Update(1554ET): Axios correspondent Barak Ravid has cited several US and Israeli officials who say Iran’s attack against Israel has started. It is currently almost 11pm in Israel. It could take hours for the drones to reach Israel, however, the big question remains whether Tehran sends ballistic missiles. Both the IDF and the Biden administration have confirmed that drones are en route to Israeli airspace.
“Iran launches attack against Israel using dozens of drones, four U.S. and Israeli officials told me,” Ravid writes. Airspace across Iran, Jordan, and Israel has reportedly been shut in the last hours.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued the following nighttime speech just ahead of the reported attack:
“Citizens of Israel, in recent years, and even more so in recent weeks, Israel has been preparing for the possibility of a direct attack from Iran,” the premier says in a video statement. “Our defense systems are deployed, and we are prepared for any scenario, both in defense and offense. The State of Israel is strong, the IDF is strong, the public is strong.”
“We appreciate the US for standing by Israel’s side as well as the support of the UK, France and many other countries.” “I established a clear principle — whoever hurts us, we will hurt them. We will defend ourselves from any threat and we will do so calmly and with determination.”
“I know that you, the citizens of Israel, are also keeping calm. I urge you to listen to the directives of the Home Front Command.”
“Together we stand, and with God’s help, together we will overcome all of our enemies,” Netanyahu says.
Schools in Israel and public gatherings have been closed for the coming days.
Iran has launched dozens of drones towards Israel. It will take around 9 hours before they reach Israel and can be intercepted by various air defense systems and fighter jets (American/Israeli). Israeli F-35s have already downed drones, but this is likely only the beginning
— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) April 13, 2024
Crypto is crashing on the news…
President Joe Biden has reportedly cut short a beach vacation to head back to the White House where he’s meeting with his national security team, monitoring the attacks, as well as Israel’s defense. It’s as yet unclear if Iran has launched ballistic missiles, following the initial drone salvo. Fox News is reporting that the head of US Central Command, Michael Kurilla, has safely departed Israel.
Israel’s Home Front command has issued the following emergency notification restricting gatherings across the country in anticipation of inbound Iranian projectiles. There are also “work from home” orders being issued, especially for non-essential government personnel.
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The past days have seen American diplomats in a global push to get countries to hold back Iran from launching a retaliatory attack on Israel for its April 1st embassy attack in Damascus.
Washington is especially leaning on China, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia in hopes that a united diplomatic front could deescalate the situation, at a moment Israel is bracing for an assault.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with several officials over the past week, including Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “We have also engaged with European allies and partners over the past few days and urged them as well to send a clear message to Iran: that escalation is not in Iran’s interest, it’s not in the region’s interest and it’s not in the world’s interest,” a statement from the State Department indicated.
Blinken “has been making clear to every country that has any semblance of a relationship with Iran that it is in their interest to use that relationship to send a message to Iran that they should not escalate this conflict. But I will let those countries speak for themselves about what action they may or may not take,” the statement from spokesman Matthew Miller said.
Miller added that US has also “engaged with European allies and partners over the past few days” to deliver a message urging restraint to Iran. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock have also been engaging the Iranian foreign minister in recent days.
Blinken’s message to Turkey and Saudi Arabia was that they should “urge Iran not to escalate.” Going into this weekend, it’s being widely reported that a major Iranian attack, possibly including ballistic missiles and drones, remains ‘imminent’. US officials have told media sources that Iran has been observed moving major military assets including missile systems.
Though Iranian operatives on Saturday morning have seized an Israeli-linked tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, it seems the ‘big attack’ is still on hold for now.
The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, suggests there may be a diplomatic way out that avoids full Iranian military retaliation. Iran is “proposing the following: If a ceasefire is reached in Gaza and Israel does not attack the city of Rafah, it is ready, in order to reduce escalation and tension, not to take any action against Israel at the present time,” the newspaper stated.
But it’s anything but clear that a leader like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be willing to alter his plans to eradicate Hamas based on dictates from Tehran. Currently, the atmosphere seems one of the calm before the storm.
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here is hoping that this is not hopium: from hal turner: “– “Hezbollah announced the destruction of one battery of the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system”
o please let it be true. may tel aviv be as unto sodom and gomorrah.
I stand by all sides suck and I hope they kill each other.
I stand by all sides who attack those who attack Jesus Christ, that is all sides against Israel.
Muslims do not attack Christ … in fact, they consider him to be the Son of God … something the jews have never considered him — in fact, as you may recall, they had the Romans kill him by crucifixion.
Maybe some Muslims attack Christians, but not as a block and not using 5th gen warfare, but primitive means in their own spheres. In some Islamic nations Christians have more protections than Christians in Israel, who are murdered and spit upon. Are you aware of the churches Muslims have preserved for centuries that Israel has destroyed?
