{"id":77687,"date":"2021-08-05T14:25:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=77687"},"modified":"2021-08-05T14:25:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:25:19","slug":"israel-ready-to-start-ww3-even-on-false-pretext-of-droning-their-own-tanker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=77687","title":{"rendered":"Israel Ready to Start WW3 Even on False Pretext of Droning Their Own Tanker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel ‘Ready’ To Attack Iran In Response To Tanker Incidents<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

Two tanker attack incidents within the span of less than a week are now being blamed by the US, UK, and Israel on Iran. First there was last Thursday’s Mercer Street tanker drone attack which left two British and Romanian crew members dead, and then on Tuesday there was the hijacking on the Panama-flagged Asphalt Princess – boarded by a half dozen armed Iranian militants.<\/p>\n

Since the Israeli-managed Mercer came under assault, Israeli leaders have been openly\u00a0proposing military action to allies<\/strong>, saying it may be needed to stop the Iranian attacks. Israel says it has provided allies like the United States with “hard evidence” that Tehran was indeed behind the drone attack in the Arabian Sea.\u00a0And now Israel’s defense chief\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0the country is\u00a0prepared to strike in Iran<\/strong>\u00a0in his latest comments.<\/p>\n

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Defense Minister Benny Gantz was asked directly in an interview published Thursday with\u00a0YNet News<\/em><\/a>\u00a0whether Israel is prepared to launch a military attack on Iran, to which he replied simply with,\u00a0“Yes”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gantz explained Israel’s military stands\u00a0ready to engage in a “multi-front” conflict<\/strong>\u00a0– likely a reference to Syria where it’s already conducting weekly airstrikes against “Iran-backed” groups allied with Assad.<\/p>\n