Israelis describe being gripped by fear after Iranian attacks cause widespread destruction in Tel Aviv and elsewhere

By Lubna Masarwa Published date: 14 June 2025 17:12 BST

Still, fires and plumes of smoke could be seen in several areas of Tel Aviv, while explosions were also reported in Jerusalem.

Images and videos verified by Middle East Eye showed apartment blocks in Tel Aviv’s suburbs and the nearby city of Ramat Gan almost completely destroyed and the wreckage of several vehicles among the debris.

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    771·
    21 hours ago

    "The Israeli public has been convinced over the years that it can exist here in the region while deeply disdaining all its neighbours and rampaging in a thuggish and murderous manner against everyone - whenever and however it wants - relying solely on brute force. “That’s why there was something so substantial about the sight of the bombed-out buildings in Ramat Gan,” he said. "They are so similar to the images we’re used to seeing from Gaza. Those sooty grey skeletons of buildings, that billowing cloud of dust, that carpet of ash and rubble covering the street, those images of children’s dolls in the hands of rescue teams. “The scale is, of course, completely different, but these images are nevertheless a momentary rupture of this disturbed fantasy that we are immune to everything,” he added.

    United States citizens should take note. We never seem to appreciate the consequences of our actions, at home or abroad, until they return to us. The people in the global South, the East, Middle -East–people around the world-- are humans like us, with struggles, sorrows, dreams and aspirations. We need to shake the boot off our necks, then lift it off our neighbors ’ necks.

    • FelixCress@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      14 hours ago

      United States citizens should take note. We never seem to appreciate the consequences of our actions, at home or abroad, until they return to us.

      You don’t after they return to you either, with WTC being an example. If anything you doubled down.

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
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        10 hours ago

        I noticed, and was deeply ashamed. That was a one-off, though. I can’t say it would be different if it were more it would be different, but it may be.

  • evenglow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    87·
    22 hours ago

    a 67-year-old Israeli living in central Israel, told MEE that after initially supporting the strikes against Iran, reality quickly hit home that Israel was vulnerable and that Israelis, just like Iranians, could also be targeted.

    “The attack surprised me,” Yafa-Niger said.

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
    613·
    21 hours ago

    Not quite the same as massacring starving people who can’t fight back, is it?

    I mean, fuck the mullahs, but how often has Iran invaded any other country in the past century? I believe that number is zero. Compare that to Israel’s assaults on its neighbors and the massive civilian casualties that those assaults caused.

    And who was the idiot who abrogated the US nuclear non-proliferation treaty with Iran? Oh yeah, it was Trump in his first term.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      12 hours ago

      Lady friend was looking through her social media and one of her tik toks just showed U.S. troops getting Steak and Lobster. They were questioning if it was really for the stupid birthday or the alternative is they usually do steak and lobster when our troops are about to get shafted (usually a deployment meal for the Marines/Navy)

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      21 hours ago

      Iran has participated in a number of regional conflicts, including sending their own forces to support another country, but can’t find any instances of Iran invading another country. As far as I know, that’s just not something they do.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
      53·
      21 hours ago

      If they hadn’t destroyed some portion of Iran’s ballistic missiles, it could have been much worse and really deter future FA. Now I’m not sure if the FO would be enough to do that. When I say enough, I mean destroy enough of Israel’s air force infrastructure so that their bombing capabilities are severely diminished. Not flattening residential buildings.

      • HasturInYellow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        I’ll be honest, Iran doesn’t seem to target military assets all that much. Or at least, the air defence is much better around those areas. Which isn’t crazy.