Totally agree … nothing I said contradicts what you’ve said.
I know, I was putting it out for others. I should have said. Wasn’t my dv, either.
elaborate on israel destroying churches if you will please —
Death match – allah versus yahweh.
roller derby mud wrestling style.
Yahweh is NOT the jew’s God; learn some Truth . The jew rejects Yahweh, His son and the Bible. Period. Don’t fall for their propaganda – look at what their talmud says.
Yahweh. Is that not some yankee rebel yell, cos I can’t find that word in me King James bible.
All Abrahamic religions are variations of the same doomsday script. Both promise bad endings.
Jews do not worship Jehovah/Yahweh, because they ARE Jehovah/Yahweh. That’s why they thrust their hips in prayer (occult ritual). While very many Goyim, have been hornswoggled into playing along, and taking to their knees in prayer (occult ritual). The good book forbids understanding such occult rituals. Conservatives should know by now that any variation of mainstream narrative originates from the tribe and serves the opposite of the truth. Yet think the #1 best selling Bible was spoon fed by divine epiphany. Islam and Satanism are Abrahamic religions promising one world government and Armageddon too. Demonstrating that for all intents and purposes, all Abrahamic religion is one giant death cult, with variations in name brands. Why do people of the West allow hostile Jews so much control of their minds and souls?
Yaheweh is Jesus Christ. The New Testament bares that out. Jews worship Satan.
But…. the bible was written by jews…..
That’s because people think the word Jew has some universal meaning. The one true religion continue with and through Jesus Christ, all who did not follow will burn in hell. Jesus Christ himself told us that those calling themselves Jews had apostasized, just as they always did. That’s why He came to save not just them but also the gentiles. The ones calling themselves Jews refuse to be saved and so they will burn in hell for all of eternity.
Ok how about this.
Mohamed versus Moses.
The Mo with the Mostest.
The Mo-man with the Mo-koran versus the Mojew with the Mojo.
Here is what I told my wife a couple hours ago:
It appears Iran is going to overwhelm Israeli air defenses, both exposing the fraud of the Iran dome and probably prioritizing military runways and air assets. When Israhell takes the bait, They are going to show what their Russian anti-air can do, finally, and American (provided) planes will start falling out of the sky. Let’s wait and see. I assume some coordination with other Islamic states in the region to handle disproportionate naval responses with a demonstration of surface warfare obsolescence.
Yea…. not going to happen. This attack was coordinated ahead of time. Neither the US or Iran want war. There was a deal made. You launch a bunch of drones, Israel will take out 99.9% of them before they ever reach Israel air space. We will let a couple through to hit some equipment sheds, and you can say they were military targets. You get to tell your people you attacked Israel and you can hijack a cargo ship and keep all the cargo. Deal? Deal!
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/likud-minister-iran-attack-gives-israel-international-legitimacy-to-hit-back-with-unprecedented-force/
The world sees through the Jews making up their own rules. Their genocide of Palestine and their unprecedented bombing of an Iranian embassy give them no legitimacy under international norms and treaties.
I have been wrong before. Strategery is more of a serpent’s game.
The US leadership wants war, all right … their israeli overlords told them to do so …
Sure thing A Aron. Just like muslims believe Jesus is the son of God (per your ignorant previous rant above)
The Iranian drones might be to distract while the Houthi’s launch rockets from Yemen and Hezbollah launches thousands of missles from Lebanon (i.e. a coordinated attack)?
one can only hope. iran says that the matter is done. israel thinks otherwise. there is more to come.
this affair should take pressure off of gaza. maybe hamas can counter attack or at least reorganize.
You know the jews aren’t going to let it go, this is exactly what they have been trying so hard to provoke.
and hopefully the iranians concluded thusly. they get the pr benefit of letting bygones being bygones, but if with half a brain, having a backup plan for the jewish response because it is inevitable.
It is hard to say. The Zionists are full blown psychopaths who want to burn down the whole world, but they need the US to support and protect them. The question comes down to how far the US is willing to let this go. The US is in no position to fight a protracted war, due to draining their inventories supporting Ukraine and Israel. The US and Israel cannot afford to get involved in a conflict that would last more than a few weeks. And then there is the minor issue of Iran having security agreements with both Russia and China.
Then again, hubris knows no bounds. History is made of it. And just as likely the end of history will be too. In the present case, you can also add in desperation, malfeasance, and incompetence into the mix. Though, it is hard to tell which one is dominate from one debacle to the next, regardless, that combination never bodes well for humanity.
Supposedly, Hezbollah has 100,000+ rockets in Lebanon?
