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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of April 8

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Tags: israel, palestine, gaza strip, 2023 israel hamas war, recurring.weekly, war, megathread

This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Israel-Hamas war content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.

Please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.

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  1. Tuaam
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    As of now there are deep tensions between Iran and Israel and people are scared about what will happen, I don't think Iran will directly retaliate as they have little power but they might do...

    As of now there are deep tensions between Iran and Israel and people are scared about what will happen, I don't think Iran will directly retaliate as they have little power but they might do something else.

    Nothing significantly bad has happened on Eid within the gaza strip, so I guess that's a positive note? I hope the Gazans are at least enjoying their Eid, some people I knew assumed the worst would happen but I feel like this is the general opinion of the war at this point, if you can even call it a war

    EDIT: I was wrong, Iran has directly retaliated: At this point life is too short to care

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    gpl
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    Israel says Iran has launched multiple drones towards its territory. This might warrant its own thread.

    Israel says Iran has launched multiple drones towards its territory. This might warrant its own thread.

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    1. Eji1700
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      Yeah. I'm sure most are hoping this is the extent of it (a "we tried" kind of attack that doesn't drag more countries into the conflict), but we probably won't see if they're willing to escalate...

      Yeah. I'm sure most are hoping this is the extent of it (a "we tried" kind of attack that doesn't drag more countries into the conflict), but we probably won't see if they're willing to escalate more for several hours. Biden is probably going to address the nation at some point here based on whatever intel we have.

      Might be worth just leaving it as is until more develops.

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      Seeing reports of multiple waves now and ballistic missile launches, so yeah, looks like a major escalation.

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  3. skybrian
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    Biden issues warning as Iran ‘prepares to launch missile strike’ on Israel … …

    Biden issues warning as Iran ‘prepares to launch missile strike’ on Israel

    Joe Biden has warned Iran not to launch an attack on Israel, amid reports of an “imminent” missile strike targeting the country.

    The US president said his commitment to Israel’s security was “ironclad” and that Washington would do “all we can” to protect it from an attack by Tehran in retaliation for a strike in Syria that killed senior Iranian generals.

    On Wednesday evening, Bloomberg reported that US intelligence officials believed an attack on Israeli soil was imminent and could involve “high-precision missiles”.

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    Foreign embassies have reportedly already begun evacuations in anticipation of an attack in the coming days, after Iran’s supreme leader said Israel “must be punished” for an air strike on an Iranian embassy compound in Syria.

    Israel has not claimed responsibility for the strike, which killed two generals and five military advisers on April 1. The most high-profile victim was Mohamed Reza Zahedi, who led the elite Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon and Syria until 2016.

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    US officials reportedly believe any Iranian strike would likely be on military and government buildings, not civilian targets. One source told Bloomberg that an attack was considered a matter of when, not if.

    Any strike could escalate the conflict in the Middle East to a direct war between two of the region’s biggest powers.

    Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defence minister, has said Israel would respond to an attack with its own strike on Iranian soil.

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