There doesn’t seem to be a consensus on the damage inflicted by Iran’s drones and missiles on Israel. Nor is there any clarity on what Iran was trying to do: inflict damage or just a warning? From Andrew Korybko at korybko.substack.com:
Each school of thought has compelling arguments in their support so it’s possible that both are right in their own way.
Iran launched a drone and missile barrage against military targets in Israel on Saturday night in response to the self-professed Jewish State’s bombing of its consulate in Damascus earlier this month. The Islamic Republic’s Permanent Mission to the UN earlier warned on X that their country would be forced to retaliate for this blatant violation of international law after the Security Council failed to act. That same account then wrote after Saturday’s strikes that “The matter can be deemed concluded.”
Biden later claimed that American servicemen “helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles”, with reports also claiming that Jordan and the UK provided relevant assistance as well. As it presently stands on Sunday morning Moscow time, Israel has yet to respond to the prior night’s barrage, but Axios reported that Biden told Bibi that the US won’t participate in offensive operations against Iran. According to them, he told him, “You got a win. Take the win.”
It’s impossible to independently determine whether Iran inflicted serious damage on Israeli military assets or if this was just a symbolic attack intended to inflict serious psychological damage on its population. A debate is now raging on social media about whether this response was more of a dud than anything else. Adherents of this view believe that Iran only wanted to “save face” after the bombing of its consulate in Damascus and that it telegraphed its strike plans in order to prevent an escalation.
Read earlier that a 7 year old girl was killed in drone strike.
Just now reading that groceries emptied out in one hour, photo shows bread aisle with hardly anything left.
RF Fighter Jets have just entered IRAQ Air Space. They will be able to intercept either US or Israeli war planes if any attempt is made to attack Iran. (04/13/24)
The Israeli Government’s “Doomsday plane” has taken off and is the only plane leaving Israel. Potentially carrying Netanyahu and cabinet.