NonilexApr 19, 2024

#Israel launches missile strikes into #Iran

The Israeli military has conducted missile strikes against Iran, a snr #UnitedStates #military ofcl told NPR Thurs. There are also reports of explosions in #Iraq & #Syria.

Iran's Fars News Agency says explosions were heard in the central city of #Isfahan, according to the Reuters News Agency.

The extent of Israel's strikes & the weapons used weren't clear.

#geopolitics #MiddleEast #war
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245763498/israel-iran-missile-strikes

Show threadNonilexApr 19, 2024

#Israel retaliates against #Iran
A #US ofcl confirmed #Israeli #missiles have hit a site in Iran. The ofcl could not confirm whether #Syria & #Iraq sites were hit as well.

Flights to #Tehran, #Isfahan & #Shiraz have been suspended following reports an explosion was heard in the city of #Qahjavaristan, Iranian state media reported.

#geopolitics #MiddleEast #war
https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-gaza-hamas-war/israeli-missiles-have-hit-a-site-in-iran-109405880?id=108860743

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel retaliates against Iran, US official says

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CNN: Iranian semi-official #FARSnews is reporting 3 explosions were heard near the #military base where fighter jets are located in the NW part of #Isfahan.
Reports of the explosion come hrs after Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN that if #Israel takes any further military action against #Iran, its response would be “immediate & at a maximum level”
#geopolitics
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-18-24/h_b20f06b4894422d0d6f3072d96a7e84d
April 18, 2024 - Iran targeted in aerial attack

Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, according to a US official.

CNN
Apr 19, 2024 at 2:59amWeb
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NBC: A person familiar tells NBC News that #Israel carried out an operation in #Iran tonight.

Separately, Israeli ofcls notified #US ofcls earlier today that a response was coming.

The Israeli Embassy in Washington declined to comment on whether Israel has launched an attack on Iran.

The #CIA declined to comment.

#geopolitics #MiddleEast #war
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/iran-israel-attack-live-updates-rcna148496/rcrd39355?canonicalCard=true

Live updates: Israel strikes Iran after weekend drone and missile attack, source says

Latest news and live updates as tensions in the Middle East remain heightened following Iran's retaliatory attack against Israel this weekend.

NBC News
Show threadNonilexApr 19, 2024

A counterstrike would likely deepen anxieties in capitals worldwide about the prospect of an all-out #war in the #MiddleEast.

Again: #Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN that if #Israel takes any further #military action against #Iran,

its response would be

“immediate & at a maximum level.”

#geopolitics

Show threadNonilexApr 19, 2024

A source in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu's office declined to comment on the reported strike in #Iran.

The #IDF spokesman’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

#Israel #Hamas #war #geopolitics #MiddleEast #UnitedStates #GlobalSecurity
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/iran-israel-attack-live-updates-rcna148496/rcrd39357?canonicalCard=true

Live updates: Israel strikes Iran after weekend drone and missile attack, source says

Latest news and live updates as tensions in the Middle East remain heightened following Iran's retaliatory attack against Israel this weekend.

NBC News
Show threadNonilexApr 19, 2024

Per Andrea Mitchell:

#UnitedStates not involved in #Israeli strike in #Iran

The #US was not involved in #Israel's strike in Iran, a source familiar confirmed, adding that there was a pre-notification to the U.S. from the Israelis about the strike.

#Israel #Hamas #war #geopolitics #MiddleEast #UnitedStates #GlobalSecurity
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/iran-israel-attack-live-updates-rcna148496/rcrd39358?canonicalCard=true

Live updates: Israel strikes Iran after weekend drone and missile attack, source says

Latest news and live updates as tensions in the Middle East remain heightened following Iran's retaliatory attack against Israel this weekend.

NBC News
Show threadNonilexApr 19, 2024

US official tells CNN the target is NOT #nuclear

Prior to the Israeli strike Fri (local), US expectation was that they would NOT target #civilian or nuclear facilities, another snr US official said.

#Israel told the #US its response would be limited in scope. US #intelligence suggested Israel was weighing a narrow & limited strike inside #Iran.

The range of targets was “never specified in precise terms but nuclear & civilian locations were clearly not in that category,” the 2nd ofcl added.

Show threadNonilexApr 19, 2024

The #US has been urging #Israel not to respond to last weekend’s attack by #Iran, which President Joe #Biden on Thurs called “unprecedented.”

The #UnitedStates “didn’t green light” an Israeli response, the second official said.

"We didn't endorse the response," the official said

#war #geopolitics #MiddleEast #GlobalSecurity
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-18-24/h_899400572a1cdac74230910b0b3c86cf

April 18, 2024 - Iran targeted in aerial attack

Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, according to a US official.

CNN
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#DefSec #LloydAustin spoke to his Israeli counterpart, #YoavGallant, Thurs afternoon, about regional threats & #Iran’s destabilizing actions in the #MiddleEast, the #Pentagon press sec said in a stmnt.

They also spoke about the importance of increasing & sustaining the flow of #humanitarian #aid to #civilians in #Gaza, including via the new route from Ashdod Port in #Israel.

A snr US ofcl on Thurs night declined to say whether #Gallant gave #Austin any advance warning of an impending strike.

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#Iran #StateMedia #FARSnews reported that #nuclear sites in #Isfahan are safe amid an #Israel’s strike on the country.

"Some reports from foreign news agencies about incidents in these facilities is incorrect," reported the news agency, which is aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (#IRGC).

Isfahan is in central Iran.

#war #geopolitics #MiddleEast #GlobalSecurity

Show threadNonilexApr 19, 2024

NBC: #Israel carried out a limited military strike against #Iran & is currently assessing the strike’s effectiveness & damage caused (source). The strike was carried out early Fri (local).
IDF spox declined to comment, but said at this time there are no changes to guidelines for Israel’s civilian pop.

NYT: 3 Iranian ofcls, who accused #Israel of the attack, confirmed a strike hit a #military air base near #Isfahan early Fri.
Attack scale unclear.

#war #geopolitics #MiddleEast #GlobalSecurity

Show threadOrcApr 19, 2024
@Nonilex pfft, i guess it’s unprecedented that anyone should respond to Israeli terrorism. Fuck Bibi’s gang for setting up a vast tyrannical ghetto and trying to provoke a world war.
Show threadAnthonyJK-AdminApr 19, 2024

@Nonilex

There's a public position ("WTF, Bibi...we did not approve this!!"), and there's the actual private position ("Fine, Bibi, do whatever you need to do, just give us a figleaf of deniability.").
.

Show threadpaulApr 19, 2024

@Nonilex

This Fallout promotion campaign is so realistic

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Show threadJonathan E. Magen 🇮🇱🇺🇦☮️Apr 19, 2024
@Nonilex actions speak louder than words. I don’t think anyone seriously believes that, in his heart, Biden doesn’t support Israel.