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Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Come Into Terrible Focus
With this latest attack on Israel, Iran’s despots have tipped their hand.
“Iran Attacks Israel,” Nick Parker and James Halpin reported for The Sun on October 1, 2024. “EDGE OF WAR: Israel vows revenge after Iran’s 180-missile attack as archenemies trade barbs & put Middle East on brink of all-out war.”
Parker invited subscribers to “Watch the missiles fly over Jerusalem and strike Israel from above” as, between images of missiles filling the skies of Israel and Israelis sheltering from the blitz, the widening conflict came into greater focus.
“Alerts sounded across Israel late on Tuesday afternoon after US satellites picked up ballistic missiles being moved to launch sites in the west of Iran,” he revealed. “Defence rockets intercepted most in the skies above Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa.”
“The skies lit up within minutes as red tracers from the Iron Dome and David’s Sling defence systems blasted the rockets,” Parker added.
While Israel’s advanced anti-missile capabilities averted disaster this time, the next strike might prove more unlucky. The next strike might also come much sooner than foreign policy experts are willing to admit — at least publicly.
The scope and scale of this latest barrage of attacks against Israel has taken…