For Iran, Israel is not invincible
Iran’s historic attack on Israel on the night of April 13-14, 2024 showed that the Hebrew state and its allies would not last long in the face of high-intensity aggression. Here’s why.
Iran’s historic attack on Israel on the night of April 13-14, 2024 showed that the Hebrew state and its allies would not last long in the face of high-intensity aggression. Here’s why.
Last night Iran launched a massive drone and missile attack against Israel in retaliation for the Hebrew state’s attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. So far, no casualties have been reported. But the risk of escalation is worrying the international community.
More than 33,000 dead in 175 days of shelling by the Israeli army, more than 75,000 wounded. Doctors’ testimonies describe the daily atrocities. “You can’t say you didn’t know…” writes Marie-Paule Fristot of collectifbds57.
The German government has just authorized additional exports of weapons of war worth 20 million euros to Israel, according to information from the Ministry of Economics picked up by Heute (Today) the 2ᵉ German TV channel (ZDF).
The Israeli offensive has left 23,843 people dead and 60,317 wounded in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to the latest Hamas figures.
While Israel has released 117 Palestinians in the last three days, it has imprisoned 116 others in the West Bank. And 239 Palestinians have been killed, also in the West Bank, since October 7, according to Al Jazeera.
Lacking courage, Western countries allow Israel to massacre the Palestinian people in the Gaza enclave. Western leaders are complicit in these war crimes.
After 26 days of bombardment of the Gaza enclave, the Palestinian authorities report that 8,525 Palestinians have been killed, including 3,542 children… in the midst of international indifference.
According to documents revealed by the investigative magazine The Intercept, an American base called “Site 512” monitors the skies for missile attacks against Israel.
As the horrified world watches the relentless shelling of the Gaza enclave by the Israeli army, Western leaders hypocritically avert their eyes, abandoning more than 2.2 million people to the bombs. Israel is playing with fire.
José-Louis Calama, the Madrid court’s investigating magistrate, is still awaiting replies from the judicial authorities in three European countries: France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Point of view. Maverick President Tayyip Erdogan has been re-elected with a majority of around 52.5% over the more Western compatible opposition coalition, led by Kemal Kilicdaroglu.