Netanyahu asks IDF to provide 'target options' for Iranian attack - report
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According to the report, the targets include an Iranian facility in Tehran or a cyberattack.

According to the report, the targets include an Iranian facility in Tehran or a cyberattack.

In a visit to the Nevatim base on Monday, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said that the Iranian attack which was carried out early Sunday morning will be met with an Israeli response, according to Israeli media.

  • vortic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    3 months ago

    I don’t really understand a few things about this conflict.

    • What prompted Israel to bomb Iran’s embassy in Syria? I know there are tensions between Israel and Iran. I also know that Israel has been targeting Hezbula targets in Syria. Why attack Iranian generals in Syria?
    • Why would Israel think that they can attack an Iranian embassy without reprisal?
    • Why is Israel acting like the aggrieved party in this instance where they appear to be the aggressor?
    • Why does Israel think it is a good idea to add another front to their current conflict? A stronger front than the one they are currently fighting?
    • jet@hackertalks.com
      English
      71·
      3 months ago

      The bombing of the embassy was an escalation. Intentional.

      Where you get into theories, is how does Israel benefit from an escalated shooting war? Does it get them international support so that their genocide in Gaza is ignored? Does it get the current incumbent president more time within an emergency context so they don’t have to deal with political pressure internally? Fighting external wars to solve internal problems is a traditional tool dictators have fallen upon in the past

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        I think the genocide gets ignored whether or not they get international support. And I think Netanyahu knows this full well.

        Israel and Iran going to war was something everyone pretty much felt was an inevitability one day, so “it’s finally happened” covers up genocide quite well.

    • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth
      62·
      3 months ago

      They want to draw in the us, they have bomb em Biden, acting the victim will cause some people to act like they are one, they want to draw in the us

    • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      3 months ago

      Iranian generals often instruct and train Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists, since they’re Iranian proxies. Those same groups continously terrorize Israel.

      Iran regularly calls for the destruction of Israel, though generally chooses to fight using their proxies rather than directly attacking Israel. Israel also targets Iranian proxies in Syria on the regular. Why they allegedly hit the Iranian embassy this time, nobody knows. Keep in mind that Israel never officially acknowledged that strike as theirs. People simply assume it because of all of the above.

      • Count042@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        3 months ago

        Except Israel targeted terrorists that were being harbored in that embassy. Has Iran made any statement about the military targets on board that ship?

        This you? Yeah, that’s you.

        Also, Generals aren’t terrorists.

        Also, this is the weakest justification I’ve ever read. You do know that the US and the Soviet Union didn’t blow up the others embassies during the cold war, right? You do recognize that intentionally bombing embassies was a line that had never been crossed before, right?