Iran attacking civilians with cluster bombs

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Cluster bomb debris endangers lives

Cluster bomblet found in northern Israel; police warn public to report any suspicious object and avoiding nearing it.

     Cluster Bomb

Police are warning of serious danger after a cluster bomb was discovered earlier this week in Israel’s Northern District.

In a statement to the public, an Israel Police spokesperson stressed that unlike a standard rocket, a cluster bomb disperses numerous small submunitions over a wide area, posing a significant threat to anyone nearby.

The spokesman added that many of these submunitions remain on the ground as unexploded ordnance and are extremely sensitive. Any contact, movement, or shaking could cause them to detonate immediately.

The public is urged not to approach or touch suspicious objects resembling small explosives. If such an item is found, people should move away from the area, keep others at a distance, and report it immediately to the police emergency hotline (100).

The spokesman stressed that only bomb disposal experts are authorized to handle such devices, neutralize them, and secure the area safely. "Public discipline and adherence to instructions from bomb disposal teams can save lives," he added.

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     Some of the Iranian missile strikes against Israel were cluster bombs

      Flames over Tel Aviv during Iranian missile barrage

      Emergency services in Tel Aviv during Iranian missile attack

      Aftermath of cluster bomb that fell on Tev Aviv

      Iranian missiles light up the skies over Israel during attack

           

                Cluster missiles open in the air, releasing smaller munitions armed with explosives

                           Huge fires as the explosives crash into the ground

RAF pilot downs Iranian Drone

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The British pilot who gunned down an Iranian drone over Jordan celebrated with a beer at sunrise. 

The RAF officer flew for four hours alongside two Typhoons before destroying two drones with Asraam missiles on Monday evening, marking the first time an RAF F-35 jet has shot down a target during the conflict with Iran.

He also became the first pilot from the RAF’s stealth fighter jets to destroy a target in combat.

The pilot, who has not been named for security reasons, said he sipped a local Cypriot Keo beer at sunrise in celebration before getting 'back on to to doing the job again'.

Speaking about it for the first time, he said: 'We had one beer at sunrise and then I had to go to bed because I was on duty the next day. We’re kind of a pretty high operational temp at the moment. 

'So, when this is all over, whenever it ends, and then I’m sure we’ll celebrate appropriately.'

Asked about the feeling when he inflicted the blow, he said: 'You are kind of more concerned about making sure you’ve shot the right thing. Making sure you positioned the aircraft in the right places.

'It’s not a euphoric sense of success. I suppose. I just get out the way and get back on to doing the job again.'

The British pilot who gunned down an Iranian drone (pictured with Defence Secretary John Healey) over Jordan celebrated with a beer at sunrise

It marked the first time an RAF F-35 jet (pictured) has shot down a target during the conflict with Iran

He also said he feared shooting a friendly target by mistake and worried about what else could be out in the sky.

The drone was downed just hours after a sole Kuwaiti pilot flying an American-made fighter jet mistakenly shot down three US F-15 planes.

The F/A-18 pilot launched three missiles against the American planes, sources familiar with initial reports of the incident told the Wall Street Journal.

The American pilots were forced to eject to safety after the Kuwaiti pilot mistook their F-15E Strike Eagles for Iranian jets on Monday morning - costing US forces $300million to replace the damaged planes. 

That came a day after a British base in Cyprus was hit by a drone 

RAF Akroitiri was hit by a drone fired from Lebanon on Sunday, raising major concerns about the standard of local air defences. 

Officials said the damage was minor, but it was revealed the drone hit a hangar used by the US for U2 spy planes flying high-altitude reconnaissance missions. 

Around 400 additional British troops are believed to have been sent to Cyprus as the UK continues its 'defensive' activities in the region. 

And on Thursday, Defence Secretary John Healey refused to rule out British UK aircrafts taking part in strikes on Iran.

Speaking at RAF Akrotiri, he said: 'As circumstances in any conflict change, you’ve got to be willing to adapt the action you take.

'I'm doing that by bringing in anti-drone helicopters overnight, I'm doing that in the next couple of weeks to bring in the Type 45 air defence destroyer.'

Defence Secretary John Healey refused to rule out British UK aircrafts taking part in strikes on Iran

Pressed on British involvement, Mr Healey added: 'Everything that we have done is defensive, is legal and is coordinated with other allies.'

Meanwhile, Donald Trump has not denied calling Sir Keir Starmer a 'loser' as he continues to fume at the Prime Minister for failing to back his military action against Iran. 

The US President is furious at Sir Keir for his refusal to allow American jets to launch offensive strikes on Tehran from British bases.

In an interview with the New York Post, Mr Trump issued a fresh blast at the PM by saying the UK had been 'very disappointing'.

Asked about explosive claims he had called Sir Keir a 'loser' in private conversations, the US President did not deny the reports.

'Well, he's not Winston Churchill, let me put it that way,' Mr Trump replied, as he repeated an attack on the PM he also made earlier in the week.

