‘Israel’ Admits Inability to Intercept Missile: We Tried, We Failed

By Staff, Agencies

Zionist war minister Benny Gantz admitted that Tel Aviv tried, but failed to intercept a Syrian missile that landed near the occupation regime’s most sensitive military nuclear site while trying to defend Syria against an ‘Israeli’ warplane.

“There was an attempt to intercept it, which did not succeed. We are still investigating the event,” Benny Gantz said on Thursday after the incident, The Times of ‘Israel’ reported.

Earlier in the day, the Zionist military said an “SA-5” -- a long-range projectile handled by Syria’s Russian S-200 missile systems -- had been fired towards the ‘Israeli’ aircraft, but had “overflown” its target.

The missile instead “landed some 30 kilometers away” from the regime’s top-secret and hugely controversial Dimona nuclear site, which reportedly accommodates the main features of Tel Aviv’s military nuclear program.

Gantz also acknowledged that the ‘Israeli’ military had been on alert against such potential incidents. The military “worked to prevent a potential strike on critical assets,” he said.

His latter remarks echoed earlier ones made by Zionist media outlets that the regime had been reinforcing missile systems around the Dimona facility and the Red Sea port Eilat in the occupied territories in anticipation of a possible long-range missile or drone attack.

Gantz’s predecessor and Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rival, Avigdor Lieberman, also took the chance to rip into the premier, saying the regime had “no functioning government, and the power of the deterrence is spent.” Netanyahu “is asleep at the wheel because he is busy with his personal affairs,” Lieberman said, and called on the Knesset [Zionist parliament] to “end the paralysis.”

Gantz claimed the missile had landed near Dimona as a result of “errant” Syrian anti-aircraft fire. General Frank McKenzie, head of the United States Central Command, also echoed the remarks, addressing the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier.

‘Israeli’ and Western media have, meanwhile, noted how the missile incident came shortly after Iran warned that it will retaliate for a recent ‘Israeli’ act of sabotage against its Natanz nuclear facility. Earlier this month, the incident cut the power across the facility but did not lead to any casualties and damages or any complications.