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Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting.

Air attack warning sirens began wailing over Jerusalem just before 2am local time on Sunday after the weapons were fired a few hours earlier from Iran with US and Jordanian military assisting Israel’s air defenses in intercepting the first incoming barrage.

With weapons believed to be still in the air en route to Israel, Iran’s mission to the United Nations posted on X: “Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded.”

However, it threatened more severe action in the face of further Israeli aggression and warned the US and Jordan specifically not to assist Israel.

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[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 227 points 9 months ago

Yeah, Iran sucks and everything, but didn't Israel start this by bombing their embassy in Syria? If Israel had been held to account for that, maybe we wouldn't be looking at yet another flashpoint involving a nuclear armed state.

I don't know what anyone expected Iran to do here.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 75 points 9 months ago

didn’t Israel start this by bombing their embassy in Syria?

Israel bombed their embassy in Syria as a response to Iran helping Hezbollah and Hamas. At one point an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman said October 7th was a response to the death of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, although they later retracted that. The Israelis wanted Soleimani gone because of his role in supporting Hamas and Hezbollah and earlier attacks on Israel, including his involvement in the 2006 war in Lebanon. Etc. etc. etc. on and on back to before Iran became Iran.

The middle-east is an illustration of the idiom "An Eye for an Eye Will Make the Whole World Blind".

[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 57 points 9 months ago

If we keep going back, Israel has committed far too many hostilities that were never responded to. Hell, they bomb syria most weeks without any retaliation form Syria. They commit horrors against west bank citizens all the time.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

If we keep going back, Israel has committed far too many hostilities that were never responded to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Israel

Can you guess how many of these were vetoed by USA

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[-] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 9 months ago

iran is funding and arming hamas, hizballah and the houthis, all of which were attacking israel.
in addition to their attacks on usa bases.

[-] avater@lemmy.world 68 points 9 months ago

iran is funding and arming hamas, hizballah and the houthis, all of which were attacking israel. in addition to their attacks on usa bases.

don't forget that those fucks also support Russia with their drones...

[-] Alto@kbin.social 47 points 9 months ago

Yup. I've seen a disturbing amount of people pretending Iran are the good guys just because Israel are also the bad guys, as if it's impossible for multiple sides in a conflict to be awful

[-] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 29 points 9 months ago

The Good Guy Iran narrative is so bizarre. It's like applauding someone for "showing restraint" because they hired a hitman instead of killing someone themselves.

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[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 16 points 9 months ago

Wait, now you motherfuckers understand how multiple sides can be bad?

All I keep hearing from people like you is how Israel must be fucking great because fucking did something wrong so Israel can’t do anything else wrong

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

Who are "people like you?" I've seen plenty of people who are capable of recognizing that Israel's behavior has been atrocious and Iran funds and sponsors terrorists and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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[-] Altofaltception@lemmy.world 67 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wasn't Hamas created in response to Israeli aggression?

Not defending Hamas, but they don't exist in a vacuum.

[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Meanwhile Israel funds and arms terrorist groups in Iran like the Mojahiden-e-khalq or Al-Nusra in Syria, in addition to their cyber attacks on Iran and assassinations of Iranian scientists.

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[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 25 points 9 months ago

Yes, it does, and it sucks. It's basically war over there. That said, attacking an embassy is a line where Israel's actions should have been condemned. The point is not that Iran is in the right in any way, the point is Israel is just as wrong here.

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

Let's not forget that it was the US that started this trend of killing Iranian generals.

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[-] Topipolous@lemmy.ml 186 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So now the Zionist spam brigades have started infesting Lemmy as well judging from some of the comments here. Very sad to see that. Last time I checked on Reddit it was already unbearable there.

This is really bad news, and by no means do I support Iran. But the attack on Irans embassy should have caused sanctions and condemnations. Instead Biden rushed to defend Israel as if Israel wouldn’t have started this.

I can’t believe what a fucking tragedy this is. With the US elections upcoming, Biden being prepared to die on this hill is what may actually cause that Trump wins and the US turns into full on fascism. Needless to say Trump won’t do jackshit for Palestinians either.

[-] anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 59 points 9 months ago

Western media hypocrisy made it seem mike an ordinary thing to target embassies, which have a very particular status akin to targeting the homeland territory , some mainstream media barely touched upon the news or dismissed it completely, if it were any other country like Russia targeting an EU embassy in asia or Africa it would have been non-stop news and escalation. they manufacture the outrage on small issues and keep the people ignorant on more important ones.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My local news straight up called these air attacks "Iranian aggression". No, you fuckers, Israel went first this time. Usually it's a slight slant but that's just lies.

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[-] Jamil@lemm.ee 39 points 9 months ago

This is all due to the breakdown of norms by allowing Israel to do whatever it wants. Respect for American soft power is non existent because of the double standard with Israel, Russia and the Middle East. Now American citizens get dragged into another war that they don't want by the ruling class.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago

I think it's fair to rush to intercept. It's a purely defensive action, and if they're able to intercept the entire barrage of attacks, Israel may not retaliate. It's in everyone's best interest -- Iran included -- that this doesn't escalate even farther and farther.

