The Friday Five: Waiting for Iran to Attack
Iran has yet to respond to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The attack may come Monday, the 9th of Av, the date of the destruction of the first and second temples in Jerusalem.
Iran has yet to respond to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The attack may come Monday, the 9th of Av, the date of the destruction of the first and second temples in Jerusalem.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas flies to Russia Monday to meet with Vladimir Putin. That’s Tisha B’Av on the Hebrew calendar, the date of the destruction of the Temple of Solomon and the Second Temple—and it may be the day Iran attacks.
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Reuters reports that a Turkish diplomatic official said Iran warned the US before its attack on Israel Saturday night, and that the White House told Iran any action had to be “within certain limits.”
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