Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack
by Zero Hedge
Zero Hedge— Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday weighed in on the April 13 Iranian attack on Israel, which was the Islamic Republic's first-ever direct attack on the Jewish state. It included some 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel - the vast majority of which were intercepted by Israeli anti-air defenses, but also with US and Western help, and the deployment of warplanes which shot inbound drones out of...
The Nation—After the Attacks Between Israel and Iran—What Comes Next?. Trita Parsi, Nick Cleveland-Stout The details of the tit-for-tat reveal that Israel is not the newly triumphant leader of an anti-Iran alliance, but a lonely pariah in a region that is entering a new era.
The Washington Times—Pentagon said no decision yet made about weapons for Israel that Joe Biden halted. Defense Department officials on Thursday said no final decision has been made about a large shipment to Israel of 2,000 and 500-pound bombs that President Biden put on hold over concerns they could be used in a ground operation inside the densely populated city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip that Washington opposes.
WBRZ—Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there.Biden, in an interview with CNN on Wednesday, said that the U.S. was still committed to Israel’s defense and would supply Iron Dome rocket interceptors and other defensive arms but that if Israel...