The Yemenis and Hezbollah will be using the same attrition tactic of trading cheap munitions for expensive defenses. Russia exposed NATO for not having the ordinance they pretended to. Russia also refrained from blowing its wad, by opting for an attrition war against the satrapy Ukraine.
WWIII started when Russia built a runway in Syria (about 10 miles from the Tartus navy base) to provide air operations in support of the Syrian army against the new boogey man ISIS which replaced AlQaida because the pilots on the carrier refused orders from Obama to be AlQaidas air force.
Shortly thereafter, there was a maiden coup in Ukraine to dislodge a proRussian president Yacoinovich and replace him with anti Russian Yatsenyuk. The Donbass erupts into war on Russias border as punishment for interrupting the greater Isreal project by fighting ISIS.
Ukraine loses badly, and calls time out with Minsk 1 & 2 to rebuild its army. The US deep state moves operations for its illegal activities to Ukraine to hide them and pours billions of dollars into building impenetrable defensive lines from which to eventually launch offensive operations against Donbass and Russia.
Ukraine gets a dual citizen president who is more than excited to launch offensive operations against the ethnic Russians in his own country to make way for the Kazarian immigrants from Israel for their new Kazaria on Russias border. Russia again steps in the way and is in a position to ruin plans that have been in place for centuries if not millennia.
Israel is desperate, and is now trying anything to resurrect the Greater Israel Project. I think in the long run they will lose both. No matter how you view all this, my point is that this is a dispute between ancient peoples (Rus, Persia, Kazaria) that we are being dragged into and forced to pay for. It’s total nonsense.
good analysis…btw is your name a reference to a certain Swiss item?
No. It is a long boring story. The handle has no significance to me. I am just armchair quarterbacking for the hell of it, I wouldn’t take me seriously. Kind of a no-stakes bet.
If you want a more serious actual analysis:
Iran has several goals here.
*Iran wants to disrupt operations against Palestine
*they want to deplete expensive air defense using relatively inexpensive offensive weapons
*Iran has limited goals with the strike, expecting most weapons to be intercepted
*Iran wants to goad Israeli air forces into their air defense
*Iran does not want to escalate to full scale war
*Iran wants to help Syria retake the stolen Golan Heights
So, I think their primary goal is to reprieve Palestine, with the secondary goals of weakening Israel defenses and demonstrating they will defend themselves from egregious attacks like on their Syrian embassy.
The Jews will NEVER be taken out of the land that God gave them. Read your bible.
Never is a long time.
When did God give a bunch of Europeans any land in Palestine? BTW, which anonyhole are you?
Stop being an idiot. God is not a real estate broker. The Jewish religion is pure evil, not something any God worth a damn would support. The tools of Jewry are usury, lying and deceit, blackmail, murder, taxation, war, and slavery. Those are all the things the Jewish religion has given the world. Pull your head out of you anal orifice and study some history that does not come out of your Jewish Bible….
I suppose we’ll soon find out how many of our illegal visitors have ties to the ME.
MC, you do have an eye for memes.
Yeah…and the Israeli’s response will be to bomb Damascus…because that’s just the kind of cucks they are…
I don’t worry about what I can’t control. I’m hitting the hay. Good night, all. See ya tomorrow ( probably😁)
FYI, came across this just now. Posting for anyone interested. 5 retired military guys including Bracken
These guys are talking shop like I understand, at least.
troop is a glownigger.
Further in, they are either playing dumb or legitimately ignorant of 5g warfare and spiritual warfare.
By the end, it is clear they are still under a lot of brainwashing. BTDT; know what I am looking at.
After about 1h, they start saying some really smart things. Braken is right about what would happen if the US attacked Iran. It wouldn’t get far at all.
With all the “Standing” for this country or that…can aan old tired guy just sit down?
With all the “Standing” for this country or
that …can an old tired guy just sit down?
Exhaust anti-missile batteries with cheap drones before the missiles are launched. My world is upside down, rooting for the Russians and now the Iranians. All these created wars and emergencies are BS to start with.
Random flight patterns followed by flash update to target. It confuses the “Iron dome” and defeats ECM.
i love me some celente – when he gets riled up he gets riled up good.
That ship sailed well over 100 years ago … it was the Balfour Declaration between UK jews and the UK government that got the US into WW1 … and cost US 116,516 dead …
It’s curious the angles these Jews on the fake right take.
Fuck off, Rabbi.
That money belonged to Iran Rabbi
You mean their own money the US illegally stole?
Israel is Amalek. That’s the truth.
No, Israel is Satan…..
Comikal Ali sez “US slaves is gonna pay for all dis shite”. Da joke be on dem cuks LOL”
OUR CREATORS DO NOT BUY INTO HUGE BLUFF GAMES FOLKS, AND EVEN THE “AVATAR’S” ALREADY KNOW THIS…KEEP “WATCHING”!!!
