Israeli military says Iran has fired missiles at Israel
  • crusa187@lemmy.mlEnglish
    455·
    2 months ago

    Fuck Israel for refusing to stop slaughtering Palestinian civilians and forcing this escalation.

    And especially fuck the US for claiming for a year now to be working tirelessly towards a ceasefire, yet sending 10s of billions of money and bombs to Israel as a reward for the continued slaughter.

    Disgusting land grabbers.

  • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    2 months ago

    Iran’s IRGC say attack on Israel response to killing of Nasrallah

    Iran’s Fars news agency is reporting that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the missile attack under way on Israel is in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as that of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh earlier this year.

    “In response to the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah and (IRGC Guards commander) Nilforoshan, we targeted the heart of the occupied territories,” the IRGC said in a statement.

    So seems like Iran intends this to be a one and done response for everything Israel has done the last few months.

    • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      2 months ago

      So seems like Iran intends this to be a one and done response for everything Israel has done the last few months.

      i.e. “Please don’t escalate this any further. We prefer this level of escalation and no more.”

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      So seems like Iran intends this to be a one and done response for everything Israel has done the last few months.

      I think it’s highly unlikely that Israel will agree on that one. This may escalate and quickly.

    • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      2 months ago

      The Washington Post is reporting, citing three anonymous Pentagon officials, that American troops in the Middle East were not targeted during the Iranian missile attack in Israel.

      Iraqi group linked to Iran have previously fired rockets at military bases housing US soldiers in Iraq and Syria.

      Another sign that Iran is trying to respond, as a deterrent, rather than with an intent to escalate. At least that’s what it seems like so far.

      • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        2 months ago

        Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari just held a televised address.

        In it, he said the Israeli military is “fully prepared to defend and retaliate” to the Iranian attack, stressing that it would be in a “timely manner”.

        Hmm…

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      96·
      2 months ago

      BBC: “celebratory gunfire” in Beiruit.

      What a fucked up part of the world.

      Edit: the celebratory part isn’t fucked up. The doing it by shooting guns in the air is.

  • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    What do they expect? That their tyranny and outright terrorism go unanswered. I guess they really think they are doing the right thing but I no longer care about isreal at all. What I don’t like seeing is violence against Jews in other parts of the world as well as violence against Palestinians anywhere in world.

  • Machinist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    2 months ago

    How bad is this? Like WWIII bad or localized slaughter and ‘limited’ actions bad?

    • farcaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      My guess is it depends on the damage this attack will cause. If the missiles are all shot down or hit desert, it will be some punitive F-35 strike on an Iranian airfield somewhere. But if there’s significant damage and casualties it could escalate.

      I don’t think Iran is going to risk all out war with Israel and the US. I suspect they expect most of their missiles (like the drones) to be shot down. Perhaps that’s wishful thinking though…

    • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Depends on Israels response. When Iran did this in April in retaliation for Israel bombing an Iranean embassy, Iran was like “we have retaliated and are good now”, Israel responded but it was limited, and status quo was restored.

      If Israel decides to escalate (which is their default play lately), or if Iranean missiles hit forcing them to retaliate, there could be all out war, including involving the US.

      If you want a hint of what’s to come:

      The far-right Israeli finance minister (Bezalel Smotrich) writes on social media: “Like Gaza, Hezbollah and the state of Lebanon, Iran will regret the moment.”

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    USA: we need to help defend Israel to prevent all-out west in the Middle East.

    Netanyahu: CHARGE!

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    31·
    2 months ago

    BBC: No reports of damage or casualties so far. Missile attacks were on both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.