CNN is now trying to paint it as a war between US-Israel vs Iran and its proxies, anything to divert attention away from genocide in Gaza.
However this infographic shows how many troops US has in the ME
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-iran-gaza-conflict-news-04-19-24/index.html
More upside down world, Israel attacks Iran again, Blinken holds Iran to account..
Blinken says G7 is "committed to de-escalating tensions" and holding Iran to account
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the G7 countries were "committed to de-escalating" tensions between Israel and Iran.
"We’re committed to Israel’s security. We’re also committed to de-escalating -- to trying to bring this tension to a close," Blinken said during a news conference at the conclusion of the group's meeting in Capri, Italy, hours after a US official told CNN that Israel had launched a military strike on Iran.
He also said the countries shared "a commitment to hold Iran to account."
CNN is full on reporting this latest strike by Israel, hardly anything about Gaza and the West Bank, diversion achieved again.
Iran’s former top diplomat says attack on Iran a ‘diversion’ from Gaza
Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned the “reckless fireworks” carried out in Iran’s city of Isfahan, urging world leaders to instead focus on “ending Israeli transgressions” in its ongoing war on Gaza.
In a statement posted on X, the former Iranian foreign minister said nothing should divert international public opinion from “Israel’s atrocities”. “Genocide continues apace in Gaza,” said the chief Iranian negotiator of the ill-fated 2015 nuclear deal with the US and world powers.
He also criticised the US veto on the UN Security Council resolution on Palestine’s UN membership, saying it was “clearly a step in the wrong direction”.
Zarif also said that the council’s failure to condemn the April 1 strike on the Iranian diplomatic premises in Syria compelled Iran to invoke its right to self-defence, referring to the April 13 attack on Israel.
No signs of appetite to further escalate situation
An investigation is under way to determine where the drones were launched from and who was behind the attack, but according to Iranian officials nothing has been damaged. The IAEA has also said there is no damage sustained to any of the country’s six nuclear facilities.
Things are still very tense and whether or not this is the final response by Israel is unclear.
But what is clear is that this attack has been successfully repelled by Iran and its forces for the time being. Whether or not anything else will happen in the coming hours or days remains to be seen, but for now there doesn’t seem to be any appetite here to further escalate the situation between Iran and Israel.
