Iran has launched hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles. Iran says with this attack, it considers the matter concluded, and any Israeli response will be met with severe retaliation. Iran also tells the US to stay away and that if any regional nation is used to launch the Israeli response, they will be targeted, too.
Israel claims to have intercepted 99% of Iranian response, and the IDF says citizens no longer need to stay near shelters, suggesting the Iranian attack is over. They were helped by UK and US fighter jets in other countries. Israel says it will give “an unprecedented response”. Israel has told the US what their response will consist of.
UN Security Council to meet at 4 PM Eastern Time, Sunday. As of now, it seems all drones and missiles have been intercepted/hit their targets. The impact on Israel has been extremely minor, with minimal casualties and zero fatalities. A military target seems to have been hit. Now we wait for Israel's response.
Hopefully, that too is similarly limited and the situation calms down.
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Per randos on Twitter, drones will reach in a few hours. It's not missiles or anything more substantial...yet (and hopefully never).
Edit - Hopefully, this is the only response. I can't stand the people cheering for this or wanting further escalation. Millions will die. I have no idea what Israel will do in retaliation for this retaliation. I don't even have any hopes they'll not respond. I just don't know.
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Imo if China gets in on this, it won't be action against Taiwan Province. It'll be escalating the ongoing spat with the Philippines, possibly evicting those Filipino Marines squatting on that beached landing ship.
US will then have to decide between diverting ships and planes to show the flag over islands it really couldn't care less about, or instead do nothing and show Taiwan, RoK and Japan that American support can't be counted on.
People talk about a Taiwanese front as if the ROC wouldn't fall in less than 72 hours due to defecting generals who have been bribed with mansions in the Mainland for surrendering and surrendering conscripts who just don't want to die. The real front would be one against the Philippines.