WARNING: THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR HAS STARTED

This direct attack on Israel by Iran is a dangerous new chapter in Middle East history.

Israeli missiles launch to defend its airspace. (Photo: ANAS BABA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)

At just past 2 am local time (GMT+2), Israeli Air Raid sirens sounded across the country. Air defenses started engaging more than 300 incoming Iranian ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. What those sirens signaled was the start of the Israel-Iran war. 

As predicted in my previous Substack (Warning: Are Israel and Iran going to War), Iran has carried out a promised retaliatory attack against Israel code-named True Promise. However, despite a week of hints and whispers from third parties, the attack was not proportionate to Israel’s killing of seven Iranian Revolutionary Guard Force officers. It was, in fact, massively disproportionate.

Around midnight on Sunday, April 14, 180 slow-flying Shaheed-136 drones were launched from Iran.  These drones are the same model fired at Ukraine nearly nonstop for the last two years. They are referred to as one-way attack (OWA) suicide drone…