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Raining death: the Iranian cluster bombs bypassing Israeli air defences (www.theguardian.com)

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On 5 March, a post appeared on the X account of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, managed by his staff after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 28 February. The tweet featured a stark piece of propaganda: a gleaming, oversized missile arcing across the sky as a city below is engulfed in flames. The caption read: “Khorramshahr moments are on the horizon.”

The Khorramshahr missile, Iran’s most advanced ballistic missile, is believed to be capable of carrying a cluster warhead dispersing up to 80 submunitions. Since that post, it has come to loom large in Israeli threat assessments, a persistent concern for a country equipped with a multi-layered missile defence system that is widely regarded as the world’s most sophisticated.

The latest attack using cluster munitions occurred on Sunday, when an Iranian ballistic missile struck central Israel, injuring 15 people.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, roughly half of the missiles launched from Iran since the escalation have carried cluster warheads.

The Guardian, which reviewed the impact of dozens of Iranian strikes alongside statements from Israeli officials, has identified at least 19 ballistic missiles carrying cluster warheads that penetrated Israeli airspace and struck urban areas since the beginning of the war with Iran on 28 February. Those attacks have killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, reflecting a broader shift in Iran’s tactics that appears to have exposed a vulnerability in Israel’s air defences. Since the start of the war, Iran’s cluster munitions – which disperse dozens of bomblets mid-air – have tested Israel’s highly advanced, multi-tier missile defence network, including Iron Dome, which is designed to counter threats across ranges, altitudes and speeds, exposing gaps that interception alone has struggled to close.

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[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

And Isreal thinks the same thing, that they need to use violence to stop Hamas from firing rockets at them. And yes it's a lopsided war (putting it mildly) - all the more reason for Palestinians to keep trying for a peaceful solution, I would think. Both side are violent. Isreal is more in control right now, so yes, I put the onus on them to find a peaceful solution. And they're obviously not doing that right now which makes them pure evil. What should the Palestinians do? Have voted for peace when they had a chance, and not do the Oct attacks, and keep pushing for human rights. But we're past that now, so I honestly don't know. But if the chance comes up where Isreal looks for a peaceful solution, I would hope that Hamas stops firing rockets at them.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You seem to have no concrete idea for what should be (or even have been) done. You should have one if you want to have a conversation about this. And no, "vote for peace" (the fuck does that even mean) and "keep pushing for human rights" (see before) don't count. Your current position is basically "if Palestinians are nice they'll get a happy ending through the power of friendship."

so I honestly don't know

Then, no offense, everything you just said is worthless. You can't condemn violent resistance without having a realistic proposal for peaceful resistance.

But if the chance comes up where Isreal looks for a peaceful solution, I would hope that Hamas stops firing rockets at them.

That's the whole point of the rockets. Hamas pretty much accepts a two-state solution (though in different terms, because Hamas considers Israel illegitimate and refuses to recognize it).

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

And if that's how they feel, fine keep ratcheting up the violence and either live that way forever or until one side simple can no longer because they're all dead or wounded. Some f'n crazy, but if that's what you really want ...