— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iran's attack in April was a message and a show of force. The attack was extensively telegraphed for over 2 weeks, and Iran gave advance warning to the US in order to avoid an all-out war.

This time, Iran did not inform anyone. US intelligence only detected the attack about 2 hours before it happened. There were also no NOTAMs issued in Iranian airspace, which usually signals an imminent attack. Iran also decided to carry out the attack with ballistic missiles only, which arrive in Israel within ~15 minutes, giving Israel virtually no time to respond. Most US aircraft carriers recently left, something Iran was waiting for. Everything shows that Iran really aimed to re-establish deterrence this time, while still not going 'all-out'.

All in all, it seems that today was for real. We'll have to wait to assess the damage, and Israel will try to cover up as much as possible, as usual. From the videos that are available, I would estimate at least 60-70 impacts in total, and that's a conservative estimate. We won't know for sure until the satellite images get released in a few days.

Until then, we wait for a potential Israeli response. Last time, there was virtually none, but this time seems different. In any case, this was only the first wave, and the IRGC has prepared for an unprecedented exchange that could last multiple months.

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇸 One of the missiles from yesterday, has written: 'Revenge for dear Haniyeh'

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: The ground battle in southern Lebanon has officially started

The IDF managed to advance about 400 meters inside Lebanese territory before encountering heavy resistance.

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— Regarding yesterday's attack

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 An Iranian ballistic missile remnant in the Negev

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They finally got face to face with the fighters of Ridwan.

— ❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: The IDF admits that several Israeli airbases were struck by Iranian missiles in yesterday's attack – Channel 13

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: The IDF admits that several regular military bases were also struck by Iranian missiles in yesterday's attack – Channel 13

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— 🇾🇪/🇮🇱 NEW: Yemen's Ansarullah announce that they attacked Israel with three 'Quds-5' cruise missiles this morning.

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: 'Iran did not hit any of the airbases 'critical infrastructure', but they hit the administrative buildings and the maintenance hangars with pinpoint accuracy' – Channel 12

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: 'The Iranians showed a lot of restraint yesterday, but they also showed us they can hit wherever they want to hit' – Channel 12

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇬🇧/🇫🇷/🇮🇷 NEW: France and the United Kingdom have told the United States that they refuse to take part in any attack on Iran, and they urge Israel not to respond

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