Hezbollah announced that it had launched an attack on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Fuad Shukr in Beirut. Western intelligence said the terror group planned a 5 a.m. aerial attack on TLV.

If Hezbollah's only achievement is limited strikes with few casualties, the preemptive strike may be seen as having averted a larger disaster.

"The choice to merely thwart the attack after 10 and a half months of Hezbollah's attack against Israel is the continuation of the policy of containment," United Right chairman MK Gideon Sa'ar wrote.

Army radio then reported that anti-tank missiles hit the air control base but that the base's functional capacity and detection system continued to work.

‘The Chicken Massacre was carried with premeditation and deliberation,’ added one user ironically

"There is no way that this was the plan and that this is how the Israeli response looks to such a step, which would mean starting an all-out war," Hayman said. 

Gindin’s expose also revealed that the film has been marketed outside of Iran through a Malaysian company, which apparently masks the export of Iranian media, and is not subject to sanctions.

The alleged offenses include: terrorism, narcotic supply, fraud, money laundering and receiving stolen goods.