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STRICTLY SECURITY | Iran has fostered numerous proxies around the region. But who is the mastermind behind this regional plan? Meet Qassem Soleimani, the Quds Force commander. Our Craig Johnson has the story.
Story (related | August 25, 2019):
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi announced on Sunday that Qasem Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was “personally in charge” of executing a suicide drone attack operation against Israel.
“The attack was supposed to include several explosive drones against a number of targets [in Israel],” Kochavi said during military briefing on Sunday.
“The one who was personally in charge of leading and executing the attack is Qasem Soleimani. He funded, trained and prepared Shi'ite operatives who were supposed to execute the operation. We need to prepare for every possibility and we’ll do it in the best possible way,” the IDF chief added.
eanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Hebrew media "we will expose any attempt by Iran to attack us. I want to emphasize that we will not tolerate attacks on Israel from any state in the region."
"Any states that will allow the use of its territory for attacks against Israel will bear the consequences," Netanyahu added during a tour of the Golan Heights in Israel's north.
On Saturday, Head of the Intelligence Directorate of the IDF, Major General Tamir Heyman, released a public statement, saying “thanks to a substantial intelligence effort, an Iranian attack was thwarted and harm to Israel was prevented.”