Iran had all the right to do this, but that doesn't mean they should have. The ideal situation would be for the US and company to prevent attacks from landing and then telling Israel to end their genocidal operations unless they want to face the next wave themselves.

And if Israel refuses, then let Netanyahu handle it himself. Make good on our threat to not help.

[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 29 points 9 months ago

Unfortunately, I'm not certain it's in Israel's best interest that this doesn't escalate. They can probably do serious damage to Iran whereas the reverse is far less certain (evidently from this attack). And they knew very well that their embassy attack will bring Iranian retaliation. Now they'll just use that for an even greater response.

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[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

They've been here for a while. Try reading new posts and find the negative vote comments. Same for y'all-queda and the qultists and white supremacists, and tankies, and most misinformation campaigns. It is the internet after all.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 18 points 9 months ago

God I hope this place doesn't turn into something like Voat where it's just another 4chan like environment filled with all the users banned for posting racist shit and CP.

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[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 71 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I know Israel is a small country of only 10M people with a traumatic history surrounded by enemies...so they need to act tough in their neighbourhood, take no shit and all...but they start to feel like the tiny angry girlfriend who dates a big guy and picks up fights in every bar expecting everyone to be afraid that her date will come to the rescue every time...

[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 41 points 9 months ago

Painting Israel as a victim just for having a small population / geography... I don't know about that. They've committed far too many massscres since their inception to be portrayed like that.

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[-] livus@mander.xyz 22 points 9 months ago

The tiny angry girlfriend who is also killing children and old people in her basement?

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[-] Jamil@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

Israel is an apartheid. Stop falling for the Holocaust sympathy propaganda. The country is rotten to the core and doesn't represent Jews.

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[-] LadyAutumn 64 points 9 months ago

It feels like watching the Cuban missile crisis. A sinking uncomfortable feeling. I think the news has legitimately traumatized me. Breaking news means the next horrible thing has happened.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 43 points 9 months ago

Actual breaking news in a 24-hours news cycle is never a good thing.

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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 63 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Netanyahu picked this fight, he should fight it himself. Otherwise its just encouraging other US allies to create chaos in bids for additional military support. Turkey is probably taking notes right now.

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[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 40 points 9 months ago

Congratulations to the US for breaking apart any sort of pretension of support for international law by allowing Israel to do whatever the fuck they want. Now we're going to let the crazed leadership of Iran and Israel to drag everyone around them and abroad into further military conflict. Goddamn morons don't know how to say "this is too far".

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ah yes, the turmoil between Muslim and Jewish populations which has only existed since the founding of America in 1776.

I wonder if Biden ever regrets creating such dogmatic differences when he gave birth to the cultures of the fertile crescent.

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 36 points 9 months ago

If it's just drones, this is just a tit-for-tat for the attack in Syria and not WWIII.

If ballistic missiles follow? Well....

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago

It's a good thing that Israel's retaliation is never disproportionate.

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[-] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 9 months ago

So, uh, are we doing World War 3 now? Just asking because I need to know if I should be canceling my summer plans and investing in canned food.

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

No. Sorry. This is Cold War II.

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[-] avater@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Iran has officially declared the start of the attack on Israel. “The evil regime will be punished,” its leader said.

LOL! Iran calling someone else evil is really something. I'm eager to see where this round of fuck around and find out ends, since Israel is not known for forgivness. Only good thing I see at the moment is that Iran maybe has to stop supporting the russians to save equipment for their own stupid war.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 29 points 9 months ago

I didn’t realize that whenever you punched someone else and they punched back that’s fucking around and finding out.

Israel started this, remember that.

The stupid fucking British are involved.

Everybody wants to kick off fucking World War III because Israel wanted to fucking destroy shit and then hide because they’re too tiny to do anything about it

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Inflight Emergency (IFE) declared via squawk 7700 for USAF tanker, now returning to al-Udeid from over Iraq (electrical).

QUICK UPDATE:

  • Iran names the operation "The Promise of Truth."

  • Israeli aircraft are positioned over western Iraq.

  • Interceptions have commenced over Jordan and Syria. A number of middle east Arab states announcing that they'll knock down anything in their skies

  • Incidents of drones crashing in western Iraq have been reported.

  • Iranian media suggests that ballistic missiles will be launched from Iran in the early hours of the morning.

  • Airspace across the Middle East is closed

  • Al-Arabiya reports that British fighter jets are now involved in operation to interceptal Iranian drones launched against Israel

  • 6 p.m. ET Isreal should start to see missles, rockets and drones

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

The world is waking up to the fact that treaties are just papers and words mean nothing. Basically what Hitler did 80 years ago but now it's every leader.

[-] Wilshire@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en/31824

Iran has officially declared the start of the attack on Israel. "The evil regime will be punished," its leader said.

Iran, the Houthis from Yemen, Syria, Hezbollah are performing massive strikes on Israel with drones and missiles. Over 200 combat drones and missiles are in the air - media.

Iran's defense minister: "We will also perform a strike on those who open their airspace or territory to Israel to attack Iran."


https://t.me/combatfootageua/15045


https://t.me/yigal_levin/65257

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