US Intelligence had been warning of a attack for over a week in response to the Israel rocket attack of the Syrian consulate that containe several Iranian’s two weeks ago….
It can at 2:00AM today Israeli time….
It involved over 200 drones and missiles….
Most where intercepted by Israeli, US and UK military
Some missile’s and drone’s did get thru, but cause minimal damage….
President Biden and now other countries have pledged to support Israel….
After the dust clears?
We’ll wait for other shoe to drop in a retaliatory action against Iran….
Is this gonna get Bigger and More Broad based against Iran?
For President Biden?
One would think from the jump?
This was NEVER about Hamas or the Houthi’s….
It was ALWAYS about Iran…..
Iran has launched dozens of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attack was aimed at “specific targets”.
The Israeli military said Israel and other countries had intercepted dozens of cruise missiles and drones, mostly outside Israeli airspace.
Israel’s prime minister called a war cabinet meeting after the start of the Iranian attack.
It represents the first time hostilities between the two arch-foes, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, have spilt into open confrontation….
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Iran mounted an immense aerial attack on Israel on Saturday night, launching more than 200 drones and missiles in retaliation for a deadly Israeli airstrike two weeks ago, but a spokesman for the Israeli military said most of the airborne threats had been intercepted, with some help from allies, including the United States.
The Iranian strikes caused minor damage to one Israeli military base, the spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said at a news conference early Sunday morning. He provided no details. “Only one little girl has been hurt,” he added.
The large-scale attack aimed at targets inside Israel and the territory it controls opened a volatile new chapter in the long-running shadow war between Iran and Israel, marking a significant escalation in hostilities between the two regional foes.
Just before 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, air-raid sirens sounded across vast swaths of southern Israel, the West Bank and Golan Heights. The government also sent out warnings about possible missiles arriving in the Negev Desert, where there are several military bases.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said in a statement broadcast on state television that it had launched “dozens of drones and missiles” toward Israel from Iran “in reaction to the Zionist regime’s crimes.”
Later, it issued a second statement on state media claiming that it had hit military targets in Israel, warning the United States against getting involved and threatening more strikes if Iran or its interests were hit.
Senior Iranian officials and military commanders had pledged to retaliate since the Israeli airstrike in Damascus on April 1. Seven Iranian officers, including three top commanders, were killed in the strike, inciting Iranian vows to avenge the deaths.
Iran’s action on Saturday came after a week of diplomacy and conflicting reports about how far Tehran would go in response to the Damascus attack, and whether it would risk starting an outright war with Israel.
One Defense Department official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters, said U.S. forces had helped to shoot down Iranian drones, but it remained unclear what the American role had been…..
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