Israel are going to start WWIII

You can be fairly sure the israelis don't have an asset like that, because if they did they wouldn't be trying to burn him in the media. They'd be doing everything in their power to distance themselves from him rather than throw away a key asset right before they seek to start a war with Iran.

Much more likely they're nervous that they aren't able to track the location of a senior Iranian commander and are wondering what he is up to. A few days prior they were claiming they had killed him. Now he is their man in Tehran all along. The only common theme is they hope to force him to make a public appearance to confirm his location/activity.

I don't agree. First and foremost, to the extent Hezbollah was compromised, it is Hezbollah who needs to be asking questions about their own internal security. Whatever source the israelis had/had, it (and I use the term deliberately) seems to have good info on senior Hezbollah leaders. There is no evidence it has good info on Iran - the israelis have been shocked by the Iranian missile strike, for example.

Secondly, the pager incident demonstrates the israelis were able to penetrate Hezbollahs communication network. We know that for a fact, because they supplied them. Sure, they ultimately exploded them, but its clear they were listening for years and probably tracking the movements of the people holding the pagers. I think its much more likely they israelis were able to map out the senior leaders and their habits/locations though breaching Hezbollahs comms.

But ultimately, its makes zero sense for israel to burn a genuine spy in the media. If Qanni was an israeli asset it makes no sense for israel to claim he is an israeli spy. None. Zero. It defeats the purpose of having a spy if you tell everyone he is a spy.

I think the probability is much higher that this is just an israeli psychological operation to try maximise the damage from their pentration of Hezbollah's internal security by provoking infighting and a hunt for a spy that might not even exist. And to distract from the reality that even having decapitated the entire senior leadership of Hezbollah, even with total air supremacy, and even with a superpower militarily backing them their conscript army is so poorly trained and motivated that it cant advance against Hezbollah on the ground. Frankly, the performance of the idf has been embarrassing from a purely objective stance.

Fight back? Didn't Israel attack Iran first, but bombing the Iranian embassy?

But anyway, what juicy targets are you expecting? I know the US may neuter your expectations. But realistically with oil and nuclear targets off the table (I could be wrong), what do you expect will be hit? Last time Israel destroyed a radar from an S300 system.

There must be loads of military sites to hit. Surely missile storage and production sites would be high priority. Without missiles the Iranians have nothing.

Not your people and that's a fact.

Hit all weapons manufacturing, and the drone factories, big help to Ukraine there.

Hit key figures, hit everything to do with the IRGC.

Close the banks via cyber attack again, all this time though.

The nuclear facilities should be destroyed as well. Iran with nukes is a global nightmare.

After that, electricity plants, ports, key factories.

The list is not short

The war criminal can fcuk right off

For their safety... from us

Israel is seizing the land on which the headquarters of UNRWA is located in occupied Jerusalem and turning it into a settlement outpost.

He actually had the cheek to mention Hezbollah using them as human shields despite the fact the IDF used Irish peacekeepers as human shields.

I've a feeling the IDF will end up killing some peacekeepers and force the UN to withdraw their troops out.

One more thing do you believe decrees issued by the Ayatollah carry weight. I ask because didn't the Ayatollah declare publicily that possessing a nuke was unislamic. Although from Iran's perspective the last nine months should have made them realise that acquiring a nuke would provide a deterrence. 

So are you suggesting that the Islamic regime of Iran would do something they explicitly say is unislamic just because it was useful to them??

But did he actually issue a decree? I don't remember anything so definitive, more an opinion.

And given that Pakistan has carried out nuclear tests, it's obviously not an uncontested opinion either.

So I wouldn't want to be counting on that as evidence that they aren't looking to build a nuclear weapon.

Secret Documents Show Hamas Tried to Persuade Iran to Join Its Oct. 7 Attack

looks like hamas attack last year was rushed as they feared israel were installing more advanced air defences

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-war.html

It's not clear that that fatwa ever happened though:

And in any case, they are now openly threatening to do so - so if Khamenei ever did say that, then Allah must have changed his mind about nuclear weapons since then:

Either way, the past alleged fatwa is now completely irrelevant.

Also this:

 I agree I wouldn't be counting on that alone as evidence that they are not.

I mean, that was your original point - that such a fatwa is good evidence that they are not doing so.

One more thing do you believe decrees issued by the Ayatollah carry weight. I ask because didn't the Ayatollah declare publicily that possessing a nuke was unislamic.

Or have you now changed your mind?

israel are not looking to drum up support simply respond to irans 180 ballistic missiles fired at them

Scandalous doesn't cover it. It is a gross and deliberate violation of international law, an offence against the global community, a reckless endangerment and purposeful insult against the UN, the UNIFIL mandate, human rights and the 10,000 personnel of 34 countries, just trying to keep civilians safe.

Benjamin Netanyahu has made Israel into a fascist aggressor, and if the US won't stop him, its up to the armed forces of European and other western democracies to protect the UN mandate and civilian populaces in all of the foreign territories than Israel has now invaded and laid waste to.