r/worldnews Oct 01 '24

Israel/Palestine Biden directs US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles, officials say

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-us-prepared-israel-defend-iranian-attack/story?id=114393069
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u/kaleNhearty Oct 01 '24

The only thing that might be preventing us from WWIII might be how good Israel's missile defense system works.

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u/desperado2410 Oct 01 '24

I just saw a video in Israel of a bunch of ballistics getting through.

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u/ronoudgenoeg Oct 01 '24

Seems to be mostly empty areas. IDF reported that so far there's zero reported casualties inside Israel, only 1 dead in the west bank.

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u/apollyon_53 Oct 01 '24

In the combat footage subreddit there a video of the guy who died. A rocket booster landed on him

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u/Deep90 Oct 01 '24

I think that is the 1 dead.

Headlines are saying it was a 37-year-old Palestinian laborer. He had a work permit and ended up stuck in Israel due to the war.