https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live
Reports stating that Israel have launched an attack against Iran
When did Israel invade Iran?
Who is mass murdering Iranian civilians?
Iran isn't a convenient bogeyman, it is at the heart of the instability of the Middle East.
Fairly big hit alright
Regarding these threats;If Iraq back in 2003 did actually have WMD would you have considered them a threat to the world? I would not have on the basis of the self preservation instinct.
With this in mind, despite the propaganda of the mad mullahs who have a fetish about martyrdom ,if we analyse the foreign policy of the Iranians they are happy to poke the bear through proxies but fear his response if they go too far.
Which is why behind the scenes they are keen for a way out of the current hammering they are taking. If they don't care about being alive and being in power they wouldn't be looking for a resolution. I would also ask people to explain why is the Ayatollah now in hiding, if it's all about martyrdom and a glorious death. Could it be he likes being alive? If the Iranians were mad enough to set off a nuke they would surely know that's definitely the end of their regime given Israel has hundreds of nukes of their own. I suspect what this is really all about is that it would give Iran leverage if they ever did decide to produce nuclear weapons( there is no proof they are currently doing so) and Israel as a consequence would not enjoy the hegemony it currently does in the region. I think Bibi ,after seeing what happened to Hezbollah and Bashar, saw this as opportunity to good to pass up to finally take out an arch foe. So what better way to do so than repeat lies he has been telling since 1995.
School hit In Tel Aviv
Replies below that tweet are stating that is in Haifa and is not a school. Do you have the google streetview of the school hit?
Edit: It very much looks like the same hit as you posted in 1833 which is the Ministry of the Interior in Haifa and the building above is beside the bridge and is not a school
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sail%2BTower%2C%2BHaifa%2C%2BIsrael/%4032.8154191%2C35.0030178%2C3a%2C75y%2C304.54h%2C96.41t/data%3D%213m7%211e1%213m5%211sT80OnXomX5Tjqp3r5p_e0A%212e0%216shttps%3A%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-6.414340745792316%26panoid%3DT80OnXomX5Tjqp3r5p_e0A%26yaw%3D304.54484171520716%217i13312%218i6656%214m6%213m5%211s0x151dba362dedfcdd%3A0xb14ef72f7b9c5675%218m2%213d32.8162539%214d35.0027568%2116s%2Fm%2F01xmg4d?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
I remember a news story a few years back where Israel bombed a Palestinian street in front of a school at precisely 2 minutes after home-time for maximum casualties.
If they now start crying about an empty school being hit they are massive hypocrites.
Maersk suspending shipping to Haifa due to security risks. Probably just a matter of time before other outfits follow. Ashdod is currently under repairs and Eilat went bankrupt some time ago.
Could be a big chance of fuel shortages on the horizon if the ports keep getting attacked
Good points well made from the perspective of a good understanding of the region - far better than my rudimentary knowledge.
It is not even a school, it is a local government office
Earlier in the thread I made a guesstimate that Israel and US might have 1300 Arrow & THAAD available with additional interceptors available via AEGIS ships in the region.
The ballpark figure for Iranian ballistic missiles launches up to yesterday was 450 with an additional 1000 drones launched too.
Those 450 Ballistic Missiles launches generally require 2 interceptors to ensure high probability of destruction. That's 900 interceptors launched at $3-4 million per unit. A huge outlay and a depletion of defence material that was years in being built and accumulated.
Israel are now stuck between a rock and a hard place. The remaining interceptors seem to be being husbanded to protect "High Value" targets. On a normal ballistic trajectory, the impact point can be assessed quickly and accurately. It's why Iron Dome is effective against short range rockets. However, the Iranian shift to their new gen ballistic missiles, with hypersonic & terminal manoeuvre, make that go/no go decision for launching ever depleting interceptors ever more risky for Israeli air defence.
The hunt for and destruction of Iranian TELs becomes ever more important. As does whomever presented the intel on just how many TELs Iran has available.
It’s about time someone stood up to Israel , how many countries have they bombed at this stage ? Israel wants to bully every other nation and kill thousands , horrible country
Definitely the same building in the background in Haifa alright, someone's telling porkies.
A fair few sources are questioning what the building is. Or was.
Those virtuous eastern counties that are not as decadent as those westerners will step in any day now
/s
Welcome to the “multi-polar” world with “spheres of influence” and no “international rules based order” or “world policeman”
Which is precisely what likes of Iran and Russia and China were bleating about and wanted
That will surely help with the negotiations..
File this under things that never happened.
Not sure about the end of day thing. But I definitely remember two schools last year that were acting as refugee centres were targeted by Israeli warplanes
Talk about the total lack of self awareness
But Israel are literally the ones who kicked this off.......right in the middle of the negotiations.....and killed the negotiator!!
Does anyone believe for a moment that Iran would start firing nuclear missiles at Ireland or at the rest of the EU? This 'we are the only sane people in the neighbourhood" schtick is starting to wear very thin.
I don't get it, America is a Christian country, follow Jesus, Israel is Jewish, hate Christians, killed Jesus.
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God’s anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.''
Even bible speaks of God's wrath against Israel. for the rejection of his only son
This love in with Israel from Americans is confusing.
The hypocrisy of these cnuts is unreal
He will put both off again- kick it down the road like the Trump bluffer he is-
They're death cultists. They believe Israel has to exist for Armageddon to take place and for them to be raptured. Mike Johnson is a poster child for this. They are absolutely batshit.
Just need Israel to come out and call it an SMO 🤭
Kinda glossing over why Hezbollah came into existence there. Israel's involvement in the Lebanese civil war, and their role in creating the instability that led to it, are what led to their creation. The ayatollahs in Iran are terrible people, responsible for untold misery, but I don't think it's accurate to paint them with the same terrorism brush as one would Al Queda or ISIS. They've involved themselves in conflicts in countries with proximity to themselves, where there are Shia populations, usually in opposition to the US. They're not doing terrorism franchises in Africa.
Putin it telling Trump what to do, or what not to do. Trump won't do a thing if Putin is against it. It's so obvious he's controlling Trump, world doesn't seem to want to call it out, or believe that he is compromised.
You won't see a better example of the Hasbara.
And being "out of touch" is incorrect - Ireland provides troops to UNIFIL to try and keep the peace. Maybe not directly Iran but certainly avoiding conflict that (as we now see) can easily escalate.
He'll do something in 2 weeks.
What does that even mean?
Lets say I oppose the existence of Northern Ireland and want there to be a 32 county Ireland, am I an extremist who demands the end of the country of Northern Ireland? (or the country of 'the UK which is the term for Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
A political system can be intertwined with a country such that if I say I want to see the end of the zionist regime in Israel, they will say I am calling for Israel to no longer exist because for them, zionism and Israel are the same thing. If Israel are calling for the overthrow of the Iranian regime and to have some puppet secular western friendly administration installed, how is that any different to anyone saying that Israel as a Jewish state should be ended and replaced with a secular state that guarantees equal rights for everyone?
