Hamas strike on Israel - Threadbans in op - mod warning in OP updated 19/10/23

israel intelligence places blame on hezbollah- they categorically deny it - bibi on way back asap from US - we saw what happened with yemen drone strike on tel aviv - this is just the excuse israel needed if they wish to launch operations in lebanon

israel foreign minister " we are approaching moment of all out war"

Iran-Israel war incoming

sounds now like israel will respond now but dont plan full scale war

Al Mayadeen live tweeted Lebanon Islamic resistance claimed they carried out the attack

israel now claiming rocket attack in golan was iranian made rocket only hezbollah had

dont think it will work for hezbollah this time israeli cabinet meeting 4pm tomorrow to discuss their response

Very handy that the Israeli president was in the USA when this happened,?what was the talk ? and now he suddenly has to go back to chair a special meeting, we all know what that means, as I posted long ago, this was not about Gaza ,this was about Iran ,watch this space...

I think both Israel and Hezbollah don't want an all out war. Both sides would be devastated.

Israel or to be correct, Netanyahu, doesn't seem to want any kind of ceasefire. It's his best opportunity to destroy Gaza. He can't back down now. I suspect, like the Iranian attack, Israel will drop a few bombs on Hezbollah and call it a win.

We should give Iran our full unconditional support to solve the Israeli problem!

The timing certainly suited Bibi.

If Israel says then it must be true. Oh no wait, I think they've lied about almost everything.

The below absolutely sickens me. An attack by Hezbollah (no source given is headline) and a far worse attack on a school in Gaza is a sub headline and only claimed by Gaza officials.

Gaza officials have consistently told the truth while at least in my eyes Israel has zero credibility and will lie about anything to get more weapons and money from the USA.

Why the f is RTE reporting in such a manner?

What are you on about? Just looking to be angry about something?

Afair most recent bombing of Gaza was top of their news page yesterday until that rocket attack on Israel. There is a lot of bad things happening in the world right now unfortunately.

tbh I find the laser focus on the ME a bit excessive at times.

You have to dig deeper into RTÉ website now (no top level Ukraine tab etc.) to get their reporting on the giant war going on at the border of the EU, which has far more effect on us here.

edit: other issue is difficulty for journalists of confirming what is going on in Gaza, which has to be reflected in reporting.

It is under constant attack from Israeli airforce and ground troops, very dangerous, very difficult to even get into or out of for any journalist not embedded with IDF or something. By accounts any governing authoritity has mostly broken down for good now. Afair Israel also regularly cuts off communications (internet, phone etc.) with the outside world.