Iran has launched hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles. Iran says with this attack, it considers the matter concluded, and any Israeli response will be met with severe retaliation. Iran also tells the US to stay away and that if any regional nation is used to launch the Israeli response, they will be targeted, too.
Israel claims to have intercepted 99% of Iranian response, and the IDF says citizens no longer need to stay near shelters, suggesting the Iranian attack is over. They were helped by UK and US fighter jets in other countries. Israel says it will give “an unprecedented response”. Israel has told the US what their response will consist of.
UN Security Council to meet at 4 PM Eastern Time, Sunday. As of now, it seems all drones and missiles have been intercepted/hit their targets. The impact on Israel has been extremely minor, with minimal casualties and zero fatalities. A military target seems to have been hit. Now we wait for Israel’s response.
Hopefully, that too is similarly limited and the situation calms down.
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Per randos on Twitter, drones will reach in a few hours. It’s not missiles or anything more substantial…yet (and hopefully never).
Edit - Hopefully, this is the only response. I can’t stand the people cheering for this or wanting further escalation. Millions will die. I have no idea what Israel will do in retaliation for this retaliation. I don’t even have any hopes they’ll not respond. I just don’t know.
Israel could have averted this retaliation had they stopped their genocide in Gaza, Iran gave them that option.
This clearly proves the zionist regime cares more about murdering innocent Palestinians than it does the safety of their own citizens.
They could have averted this strike by not blowing up an Iranian consulate, a clear act of war under international law.
And the same goes for the continued support of its allies like the US, Europe, and UK who are now flying jets to have to intercept Iranian missiles and could get dragged into a far bigger regional war depending on thr Israeli/US response.
They’ve had months and months and months to back off, to stop support, to force Israeli restraint, or even just to recognise and not oppose international law. Instead they continually doubled down on supporting and facilitating the genocide while cheering and enacting increasingly fascist crackdowns on dissent at home.
They ignored their own populations, their own political considerations, their signatures to treaties and international law, even their own geopolitical goals to stand unified and unblinking in support of genocide, Islamophobia, and white supremacy. They had a thousand chances and still couldn’t help themselves.