Israeli-Iranian conflict: 200 rockets fall on the Jewish state of Israel

Date: October 2, 2024: The Israeli-Iranian conflict reached a critical moment with an extraordinary barrage of more than 100 rockets aimed at Israel from Iran on October 2, 2024, in direct retaliation for Israeli airstrikes. Now the conflict in the Middle East has taken on a completely different dimension, which could lead to further strife through the involvement of other countries and a broader regional war.

Israeli-Iranian conflict: The attack on Israel is over as fears grow of a wider conflict, Iran said.

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• The Hezbollah organization, meanwhile, released a statement saying it had confronted Israeli forces who infiltrated the area near the village of Odaisseh in southern Lebanon and inflicted losses on them, forcing them to withdraw.
• For Israel, what happened in the north was a “serious security incident” as the Israeli media put it – as hospitals prepared to receive victims while military helicopters transported the wounded.
• Israeli officials vowed that retaliation would follow an Iranian barrage of ballistic missiles fired toward major military and security centers in Israel. Iran claimed the airstrikes were in response to attacks on the country Gaza and Lebanon.
• Since October, Israeli bombardments in Gaza have killed at least 41,638 people and injured 96,460. In Israel, Hamas-led attacks on October 7 killed at least 1,139 people and kidnapped more than 200 others.

Background: a year of increasing tensions

The source of this new increase in hostilities goes back to the war that Israel started from 2023 onwards. Hamas in Gaza. Over the past year, Israel has expanded its reach, strongly linked to a number of raids in Lebanon against a militant Iranian-backed group called Hezbollah. It reports upwards 9,500 missiles Hezbollah attacks on Israeli territory since October 2023.

All these military operations by the Israeli army recently also targeted Iranian positions, which had been bombed, in addition to killing key military personnel. Iranian military officials. All this provided the basis for Iran’s retaliatory missile attack. Iran used medium-range ballistic missiles in the attack on Israel.

“Iran made a big mistake tonight – and it will pay for it,” the Israeli prime minister said. Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Iranian missile offensive against Israel

On the evening of October 2, Iranian troops advanced 200 missiles at various points in Israel. Israeli defense sources stated that several incoming missiles had been shot down by the Israeli Air Force Iron Dome rocket defense system and casualties and full damage remain unknown.

Iran announced that it had warned both Russia and the US in advance about the attack through diplomatic channels. This may allow Israel to deploy its defenses and move its population into shelters, reducing the overall effectiveness of the attack.

Israel’s response and responses within the region

Israeli officials called for retaliation against Iran shortly after the rocket attack, at a time and place of their choosing. Many fear this could lead to direct Israeli attacks on Iranian territory, significantly fueling the conflict.

There were reports of celebratory gunfire in Lebanon, with news of the rocket attack filtering through. While the Lebanese government expressed alarm at being drawn deeper into a regional war. “Lebanon is not looking for war, but will defend any intrusion into its territory”, Minister of Health Firass Abiad said.

Israeli-Iranian conflict throughout the region

Events unfold at a breakneck pace, with Israel conducting military operations on a number of fronts:

• Gaza: Israeli airstrikes reportedly killed 17 Palestinians.
• Syria: 3 people killed by Israeli attacks in Damascus.
• West Bank: 1 Palestinian was killed in clashes and 4 Israeli soldiers were injured.
• The Syrian region of Sweida: Reports emerged of a drone attack on radar stations near Sweida.

In addition to these military strikes, a terrorist attack in Jaffa, a Tel Aviv suburb, killed eight Israeli civilians on the same day as Iran’s rocket barrage.

International reaction

These unfolding events are being closely monitored by the international community. The United States, which is a very close ally of Israel, is grappling with how to support Israel while trying to prevent further escalation. According to reports, Chairman Joe Biden is reportedly closely monitoring events unfolding from the White House Situation Room and has directed US forces to support Israeli defense efforts.

The UN Secretary, General António Guterres condemned the spreading conflict in the Middle East and called on all parties to immediately end hostilities. But the global community is fickle about how well it can be involved in interventions to de-escalate the violence.

According to the US White House official: “A direct military attack by Iran on Israel will have serious consequences for Iran.”.

Historical context: a pattern of conflict

Of course, the current military confrontation between the two Middle Eastern nations is not the first time this has happened. In a similar vein, past invasions (1978, 1982 and 2006) had very little military success and the peace was short-lived. Both have further fueled anti-Israel views in the region, especially within the ranks of Hezbollah.

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