Israel and Iran are on the path toward a catastrophic war

In an unprecedented attack, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp and the Iranian army launched approximately 180 missiles at Israel. Iran claimed responsibility for targeting three air force bases and Mossad headquarters, in retaliation for the assassinations of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the new Islamic Republican Guard Corps commander in Syria-Lebanon, and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.....MORE

The United States is already at war

Yesterday, Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s assassination in Beirut of Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah last week and its assassination in Tehran of Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in July.

United States President Joe Biden instructed the US military to assist Israel in neutralising the missiles – not that Israel is not already equipped with various layers of ultra-sophisticated protection against incoming projectiles, which permit it to go about slaughtering folks left and right while suffering minimal damage in return.

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Why the risk of wider war in Middle East is ‘very, very high’

Palestinians evacuate wounded from a building destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp in Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair

The risk of a wider regional conflict in the Middle East is growing by the day as Israel prepares for a massive ground offensive in Gaza, continues to bomb Palestinians and trades fire with the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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