Iranian Media Show Map Of Israeli Cities Targeted By Iranian Missile Attacks, Including Jenin To Hebron

Illustration of an Iranian missile. (Wikimedia Commons/Hawijpolo)

JAKARTA - An Iranian newspaper published a map on Wednesday threatening Israel with missile strikes. The map shows pins representing rocket alerts for dozens of potential targets, including Lebanese territory and Palestinian cities in the West Bank.

The map, published on the front page of the Tehran Times newspaper, is part of an article entitled 'Just one wrong move!'

"The intensification of Israel's military threats against Iran seems to show the Zionist regime has forgotten that Iran is more than capable of attacking them from anywhere," the paper wrote, quoted by The Jerusalem Post December 18, adding "there is no need to remind Israel's illegitimate regime of its capabilities. Iranian defense."

The article concludes with a 2013 quote by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning that Iran would "destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa" if Israel "made a mistake" and carried out a military strike.

The threat comes as Israel and the United States advance preparations for military options if negotiations in Vienna, Austria to return to the JCPOA nuclear deal fail. A massive IDF exercise mimicking the attack on Iran is reportedly planned for next year.

Despite threats directed at Israel, the map shows potential targets on the border with Lebanon and in what appears to be Jenin and Nablus.

The front page of the Tehran Times shows a number of Iranian targets in Israel. (Source Theran Times via The Jerusalem Post)

Ramallah and Hebron also appear to be on Iran's list of targets for retaliation if Israel carries out an attack on the Islamic Republic.

Iran is also said to be firing missiles at many empty areas in the Negev Desert, although it is not clear why they did so.

However, the map avoids the Gaza Strip, focusing red pins along the border of the coastal enclave.

If Iran shelled Palestinian towns, it would not be the first time the so-called Axis of Resistance (the name used by Iran and its proxies for their alliance) has attacked Palestinian towns in the West Bank.

Please note, during Operation Wall Guard in May, a rocket fired from Gaza by Hamas landed near the Palestinian city of Azun in the West Bank. Hamas claimed at the time that the rocket was aimed at Modi'in, which is about 30 kilometers south of Azun.

Meanwhile, during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, several rockets were fired into the West Bank, with one rocket landing near Hebron and another near Bethlehem.