli intelligence sites as Israel attacks Iran&#8217;s missile launchers<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Iran strikes Israeli intelligence sites as Israel attacks Iran&#8217;s missile launchers&#8221; &#8212; The Truthseeker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=310622&#038;embed=true#?secret=CXME5gOIT6#?secret=8OhRf1Shnb\" data-secret=\"8OhRf1Shnb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Iran struck five Israeli military bases during 12-day war<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Paul Nuki, Ben Butcher and Afshin Maladi \u2013 The Daily Telegraph July 5, 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Iranian missiles appear to have directly hit five Israeli military facilities during the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2025\/06\/24\/iran-israel-12-day-war-that-shook-world\/\">12-day war<\/a>, according to radar data seen by The Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2025\/06\/25\/irans-monster-missile-exposes-israels-achilles-heel\/\">The strikes<\/a> have not been made public by the Israeli authorities and cannot be reported from within the country because of strict military censorship laws.<\/p>\n<p>They will further complicate the battle of words between the enemies, with both sides attempting to claim absolute victory.<\/p>\n<p>The new data were shared with The Telegraph by US academics at Oregon State University, who specialise in using satellite radar data to detect bomb damage in war zones.<\/p>\n<p>It suggests five previously unreported military facilities were hit by six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2025\/06\/19\/iran-launched-cluster-missile-israel\/\">Iranian missiles<\/a> in the north, south and centre of Israel, including a major air base, an intelligence gathering centre and a logistics base.<\/p>\n<p>Approached by The Telegraph on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it would not comment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2025\/06\/15\/israels-air-defences-buckle-new-iranian-missile-barrage\/\">missile interception rates<\/a> or damage to its bases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we can say is that all relevant units maintained functional continuity throughout the operation,\u201d said a spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes on the military facilities are in addition to 36 others known to have pierced Israeli air-defence systems, causing significant damage to residential and industrial infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the considerable damage to residential property across the country, only 28 Israelis died \u2013 a testament to the country\u2019s sophisticated alert system and the disciplined use of bomb shelters and safe rooms by the population.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis by The Telegraph suggests that while the vast majority of Iranian missiles were intercepted, the proportion that got through grew steadily in the first eight days of the 12-day war.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for this, say experts, are not clear but may include the rationing of a limited stock of interceptor missiles on the Israeli side and improved firing tactics and the possible use of more sophisticated missiles by Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Iron Dome is Israel\u2019s best-known air-defence system, it is actually designed to protect against short-range projectiles such as mortars and is only one part of the \u201clayered\u201d air-defence system the country uses.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle tier stands the David\u2019s Sling air-defence system, which is optimised for intercepting drones and missiles with ranges up to 300km. At the top is the Arrow system, which engages long-range ballistic missiles before they re-enter the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, the Israeli systems were backed up throughout the 12-day war by two US ground-based THAAD missile-defence systems and ship-based interceptors launched from US assets in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The US is estimated to have launched at least 36 THAAD interceptors during the war at a cost of some $12 million a time<\/p>\n<p>In Israel, a densely packed small country of just 9.7 million people, the piercing of the country\u2019s famed missile-defence systems has come as a shock, with the authorities having to issue notices warning that they were \u201cnot hermetic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 15,000 made homeless are especially conspicuous as they have been distributed to hotel accommodation throughout the country and the restriction of residential sites has been reported freely.<\/p>\n<p>But there has also been growing suspicion within the country that military targets were hit.<\/p>\n<p>Raviv Drucker of Channel 13, one of the country\u2019s best-known journalists, said last week: \u201cThere were a lot of [Iranian] missile hits in IDF bases, in strategic sites that we still don\u2019t report about to this day&#8230; It created a situation where people don\u2019t realise how precise the Iranians were and how much damage they caused in many places\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Corey Scher, a researcher at Oregon State University, said his unit was working on a fuller assessment of missile damage in both Israel and Iran, and would publish its findings in around two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>He said the radar system data that they used to assess damage measured changes in the built environment to detect blasts and that absolute confirmation of hits would necessitate either on-the-ground reporting at the military sites concerned or satellite pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph\u2019s data analysis shows the combined US and Israeli defence systems performed well overall, but were letting through around 16 per cent of missiles by day seven of the war.<\/p>\n<p>This broadly accords with an earlier IDF estimate for the defence system that put the success rate at \u201c87 per cent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In Iran, Islamic Republic officials and state media are using footage of missiles penetrating Israeli air defences in an attempt to convince domestic audiences they won the war.<\/p>\n<p>There are cartoons mocking the Iron Dome in Iranian media with revolutionary songs playing over videos of missiles hitting Israeli cities.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials say that the main way Israel\u2019s air defences were pierced was by using missiles and drones at the same time to confuse defence systems.<\/p>\n<p>Fast missiles mixed with slower drones confused the defences and made them split their attention, officials claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main goal of firing [suicide drones] at Israel is always to keep their systems busy,\u201d one Iranian official told The Telegraph. \u201cMany don\u2019t even get through \u2013 they\u2019re intercepted \u2013 but they still cause confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maj Gen Ali Fazli, the IRGC\u2019s deputy commander-in-chief, appeared on state TV on Thursday night, claiming implausibly that Iran was \u201cin the best defensive position in the 47-year history of the Islamic Revolution \u2013 never before have we been at such a level in terms of military readiness, operational cohesion, and fighter morale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This despite Israel\u2019s proven ability to strike at will over the entire country and the substantial damage caused to the country\u2019s military leadership and nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, it is likely that a large part of Iran\u2019s ballistic missile arsenal remains untouched. Even by Israeli estimates, only half of its launchers were destroyed in the 12-day conflict and substantial stocks of missiles remain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran had about 400 launchers, and we destroyed more than 200 of them, which caused a bottleneck in their missile operations,\u201d an Israeli military official said on Thursday<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cWe assessed that Iran had approximately 2,000 to 2,500 ballistic missiles at the beginning of this conflict. However, they were rapidly moving toward a mass-production strategy, which could see their missile stockpile grow to 8,000 or even 20,000 missiles in the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maj Gen Fazli claimed that underground \u201ccities\u201d of missiles remained untouched in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not yet opened the doors of even one of our missile cities,\u201d he claimed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assess that so far only about 25 to 30 per cent of existing missile capability has been used and, at the same time, the production cycle is powerfully supporting this operational capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2025\/07\/05\/iran-struck-five-israeli-military-bases-12-day-war\/\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite data reveals that Iranian missiles caused greater damage to Israel\u2019s military infrastructure than the authorities are willing to admit. Toward the end of the war 16 percent, or one in every 6.25 Iranian missiles was evading Israel\u2019s vaunted Iron Dome    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":311641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311639"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311670,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311639\/revisions\/311670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/311641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}