Israel Hit Beirut; Iran Put Its Airbases On The Menu

Right, so Israel struck Beirut's southern suburb after widening its attacks across Lebanon, Israeli-linked reporting framed it as a warning, an equation-setting attack, rather than some uniquely urgent assassination that could not wait all in defiance of that supposed ceasefire in place, things Israel never seems to trouble itself with anyway. And at this point, well, Iran then decided it had had enough.Israel hit Beirut, and Iran fired back by dropping Israeli airbases into the middle of the story. That is the one outcome Netanyahu spent weeks trying to dodge, and he walked straight into it the moment he treated Dahiyeh like somewhere he could lob a warning shot. Iran launched missiles. The IRGC named Ramat David Airbase, and later Iranian claims named Nevatim and Tel Nof as well. So the answer to the obvious question is yes. Iran tied its response to Beirut, as they have always said was their red line, and what it pointed it’s missiles at was Israeli military infrastructure. And Trump gets pulled into all of it on the spot, doesn't he, seeing as he had been leaning on Netanyahu to go easy on Beirut while telling anyone who would listen that he is the one calling the shots on Iran. Netanyahu sent Beirut a warning. Iran sent one straight back. Trump spent the day trying to keep his own ally from making the whole thing worse, as if it could actually get any worse here.