Iran launches military drones at Israel

[1finny]

Thought so

Try again, do you condemn the attacks by Hamas in October?

It’s a simple yes or no, nothing else

How far back do you want to go?
You could start the year after Israel was formed and they marched into a peaceful Palestinian village and murdered at will.

I do condemn Hamas for Oct 7th btw

Also amazed that a ramshackle Israeli intelligence service, over run with a bunch Hamas terrorists, has suddenly stepped up and been brilliant at handling the Iranian intervention.
Quite a turnaround that….

 

[Geoff_B]

How far back do you want to go?
You could start the year after Israel was formed and they marched into a peaceful Palestinian village and murdered at will.

I do condemn Hamas for Oct 7th btw

Also amazed that a ramshackle Israeli intelligence service, over run with a bunch Hamas terrorists, has suddenly stepped up and been brilliant at handling the Iranian intervention.
Quite a turnaround that….

Brilliant in defending its airspace with assistance from

Outside help: It emerged there was a coalition involved in defending Israel. The US shot down "dozens" of missiles and drones, said defence secretary Lloyd Austin. France helped patrol the airspace, said Israel. The UK deployed jets to Cyprus to free up US jets from their mission against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Jordan, located between Iran and Israel, intercepted "flying objects" in its airspace.

I suspect if all the above countries were assisting on the 7th then things may have been different.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Western media brainwash people in to thinking Israel is the victim as always and sheep fall for it.

 

[BandH]

How far back do you want to go?
You could start the year after Israel was formed and they marched into a peaceful Palestinian village and murdered at will.

I do condemn Hamas for Oct 7th btw

Also amazed that a ramshackle Israeli intelligence service, over run with a bunch Hamas terrorists, has suddenly stepped up and been brilliant at handling the Iranian intervention.
Quite a turnaround that….

or you could go back to Palestinians lining roads cheering Israel’s army as it went to fight off an invasion by Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, etc who wanted to eradicate the nation of Israel.

The Palestinians have been despicably used by many in the Muslim world as pawns to further their aim of removing the nation of Israel completely

 

[LaPennaBianca]

I've seen multiple reports saying the US, UK and Jordan helped out by shooting down drones but I haven't seen anything about Saudi involvement so far. Do you have a link?

Saw on X. Nothing more than that.

 

[ThePrisoner]

Looks like the attack was mostly performative and an intelligence gathering exercise. Several hours warning with slow drones is a clear signal of intent.

 

[r00fie1]

And IRNA isn’t ?

BBC

 

[r00fie1]

It doesn't surprise me that this poster relies on a state controlled news agency for his information. A news agency that has been discredited many times for spreading misinformation.

Perhaps "this poster" looks a lot further than Sky and the BBC and has been following events in Palestine for decades, not just since October 7th, like some on here

 

[LessoftheLip]

Perhaps "this poster" looks a lot further than Sky and the BBC and has been following events in Palestine for decades, not just since October 7th, like some on here

The thread is about Iran's attack on Israel. Do you think the information given out by a discredited, state run media organisation is more accurate and balanced than Reuters for example?

And your comments ooze contempt for other posters.

 

[r00fie1]

or you could go back to Palestinians lining roads cheering Israel’s army as it went to fight off an invasion by Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, etc who wanted to eradicate the nation of Israel.

The Palestinians have been despicably used by many in the Muslim world as pawns to further their aim of removing the nation of Israel completely

No.
The Palestinians have been murdered, invaded, occupied, tortured, imprisoned, displaced, demonised, starved and treated as "animals" in their own land.
All they want is the colonial invaders and their warmongering fanatics to hand back their homes and their land.
Before the Zionists invaded Palestine, the Druzes, Muslims, Christians and Jews lived side-by-side.

 

[Scrote]

Thought so

Try again, do you condemn the attacks by Hamas in October?

It’s a simple yes or no, nothing else

I'm happy to condemn the attacks by Hamas in October.

Do you condemn the attacks by Israel in the months leading up to Oct 7th that saw hundreds of Palestinans murdered?

A simple yes or no, nothing else.

Do you think Israel were entitled to retaliate after Oct 7th?

A simple yes or no, nothing else.

Do you think Hamas were entitled to retaliate for the murders in the months leading up to Oct 7th?

A simple yes or no, nothing else.

 

[Scrote]

Now that we know Iran gave 72 hours notice, any retaliation from Israel that doesn't come with a similar warning should be met with an arms embargo.

The UK making sure Israel maintains it's right to exist is one thing, but supporting attacks on other countries is a step too far, in my opinion.

 

[Mwelolo]

I don’t think last night’s activity has worked out all well for Iran.

The drone and missile strikes were spectacularly unsuccessful and served only to ally arab nations in support of Israel.

As a consequence Iran themselves will probably be hit by Israel, I don’t think it will be immediate but Israel will indentify their targets and hit them.

 

[Rueben]

And the RAF from England shot one down

 

[Scrote]

The drone and missile strikes were spectacularly unsuccessful

But this is largely due to it not being a surprise attack.

Israel and allies had 72 hours to prepare (on top of the fact they were readying for some sort of attack anyway).

Iran was acting to save face, basically. They had to do something in response to the attack on their consulate in Damascus. They made sure that there was enough warning to minimise the risk of escalation.

 

[Mwelolo]

I’m not sure how much more successful they would have been without the advance warning.

Drones take so long to get there and both Israel and the USA will be watching Iran very closely for any sign of missile strikes.

 

[Scrote]

I’m not sure how much more successful they would have been without the advance warning.

Drones take so long to get there and both Israel and the USA will be watching Iran very closely for any sign of missile strikes.

Exactly. So the advance warning was essentially Iran deliberately scuppering it's own assault. Any escalation from Israel needs to be viewed in light of that fact.

 

[Millbrook]

Scrote is right, Iran had to save face and has done so.

I don't think Israel will escalate this. I think they will want to concentrate on finishing Hamas off and not waste resources elsewhere.

 

[Mwelolo]

Scrote is right, Iran had to save face and has done so.

I don't think Israel will escalate this. I think they will want to concentrate on finishing Hamas off and not waste resources elsewhere.

I'm not sure how much face Iran has saved with an impotent large scale missile attack.

I have no doubt that Israel will retaliate, in their own time.

 

[Millbrook]

I'm not sure how much face Iran has saved with an impotent large scale missile attack.

I have no doubt that Israel will retaliate, in their own time.

I think the face saving is for the home market and will no doubt be spun accordingly.