CNN and other media outlets are reporting that Iran has fired missiles at Israel. This is a huge escalatory attack. I know Iran usually relies on their proxy groups (like Hezbollah and Houthis) to attack Israel, but now the attack is coming directly from Iran. A new major war in the Middle East? I wonder if any of the two countries would resort to weapons of mass destruction.
Any thoughts welcomed! Will this lead to a war? Will the United States join? Should the US or Israel go to war?
Source: CNNIn the days after a deadly Israeli strike on the Iranian embassy complex in Syria earlier this month, the only questions were how and when — not if — Iran would respond. Tehran delivered its answer on Saturday night with an unprecedented aerial attack launched directly from Iranian soil, escalating already boiling regional tensions to new levels.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) announced Saturday that they had fired dozens of drones and missiles toward Israel; an Israeli official put the number of drones at more than 100. As of early Sunday, it appeared that many of the projectiles were intercepted by the Israeli and US militaries.
The launch marked the first-ever attack launched at Israel from Iranian territory. The two countries are enemy states, but neither had ever launched a direct and overt attack on the other’s soil — though Israel’s April 1 strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus took place on what is technically considered to be sovereign Iranian territory per diplomatic convention.
Any thoughts welcomed! Will this lead to a war? Will the United States join? Should the US or Israel go to war?
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