# Breaking news. Iran launches missile attack against Israel: 2024-10-01 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [October 1, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344 "2024-10-01T17:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/1 "2024-10-01T17:41:46Z")
Don’t know much right now. Apparently it’s much more massive than the April attacks and is only using ballistic missile as Israel was able to shoot down the drones they tried. Hope Israeli dopers are safe. > **[Iran launches missiles toward Israel: Live updates | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-lebanon-war-hezbollah-10-1-24-intl-hnk/index.html)** > > Missiles have been launched from Iran to Israel, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces.. Follow for live news updates. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/2 "2024-10-01T17:44:28Z")
TV is saying the all clear is sounding. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/3 "2024-10-01T17:44:31Z")
I can’t find word about Israeli deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/4 "2024-10-01T17:45:24Z")
NBC reports Iran saying it’s over after two rounds of missiles, but there was an attack in Tel Aviv that appears to be terrorist related. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/5 "2024-10-01T17:45:32Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Hope Israeli dopers are safe. Fine here. Just spent half an hour in my apartment building’s bomb shelter. Heard some intercepts above. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/6 "2024-10-01T17:48:46Z")
Just saw a news report that gunmen shot eight people dead at a Tel Aviv train station. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/7 "2024-10-01T17:53:54Z")
What were the targets? Or was it a good old area bombing to probe air defences/demoralize the population? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/8 "2024-10-01T17:59:26Z")
Can you tie that in with the Iran missile attack? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/9 "2024-10-01T18:01:10Z")
181 missiles launched, aimed at targets all over the country. Many towards the Tel Aviv area, but there are also reports at missiles falling near the Israeli nuclear reactor near Dimona. No fatalities reported so far. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/10 "2024-10-01T18:02:35Z")
Probably a coincidence. Reports are saying that the shooters were Palestinians from Hebron armed with automatic weapons. Edit: this was supposed to be a response to @Czarcasm ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/11 "2024-10-01T18:07:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Can you tie that in with the Iran missile attack? No, and now I am wondering about the accuracy of the news story. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/12 "2024-10-01T18:08:31Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > there are also reports at missiles falling near the Israeli nuclear reactor near Dimona. As a thought experiment, if Israel wanted to escalate (i.e., directly hit Iranian targets) in response then one would have to assume nuclear facilities would be high on the target list. Then again, blowing up nuclear reactors and enrichment plants may be a little too insane in terms of escalation, therefore it may not be luck that Iran missed that target. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/13 "2024-10-01T18:09:27Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > No, and now I am wondering about the accuracy of the news story. Why do you think it is the same story? The shooter must have used a gun, not a ballistic missile. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/14 "2024-10-01T18:10:04Z")
Moderating: We have a lot of general threads about violence in and around Israel. Let’s keep this one to breaking news about this attack and any obviously-related aftermath, please. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/15 "2024-10-01T18:11:31Z")
Moderating: > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Just saw a news report that gunmen shot eight people dead at a Tel Aviv train station. For instance, this is probably unrelated. If you want to discuss this attack further, please either create a new thread or take it to one of the general threads. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/16 "2024-10-01T18:39:03Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > if Israel wanted to escalate (i.e., directly hit Iranian targets) How is Israel doing the same thing Iran did - launching a direct, massive attack - “escalation”? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/17 "2024-10-01T18:39:52Z")
Please read the modnotes just above. Stay on topic and don’t expand in this thread. > **How to Reply as a linked Topic** > > Click Reply, in the upper left corner of the reply window is the reply type button, _looks like a curving arrow point to the right_. > > Choose **Reply as linked topic** and it starts a new thread. As an example, you can choose GD, IMHO or The Pit for it. > > That is actually the best method. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/18 "2024-10-01T19:29:25Z")
Total damage seems to be: One person killed by falling shrapnel of an intercepted missile. (ironically, the person is an Arab from Gaza, who was killed when the shrapnel fell on Jericho (a city in the West Bank under Palestinian control, no Israeli citizens are allowed to enter the city.) One school building in the small town of Gadera was seriously damaged. (the building was empty at night, so no injuries.) One restaurant in Tel Aviv was damaged by the shock wave of a missile which exploded nearby (apparently in the ocean) Several other areas where missiles hit and damaged buildings. This link is in the Hebrew language, but contains dramatic video clips and pictures. > **[פיצוץ אדיר בגוש דן, "חומת נפילות" בנגב, מכתש בבי"ס בגדרה: התיעודים הדרמטיים...](https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hjalsnkrc#autoplay)** > > ברחבי הארץ תועדו יירוטים מרהיבים של טילים בליסטיים מאיראן, בנגב תועדו נפילות רבות - ובצפון ת"א הדף מנפילה בשטח פתוח חולל הרס במסעדה. מכתש נפער בחצר בית ספר בגדרה, שניזוק קשות: "רק לפני כמה שעות למדו שם מאות ילדים, זה נס". תיעודי יירוטים הגיעו גם מעזה... ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/19 "2024-10-01T21:12:13Z")
Do you think Matthew Miller was right in the White House press briefing this afternoon? Should Iran have their nuclear program affected because of their ballistic missile strike on Israel? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344/20 "2024-10-01T23:14:43Z")
Does this attack trigger any defense treaties, from the US or other nations? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-iran-launches-missile-attack-against-israel-2024-10-01/1008344.md?page=2)