Sounds of explosions were heard in the cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The attack comes several days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive strike on southern Beirut, and comes amid Israeli cross border raids into Lebanon.

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[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 38 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Another night of wondering whether I'll wake up to WW3 tomorrow.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 33 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The good news is that afterward, some redneck drunkard scientist with a spare Titan II missile somewhere in Montana will give us warp drive.

[–] j0j0@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh what

What's the reference of this

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

in star trek, humans invent warp drive in a ship based on an old missile after ww3

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 15 points 4 weeks ago

It’ll happen when and if it happens. Enjoy today by taking care of yourself.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 weeks ago

WW3 technically started in 1947

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 35 points 4 weeks ago

Iran has the right to defend itself

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I was about to post that a US official said a strike from Iran was imminent

I didn't realize "imminent" meant just 3 hours...

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 21 points 4 weeks ago

This is ABSURD! Only ISRAEL is Allowed to Defend itself!

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Link to video of one of the barrages

Another video link POV of Nevatim Airbase getting bombed

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 weeks ago

Good, and justified

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Is this gonna start world war 3?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not likely. How many similar Middle East conflicts have already happened since WWII? Why would this one be different

[–] HorseRabbit@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They're both nuclear powers.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nuclear powers are famous for lobbing nukes, right

[–] HorseRabbit@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

At least one of them is.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

We've been sliding into it for months.

[–] 5redie8@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

No we are not lol the middle east has been fighting for... Most of world history at this point

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This somehow sounds racist. Does world history mean after WW2? Also I'm more inclined to say "middle east has been under attack" instead of fighting.

[–] 5redie8@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

On what planet is that racist? That geographical region has been unstable for most of world history. Zero further implication. I'm trying to not be an asshole about this, but accusing someone of being racist is a real dick move when even Wikipedia has to divide its pages on the topic into different eras.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"List of modern conflicts in the Middle East", wdym world history?

I'm not accusing you and I apologise if it looked like that, I'm just asking you directly. I see a lot of comments like "nuke middle east" from rw nutjobs idk why this reminded me of that. I apologise.

[–] sandbox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I guess it’s a bit of a lazy summary, because it sort of implies that the region has been fighting among itself just for reasons, rather than the region being conflict prone because of colonialist foreign policy. I wouldn’t say it’s racist though.