Nadene Goldfoot
Who was just attacked by 20 inter-continental ballistic missiles that can fly the 1,000 miles from Iran to hit Israel? Israel was. And is there anything Trump is going to do about it other than blame Netanyahu, the victim? Does Trump realize how long Israel has been attacked on 7 sides; by the Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah constantly? I'll reference Trump to 1967, with the 3 No's against Israel was decided upon in Khartoum, Africa, when Israel was attacked by 7 countries and happened to win. I don't know about Netanyahu, but I'm really disgusted.
I'm a little tired of seeing Israel having to defend herself while nobody, especially now, nobody can see why she is still having to defend herself against Iran, who has been arming others to fight against Israel and can now do it themselves with these missiles.
There hasn't been any cease-fire; that's not what I call the goings on, anyway. They take pock shots at each other and it grows. Israel is losing one or two men every day to these cease fires.
Since the start of the broader conflict, an overall total of 956 soldiers and 70 police officers have been reported killed. During the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that took effect on October 10, 2025, militant attacks have resulted in four Israeli soldiers killed according to AI. Information regarding the specific number of IDF troops wounded specifically during this truce period is not consistently reported in official updates.
How Netanyahu can take such tongue-lashing from his "best friend" is beyond me. It seems to me that Netanyahu should call the shots when it comes to Israel, security, and that's why he keeps still these days, but he has let Trump know that.
PM Netanyahu rejected claims of US control over Israeli policy, stressing independence while praising Trump’s support in Gaza and hostage rescue efforts. Netanyahu: "Israel is independent, US does not dictate our policy." He has said this several times. Trump is deaf to his pronouncements.
Luckily Israel intercepts long-range and intercontinental-range ballistic missiles from Iran using the Arrow 3 and Arrow 2 defense systems, as well as the U.S.-supplied THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system. The 
Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 are advanced anti-ballistic missile defense systems. They were developed and manufactured jointly by the Israel Aerospace Industries and the United States aerospace company Boeing. Arrow 3: Co-developed with the U.S., this system is specifically designed to engage ballistic missiles outside the Earth's atmosphere during their mid-course flight. It utilizes "hit-to-kill" technology to neutralize long-range threats. A single Arrow 3 interceptor missile costs approximately $3 million to $4 million, with some estimates reaching up to $3.5 million. That's why drones are so much cheaper to use.
An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) carrying a single modern nuclear warhead can completely destroy between 120 and 800 square miles of land. Because the destructive output scales exponentially with the yield of the weapon, the specific area depends on the size of the warhead, which typically ranges from 100 to 800 kilotons.
Trump is all wrapped up in one thing, the Strait of Hormuz. While Americans are paying outlandish prices for gas, Israelis are huddled in bomb shelters. I remember when gas had hit a high mark earlier, and my husband and I bought an orange moped and I used that to go to work. I took it with us to Israel in 1980 and left it in almost1986 for a kibbutz to use. It's terrible that the attacks of Hezbollah on Israel are being held hostage by Iran in causing them to get their way with Trump, but it's happening. Yet Israel must defend itself, and one way is this Tit for Tat shelling as Israel must remain the strong horse in the Middle East.
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