At just past 2 am local time (GMT+2), Israeli Air Raid sirens sounded across the country. Air defenses started engaging more than 300 incoming Iranian ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. What those sirens signaled was the start of the Israel-Iran war.
As predicted in my previous Substack (Warning: Are Israel and Iran going to War), Iran has carried out a promised retaliatory attack against Israel code-named True Promise. However, despite a week of hints and whispers from third parties, the attack was not proportionate to Israel’s killing of seven Iranian Revolutionary Guard Force officers. It was, in fact, massively disproportionate.
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