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On Tuesday evening local time, the mad mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles at Israel – the largest ballistic missile attack in history – sending Israelis throughout the entire country to seek cover in bomb shelters.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) warned citizens to shelter in place and to follow forthcoming instructions via mobile phone alerts from the Home Front Command. IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari addressed the nation, saying, “We are strong, and we are capable in this attack also.”

All Israeli civilians are in bomb shelters as rockets from Iran are fired at Israel. pic.twitter.com/bKXPdqMsBr

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 1, 2024

Unconfirmed reports on social media suggested that up to 400 missiles had been launched, although almost all had been intercepted by the Jewish State’s Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, with U.S. assistance.

“During the defense, we carried out quite a few interceptions,” IDF spokesman Hagari said in a short video message. “There were a small number of hits in the center of Israel, and other hits in Southern Israel. The majority of the incoming missiles were intercepted by Israel and a defensive coalition led by the United States.” He added that officials “are unaware of casualties.”

“In accordance with our ironclad commitment to Israel’s security, U.S. forces in the region are currently defending against Iranian-launched missiles targeting Israel,” a U.S. defense official told Fox News in a statement. “Our forces remain postured to provide additional defensive support and to protect U.S. forces operating in the region.”

Three U.S. Navy destroyers are positioned in the Mediterranean Sea along with an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Oman and fighter jets stationed throughout the region to assist Israel if necessary. All are capable of shooting down incoming missiles.

“Our defensive and offensive capabilities are at the highest levels of readiness,” IDF spokesman Hagari added. “Our operational plans are ready. We will respond wherever, whenever, and however we choose, in accordance with the directive of the government of Israel.”

Israel’s Army Radio said Iran had announced that its attack was a response to the IDF extermination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July; Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Friday; and senior Hezbollah official Abbas Nilfroshan, alongside Nasrallah. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei previously vowed that “the blood of the martyr shall not go unavenged,” referring to the terrorist monster Nasrallah.

In a related terror attack, at least six civilians were killed and nine injured Tuesday in a shooting/stabbing attack at a light rail station in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv. The two individuals who opened fire on a crowd of people reportedly have been “neutralized.”

Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu issued a statement in which he commended the IDF and thanked the United States. “Iran made a grave mistake this evening – and it will pay for it,” Bibi stated. “The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our resolve to retaliate against our enemies.”

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned in a statement that if Israel responds to the missile barrage, “it will face crushing attacks.”

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, declared, “We are ready and prepared defensively and offensively. The State of Israel will take all necessary measures to protect the citizens of Israel. As we have previously made clear to the international community, any enemy that attacks Israel should expect a painful response.”

He added that the UN Security Council will meet Wednesday to discuss the attack. A strongly worded letter chastising Israel and warning against further escalation on Israel’s part will no doubt be forthcoming.

Remember back in 2020 when Joe Biden (remember him? He used to be President) warned that Donald Trump would get the U.S. into a war with Iran? Remember all the hysterical Democrat fear-mongering that Trump would trigger World War III? Remember when the Biden regime handed the Islamic Republic a $10 billion payday back in March, just weeks after an Iran-backed drone strike killed three American soldiers in Jordan? Now Iran is raining a record number of ballistic missiles down on our ally.

“The World is on fire and spiraling out of control,” Trump said in a statement today, and it’s hard to argue otherwise. A dockworkers’ strike was launched today by a yacht-sailing, Bentley-driving, gold chain-bedecked union boss who threatens to “cripple” the American economy. Six Eastern states have been hit with catastrophic hurricane damage; victims there are being told no more aid will be forthcoming from the Democrat regime, which just sent a new infusion of more than $2.7 billion in military aid to corrupt Ukraine, with the promise of billions more, to perpetuate a losing conflict with Russia. Now the Middle East is embroiled in a full-blown war, and the chain reaction may suck America into that conflagration.

Fortunately, Kamala Harris, acting POTUS in the cognitive absence of the deposed Joe Biden, was raised in a middle class family, so she must have a plan for leading the nation and the world in these perilous times.

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