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Was my birthday today and you bet I considered every missile launched from the Islamic Republic into the zionist entity a personal gift from Ayatollah Khamenei, may god prolong his life, to myself.

That joke got the whole squad, in both the birthday group and the group chat, laughing

Looks like the latest wave of ballistic missiles towards Israel was a volley of around 30 missiles, with a direct hit in Haifa, and possibly 2 more hits elsewhere.

More waves are likely on the way in the coming hours.

Here's a video of some Arrow 2 interceptions. Note the massive shrapnel cloud from the large warhead of the Arrow 2 interceptor, which uses both kinetic hit to kill interception and blast fragmentation. This helps explain the large flaming pieces of debris, even if an Arrow 2 doesn't land a direct hit, the Iranian missile re-entry vehicles get shredded into multiple pieces by all the shrapnel, while still continuing on their ballistic trajectory.

It's been over an hour since Israel told their citizens to remain near bomb shelters and observed launch preparations from Iran, with no launches from Iran reported yet... Weird.

Haifa POV

I can't shake the feeling that Israel/US/Russia/China are all operating on the basis of super tight deadlines. It feels like they all believe WW3 is right around the corner, which means it probably is.

The World's smallest violin is playing for the 5 bolsonarista mayors cowering in a Tel Aviv bomb shelter, including Belo Horizonte Mayor Álvaro Damião, after their visit to strike security & surveillance deals with Israeli firms was interrupted by their hero Netanyahu's new war

With all of Israel's US-supported war crimes against Iran, the fact that Jair Bolsonaro incriminated himself in his trial for plotting to enact a military coup was buried in the news cycle.

At times like this, it's worth remembering how close the Brazilian far right is to the genocidal Israeli government. It explains why a group of Bolsonarista mayors are currently cowering in a Tel Aviv bomb shelter begging the Lula govt to help get them out of there.

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Via Al Jazeera:

Israelis shocked by number of missile hits despite defence systems:

Meron Rapoport, editor of Israeli news site The Local Call, said the Israeli public was taken aback by the number of Iranian missiles that breached the country’s advanced defence systems.

Now may be an incredibly important time to remind everybody that Cuban troops defeating apartheid South African forces was a pivotal turning point and beginning of decline for the apartheid regime. The defeat of South African troops and demoralization of supporters of apartheid was a critical wake up call that they were not actually the invincible force they portrayed themselves to be.

A reporter/hack posted this...

The Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which serves to protect US interests in Iran, has shut down.

1. ~~Is that info accurate?~~
2. ~~Could I get some background? My guess is that US uses the Swiss Embassy in Tehran as a sort of diplomatic proxy. Am I right?~~
3. Could I get a link about the backstory?

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Question 3 is still active.

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Edit

US news sucks shit. This is ~60m old.

Pravda

The Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which is traditionally responsible for presenting and transmitting messages on behalf of the US State Department regarding Iran, announced that it was suspending its activities until further notice due to the security situation.

Source: Telegram "infantmilitario"

I keep hearing that the Iranian Army will participate in the bombing tonight alongside the IRGC, what does that entail?

The Weizmann Institute, Israel's most prominent scientific center affiliated with the IDF, was completely destroyed in yesterday's Iranian missile attack on Rehovot

NEW: US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz sails for the Middle East

Source: Channel 12

Al Jazeera

Huge turnout at a second Dutch protest seeking gov’t action against Israel

An estimated 100,000 demonstrators in the Netherlands donned red clothing and marched to protest the Dutch government’s policy toward Israel. Protesters walked a 5km (3-mile) loop around the centre of The Hague to symbolically create the red line they say the government has failed to draw to halt Israel’s campaign in Gaza. “I don’t want to be complicit in these horrendous crimes happening there, and I want to speak out,” protester Marin Koning said.

The protest sent a “clear signal”, according to Marjon Rozema of Amnesty International Netherlands. Dutch officials must “act now, at both the national and international level, to increase the pressure on the Israeli government,” she said in a statement.

Iran is under attack which means Israel will likely be under attack soon as well

The Weizmann Institute, Israel's most prominent scientific center affiliated with the IDF, was completely destroyed in yesterday's Iranian missile attack on Rehovot

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Israeli Foreign Minister: France had offered to participate in our attacks on Iran.

https://t.me/farsna/377265

From the Iranian Seismological Center:

Is this a regular ass earthquake with the worst possible timing, or could this be something else? I imagine an earthquake signature would be different from a nuclear test or a malfunction at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (~30km northeast), right?

I'll admit I'm pleasantly surprised at the people around me's reactions to Isn'treal being blasted. Even my pacifist lib mom just shrugged and said "well you reap what you sow, they can't be surprised someone hit them back".

Tel Aviv impact