He said he was 'very surprised' at Sir Keir and 'very disappointed', adding: 'I get along with him fine. But he sometimes doesn't do things that he should be doing.'

It came as Sir Keir admitted the US President has been giving him the silent treatment.

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Iranian Warship Sunk by Submarine off coast of Sri Lanka

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A US submarine sank an Iranian warship using an underwater torpedo for the first time since the Second World War.

'An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters.'

'Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo, a quiet death, the first American sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.'

This is the moment an Iranian warship suffered a 'quiet death' after being blasted by a torpedo

The US submarine's view of the exploding Iranian warship

The torpedo attack occurred on Monday in the Indian Ocean, an Iranian warship which sank off the coast of Sri Lanka.

The Iranian warship jolted violently upwards before exploding in a giant plume of smoke and water. 

The military used a Mark 48 Torpedo - with a 650-pound warhead - which was detonated under the vessel's stern.

The rear section of the boat was lifted out of the water momentarily after impact. 

The Iranian vessel was identified as the IRIS Dena. 

The IRIS Dena was one of Iran's newest warships. It was equipped with surface-to-air missiles, a cannon, machine guns, torpedo launchers and anti-ship missiles. 

US forces have struck or sunk to the bottom of the ocean more than 20 ships from the Iranian regime, according to CENTCOM. 

An Iranian ship releases a plume of smoke after being hit with a US strike

The Iranian frigate IRIS Dena anchored in the port of Rio de Janeiro in 2023

      Rio de Janeiro 2023

In better days

Iran's Iris Dena (pictured in 2024) went down off the coast of Sri Lanka 

The tip of the vessel can be seen before it is engulfed by the waters of the Indian Ocean

'A United States Navy fast attack submarine has sunk an enemy combatant ship using a single Mark 48 torpedo to achieve immediate effect, sending the warship to the bottom of the sea.'

The force from the torpedo sent a towering plume of smoke and water into the air 

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said one of the top goals for Operation Epic Fury is to completely destroy the Iranian Navy 

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The ship sinking

MOSSAD had already hacked every traffic camera in Tehran years ago

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Mossad had hacked every traffic camera in Tehran for YEARS... how Israel and America sealed the fate of the Ayatollah

Mossad operatives hacked into Tehran's traffic camera network to spy on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his bodyguards and other top Iranian officials for years before his assassination, according to a report.

Israel gained access to almost all the city's cameras, which are used extensively by Iran to spy on regime opponents and its own population, and tracked the movements of key bodyguards.

Images were said to be transmitted back to Tel Aviv and southern Israel, allowing Mossad to develop intimate knowledge on the guards' addresses, work schedules and who they were assigned to protect.

One camera angle proved especially helpful and allowed agents to track where bodyguards parked their personal cars when arriving at the Supreme Leader's compound on Pasteur Street in the heart of Tehran. 

The hacks were part of a years-long intelligence campaign which eventually led to the killing of Khamenei on Saturday after jets, which had travelled directly from Israeli military bases for hours, fired up to 30 precision munitions on his complex.

The Supreme Leader's body was found in rubble after the daylight bombing raid aimed at toppling the regime. 

Khamenei presided over a brutal regime for 36 years which slaughtered thousands of his own citizens, repressed women and funded terrorist proxies Hamas and Hezbollah which seek to eliminate Israel.

When Israel located Khamenei on Saturday morning, they disrupted around a dozen mobile phone towers near Pasteur Street, making phones appear busy when called and preventing his security from receiving possible warnings. 

Smoke billowing into the sky above Khamenei's compound on Pasteur Street in the heart of Tehran

Khamenei, who presided over a brutal regime which slaughtered thousands of his own citizens, repressed women and funded terror organisations, was killed on Saturday morning

Israel struck and destroyed the Ayatollah's compound (pictured) in an early morning raid 

'We knew Tehran like we know Jerusalem,' an Israeli intelligence official told the Financial Times. 

'And when you know [a place] as well as you know the street you grew up on, you notice a single thing that's out of place.'

The CIA also had a human source who provided vital intelligence, according to the newspaper. 

Combined with Israeli AI tools and algorithms which sifted through a vast mountain of data on Iran's leadership and their movements, the source allowed them to trace Khamenei to the meeting where he was hit.

Once Israel and the US became aware of where Khamenei was holding his meeting, they decided they had to act.

During a war the Ayatollah would be shifted underground into bomb resistant bunkers and acting early gave them the element of surprise.

Mossad officials planned the attack for months but decided to act immediately once they confirmed his location. 

They used traffic cameras which showed Khamenei's meeting was on schedule, hacked phone networks, and the CIA source on the ground. 

During the strike, senior Iranian national security officials were in another part of the building.

Mossad operatives hacked into Tehran's traffic camera network to spy on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Tehran has been pummelled by US and Israeli air strikes since Saturday, when they killed Ayatollah Khamenei

Two high-level military leaders - Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani, and commander of the IRGC Maj. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour were also obliterated in the Tehran strikes. As was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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