In Gaza, Israel was forced to hit areas near hospitals and schools (after warning the people there to leave – something no other army in history, to my knowledge, has ever done). Israel hit those targets because the wonderful “we care about our people” leaders of hamas stored military facilities/supplies at or near those locations, then fired at Israel from there, thus using their citizens as human shields.
Iran has no such issue with Israel. Israel does not use its people as human shields. But that has not stopped Iran from intentionally hitting residential areas, at least one major hospital (which cares for Jews and Arabs/Muslims alike)…
…and now a scientific research facility which provides invaluable research that benefits all of humanity.
From Yelena Mandenberg’s article for The Daily Express:
Vital scientific research in Israel has been obliterated by an Iranian ballistic missile.
The strike, which occurred two days ago, demolished two buildings and thousands of hours of research, samples, and studies at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot.
The list of ruined structures includes a life science building. The $50 million facility housed cutting-edge scientific research, notably in adult heart disease. Professor Oren Schuldiner, whose lab was destroyed, said, “It is entirely gone. No trace. There is nothing to save.” The incident occurred shortly after Iran sent a chilling warning to Israel and its allies.
Schuldiner, who has dedicated 16 years to his lab, has suffered a total loss. He told The Times of Israel, “This was the life’s work of many people,” emphasizing that the attack wiped out decades of research.
Established in 1934 and later named for Israel’s first president, the Weizmann Institute is a globally recognized research hub. Its scholars produce hundreds of papers annually, and it boasts one Nobel laureate in chemistry and three Turing Award winners. Notably, the institute also pioneered Israel’s first computer in 1954.
In 2015, the lab successfully regenerated heart tissue in mice, and in 2018, they published research that may lead to new therapies for heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other illnesses in the future. Today, the building lies in ruins, its windows shattered, labs destroyed.
Great job, Iran. Take out a research facility that benefits humanity around the world, very much including the Iranian people. What a triumph for you.
There are reports today that Israel is bombing areas where Iran’s “Supreme Leader”, ali khamenei, is hiding.
Earlier on, I was hoping he would not be taken out. Not because I have any regard for this mass murdering sack of camel manure, but only because it might make him a martyr of sorts to a percentage of the Iranian population and prolong the war.
But now that I see what his regime is doing in Israel, however, I wish these bombing raids every success. For him and everyone around him. As quickly as possible.