Which America is that golem?
Republicans don’t work for US and never have.
Bless me for blessing dem….dey a gods peoples….reeeeeee
I refuse to vote for that zionist bitch, but I never expect it to matter.
that is precisely why i despise this jewish pos.
Biden Tells Bibi: US Will Not Support A Counterattack Against Iran After Hundreds Of Drones, Missiles Sent
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by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Apr 13, 2024 – 11:59 PM
Update(Midnight ET): It is just after 7am Israel local time and Israel’s military is reporting the Iranian attack has stopped, several hours after Iran said its ‘limited’ operation has “concluded” – which involved an unprecedented hundreds of suicide drones as as well as ballistic missiles sent against Israel in retaliation for the April 1st Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy in Damascus. Below is the top story from English-language Times of Israel:
Hebrew media reports claim that not a single drone or cruise missile managed to infiltrate Israeli airspace.
According to the unsourced reports, most ballistic missiles were also knocked down outside of Israeli airspace.
A report in Ynet says some 20 cruise missiles were downed short of Israel’s borders. The US, UK and Jordan helped take down many of the drones.
Israel is reporting very little damage inside the country (though previously admitting “minor damage” against at least one key airbase in the south).
After the enormous Iranian drone and missile swarm a senior Israeli official has been quoted by Israel’s Channel 12 as saying “Iran’s attack was a strategic failure.” The official added in a threatening manner, “Now they can get ready and not sleep in peace.” Israel’s war cabinet appears to be readying a military response…
Crucially, the Biden White House appears to be strongly signaling to the Netanyahu government that the attack is ‘done’ and that the United States will not back any follow-up counterattack operations against Iran:
US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US will not aid any Israeli counterattack on Iran, US media report, citing senior administration officials.
Axios and CNN report that message was passed during a phone call between the pair.
Axios reports that Biden told Netyanyahu the US will oppose any Israeli counterattack.
CNN reports that Biden said the US will not take part in any such counteraction.
Israel has called on a United Nations Security Council meeting to condemn the Iranian aggression, which is expected to take place late Sunday. The US administration appears to be lobbying for a status quo and for Israel to not mount a strong response.
Below is a portion of the Axios report on the Bibi-Biden late night phone call:
Behind the scenes: Biden told Netanyahu the joint defensive efforts by Israel, the U.S. and other countries in the region led to the failure of the Iranian attack, according to the White House official.
“You got a win. Take the win,” Biden told Netanyahu, according to the official.
The official said that when Biden told Netanyahu that the U.S. will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran and will not support such operations, Netanyahu said he understood.
U.S. Secretary of State Lloyd Austin spoke on Saturday with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant and asked that Israel notify the U.S. ahead of any response against Iran, a senior Israeli official said.
Meanwhile, Israel’s official channels are filled with ‘fighting words’ like the following:
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Update(20:00ET): CNN is reporting there have been several explosion on the ground across Israel, but there’s yet to be official confirmation of the extent of casualties. Israeli media is reporting the first as follows: “Medics treating first injury from Iran attack – a 10-year-old boy from Bedouin town near Arad in serious condition.” The IDF spokesman is confirming at least one of its military bases has been hit in the south by an Iranian cruise missile, sustaining “minor damage”. This was reportedly at Dimona, where Israel reportedly has undeclared nuclear weapons, making such a strike highly dangerous. Further Iran’s IRNA is reporting:
Iran successfully struck the Israeli airbase in the Negev Desert with ‘Khaybar’ ballistic missiles.
Importantly, Times of Israel is reporting that Israel’s military is preparing a response, in what is likely to become a continuing tit-for-tat in the coming days:
Israel plans a “significant response” to the unprecedented Iranian drone salvo against it, top-rated Channel 12 TV quotes an unnamed senior Israeli official as saying early on Sunday.
The IDF has called this new attack a “major escalation”. Over “200 different kinds” of projectiles were fired toward Israel, the IDF spokesman said. For more than the past week Israeli leaders have firmly warned that should Iran launch retaliation from within its own soil, the Israeli response against the Islamic Republic will be ‘stronger’ – as Netanyahu previously put it. That’s precisely what has happened and so a major Israeli response is likely.
Netyoohoo has ignored everything Biden says since this war started. And I’m wondering if the call even happened. Biden’s a slobbering, baby sniffing retard. Sorry, that’s and insult to Downs Syndrome people who don’t deserve the comparison.
However, if Israel does forgo a counter attack then this prediction is probably correct
Ah, the markets. A mitzvah, itz.
Suicide Drone…sounds like a euphemism for the Biden Administrations talking heads…