Israel has begun retaliatory strikes on Iran, IDF statement confirms

The Israeli military has confirmed that they are conducting strikes on military targets in Iran, after a series of strong explosions have been heard around Tehran, according to Iran's state TV. NBC reports that the strikes appear to have targeted barracks and weapons depots.

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#Israel #Iran #Tehran

[ianreed]

"The first casualty of war is the truth."

Greek dramatist Aeschylus

[Alfarojv]

Is Israel retaliating
Or are they escalating...

[scottgallagher]

I wonder how long before Netenyahoo starts to say that Iran is using civilians as human shields.

[perlowkey]

this is scary. i have family in iran… in tehran… my aunts, uncles, cousins. I pray this doesn’t turn into a war…

[davkatjenn]

Let us cautiously remember that Israel also said that they were targeting Hamas in Gaza when they blew up dozens of civilians, many of whom were children. Np apology, no explanation, just hurrah for our side rhetoric from Netanyahu.

[vintagethings]

"What do we know as of now?"
Netanyahu is deranged. This does not help anyone, especially Israel.

[thisravenhasflown]

When you want all the land you weren't given

[Leskeepingitreal]

Whoa it has begun. This isn't going to end well

[ShayanHoseini-jrxq]

Most of the missiles were repelled by air defense. Iran's defense did a great job

[Evil-Never-Dies]

Not good.
This seriously could escalate into a holy war.

[RWROW]

After destroying Beirut, Israel goes far beyond a proportional response. This is a very sad day for the world.

[mickV]

Military targets...doesn't that mean hospitals and daycares to Israel?

[Ravenzpeak]

OMG....just what we need! By 'we' I mean the world. Disastrous!

[susankelly]

I wish there could be peace 😢😢😢😢 I pray there will be, we should all feel privaliged to be on this beautiful earth and look after it. Wars are senseless 😢😢😢

[PerceivedREALITY]

Instead of arming Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness etc.

[ChrisAlbertH]

Y'all gonna be paying for this war with your taxes. Don't you people find it annoying that a large amount of resources and money can be disbursed so quickly for a conflict halfway round the world, but your own citizens are still waiting for a substantial amount of aid post hurricane Milton and Helene. Even the amount is extraordinarily tipped in the favor of the foreign conflict.
That's just nuts to me.

[ArulRaj-jz]

Wars cannot be avoided on earth because of the fallen nature of all man !

[nickmanning]

How is it retaliatory if Isrial started it all? What a joke of a headline

[MLIOGJXNUYAT]

Wait wait wait! There are US military personnel in Israel participating in the conflict??? That's appalling.

[peacethroughstrength]

That "response" IF you want to call it that was pathetic..Reminds me of the this current admin.