{"id":118197,"date":"2025-01-03T17:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=118197"},"modified":"2025-01-03T13:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:43:39","slug":"06-05-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=118197","title":{"rendered":"How Israel neutralized a critical Iranian missile threat in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>How Israel neutralized a critical Iranian missile threat in Syria<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Yaakov Lappin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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IDF special forces operators arrive at the Masyaf missile production plant in western Syria, Sept. 8, 2024. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Office.<\/em><\/span>
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The IDF declassifies details on an Iranian-built underground projectile factory and how some 100 elite soldiers raided it.<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\n

The Israeli Air Force\u2019s elite\u00a0Shaldag<\/a>\u00a0Unit, supported by the Air Force and Navy, executed a highly complex operation on Sept. 8, targeting and destroying a precision-guided missile manufacturing facility built by Iran in the\u00a0Masyaf<\/a>\u00a0area of western Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n

This operation neutralized a critical Iranian-led project intended to arm Hezbollah and other terror proxies with advanced, game-changing long-range weapons. The factory was built close to the Lebanese border, indicating its intended role of arming Hezbollah.<\/span><\/p>\n

For years, the army\u2019s Military Intelligence Directorate monitored the underground compound, which had been constructed deep within a mountainside, according to Lt. Col. Nadav Shashani, IDF international spokesperson, who briefed journalists about the raid on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Israeli Air Force Shaldag commandos inside the Masyaf missile production plant in western Syria, Sept. 8, 2024. Credit: IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Office.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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An imminent and active threat<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The facility was a key component of Iran\u2019s strategy to arm its regional proxies, enabling the production of hundreds of precision-guided missiles annually, Shoshani said, adding that the missiles posed a severe threat to the Israeli home front.<\/span><\/p>\n

The missile facility was fully operational for just a month before the operation. It represented the culmination of years of Iranian investment and planning. Israeli intelligence indicated that construction began in 2017 and was completed in 2021, although the advanced machinery and missile assembly lines were only installed by 2024. The factory was equipped to produce missiles with ranges of up to some 300 kilometers (186 miles).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a flagship project of Iran in Syria,\u201d said Shoshani. \u201cThis was one of a kind in Syria. This factory in size, in its ability, in its significance to the Iranian axis and for Hezbollah and other groups in Syria, it posed an imminent and active threat to the State of Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The nighttime raid involved more than 100 Israeli special forces soldiers on the ground, supported by dozens of aircraft, including fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters. Naval vessels provided additional firepower and intelligence support, according to the military.<\/span><\/p>\n

The IDF commandos landed by helicopter, encircling the compound to secure the area before entering the facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The planetary mixer and missile engines at the Masyaf facility in western Syria, Sept. 8, 2024. Credit: IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Office.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

During the operation, soldiers dismantled critical manufacturing machinery, including a planetary mixer (a device used to mix round products) essential for missile production. They also retrieved intelligence documents, such as chemical handbooks detailing missile production processes.<\/span><\/p>\n

These materials were transferred to the Intelligence Directorate for analysis. The compound was then destroyed, ensuring it could no longer be used to manufacture missiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

All IDF soldiers returned safely\u2014a testament to the meticulous planning and implementation of the operation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The production goals at the Masyaf facility in western Syria, Sept. 8, 2024. Credit: IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Office.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Strategic value for Hezbollah<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The factory\u2019s proximity to the Syrian-Lebanese border is a major clue regarding its strategic value for Hezbollah, which has relied on Iran for advanced weaponry. The site\u2019s destruction delivered a severe blow to Iran\u2019s efforts to establish missile production capabilities in Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n

The timing of the operation was critical. In the months leading up to the strike, Hezbollah had escalated its attacks on Israel, launching hundreds of projectiles per day. Between October 2023 and November 2024, Hezbollah fired more than 17,000 projectiles, killing dozens of Israelis. Some of these were precision-guided missiles, and Hezbollah had hoped to receive even more powerful missiles from the Masyaf facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to an IDF infographic, the Masyaf factory was intending to produce surface-to-surface ballistic missiles such as the M220, with a range of 70 kilometers (44 miles); the M302, formerly a rocket converted into a precise missile with a 130-kilometer (81-mile) range; the M600F, also known as a Fateh 110 missile, which had a range of 250-300 kilometers (155-186 miles) and can be fired from a stationary launcher or a truck; and M122 short-range 40-kilometer (25-mile) missiles, which can also be fired from a truck.<\/span><\/p>\n

IDF fighters at the Masyaf missile production plant in western Syria, Sept. 8, 2024. Credit: IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Office.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The raid is part of Israel\u2019s broader campaign against Iranian weapons smuggling and production in Syria into Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis operation was a statement to the fact that we will not allow Hezbollah or any other terror organization on our borders to have these strategic weapons that can harm and kill our civilians,\u201d said Shoshani.<\/span><\/p>\n

The underground nature of the Masyaf facility required a ground operation rather than an aerial strike, as aerial attacks on their own were deemed insufficient against such hardened targets.<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years and up until a few months ago, Syria was \u201cvery comfortable for the Iranian regime to operate in,\u201d said Shoshani.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking ahead, he said, despite the fall of the pro-Iranian Assad regime, \u201cwe are already on the look out to make sure that they [the Iranians] are not getting back to it [Syria] and make sure that the routes between Syria and Lebanon\u00a0remain ineffective.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This vigilance, he said, is based on the understanding that Iran \u201cwill look for new ways to challenge us in the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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