IDF says it is striking military targets in Iran as sound of explosions reported around Tehran
IDF says it is striking military targets in Iran as sound of explosions reported around Tehran
The attacks, widely expected as a retaliation to a missile barrage launched by Iran on 1 October, could bring the Middle East closer to a regional war
100% I have no confidence in Israel's ability to comply with international law or humanitarian norms. As a jew, I am less safe because of Israel's genocide of the Palestinians. There is no interest in self-defense or defeating terrorists. Netanyahu wants to prolong the war to stay out of prison and to create a greater Israel. Israel attacking the UN troops has really ticked me off too.
Fun.
“I was on my couch watching Adventure Time when World War III started.”
Fuck me. I just came in from yard work. "I was touching grass." It's not any better.
Adventure Time seems to be a good post apocalyptic world all things considered.
To be fair, Adventure Time is set a 1000 years after the apocalypse, so they've had a lot time to build.
How many military orphanages, military preschools and military press tents are they planning to strike this time? Are military supermarkets, military food banks and military temples also on the target list, or not this time?
It looks like the response was limited this time. That's not to say that there won't be a next time where they go overboard.
Just after the markets close, Monday is gonna be interesting
That might indicate that this really is a proportional response, the kind that Iran has already signaled they would not retaliate against.
By giving the market the weekend to confirm that Israel has not significantly escalated over Iran's attack, it could very well temper market movement. Especially if it's confirmed they did not strike any energy infrastructure.
Of course this is israel, so unless America behind the scenes is actually applying pressure for once, they could decide to strike all of their oil facilities tomorrow.
I guess we'll see soon enough.
I'm just glad I got gas yesterday.
Me too, I need to order fuel for the ranch bulk tanks too. We have a couple 300gal bulk tanks that usually get filled in the fall and I've totally forgotten to so far...
I hope that both countries now are aware of the damage they could cause to each other. Israel can overwhelm Irans air-defense with their stealth bombers. Iran can overwhelm Israels missile defense with barrages of ballistic missiles.
Even before the nuclear escalation level they both can inflict very serious damage to each other and their respective defense systems are not able to prevent attacks, only mitigate some of it.
I am looking forward to the price calculations for this one. For the Iranian missile attack 01. October iirc. the damage was considered to be in the range of $ 50 Mio. With the Iranian missiles supposedly costing around $ 100k each, that would be about $ 20 Mio. For the attack i couldn't find Israels interceptions costs. For the April attack it was sought to be around $ 550 Mio. So i would expect the October interception to have cost at least similarly. $ 600/20 Mio. is a 30 to 1 ratio.
Sending F-35s long ways is expensive, but with the more precise strikes that could have inflicted substantial damage at key points.
Sounds like they hit some missile manufacturing facilities. Hopefully they also hit some drone facilities.
Less missiles and drones for Russia's attacks on Ukraine and for the Iranian militias' attacks on the Kurds in Syria and Iraq.Edit: Seems like they did also hit drone facilities. Less Shahed drones for Russia.
I hope Israel and Iran destroy each other
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