Escalation With Iran Seemingly Over; Now We Have To Worry About Rafah by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
(2024-04-19 at 23:05:08 )

Escalation With Iran Seemingly Over; Now We Have To Worry About Rafah by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!

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So as things stand right now it looks like the cycle of escalation between Iran and Israel has thankfully ended or at least paused, which means now all we have to worry about is a horrific massacre in southern Gaza.

The imperial media are reporting that Israel launched a missile attack against Iran early Friday morning, with explosions also seen in Syria and Iraq. Tehran is denying there was any missile attack on Iran at all, with Iranian media reporting that the blasts were actually from drones that were successfully shot down over Iran. It does not appear that any nuclear sites were struck.

A senior Iranian official has reportedly told Reuters that Iran has no plans for any immediate response to Israel, which is good because Tehran has previously stated that if Israel makes another "mistake" it will result in immediate retaliation. Israels extremist national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tweeted a word in Hebrew which roughly translates to "feeble" in an apparent reference to the Israeli attack, signaling his disapproval at Israels failure to ignite World War Three.

So as things stand right now it looks like the cycle of escalation between Iran and Israel has thankfully ended or at least paused, which means now all we have to worry about is a horrific massacre in southern Gaza.

The Times of Israel reports that Washington,D.C. has agreed to go along with Israels planned assault on the city of Rafah so long as Israel does not launch a large attack against Iran in response to its unprecedented retaliatory drone and missile attack on Saturday, according to an Egyptian source speaking to a Qatari outlet. A White House spokesperson has denied this, but you would expect them to.

Egyptian sources to The New Arab: "the United States has accepted Israels plan for an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in return for not carrying out a large strike in Iran in response to Tehrans unprecedented missile and drone attack." "please see here:"-Matthew Petti (matthew_petti) April 18, 2024

Israel had reportedly notified the United States earlier on Thursday that an attack on Iran was coming, and that nuclear sites would not be damaged. If all Israel did was launch a small attack on Iran that did no significant damage, that would certainly fit the bill for the kind of strike that was alleged by the aforementioned Egyptian source.

As Dr Assal Rad said on Twitter regarding this report, "If this is true, President Biden is green lighting a massacre so that Israel does not start a wider war with Iran."

Irans retaliatory strike for Israels attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus reportedly delayed Israels planned assault on Rafah, where according to CNN the IDF was ready to begin dropping leaflets on Monday.

Israel has spent the last six months kettling the population of the Gaza Strip southward into Rafah, so now it is extremely densely populated and a full-on attack could be deadlier than anything we have seen in Gaza so far.

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