could this be the big surprise; 

The world shifted on its axis today. While most were sleeping, the opening salvos of the next great Middle Eastern war screamed through the upper atmosphere. This was not another proxy attack or a symbolic gesture. This was a direct, brutal, and technologically terrifying assault by Iran on the sovereign state of Israel. Hypersonic missiles, the new bogeyman of modern warfare, slammed into the densely populated centers of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The age of deniable attacks and shadow wars is over. This is the real thing.

The grim reality is still taking shape, but the initial reports paint a horrific picture. Buildings have been turned into dust. Infrastructure is burning. And we are now getting the first confirmed numbers that at least twenty people have been killed or grievously wounded. Let that number sink in. Twenty lives, ended or irrevocably shattered, in the opening moments of a conflict that has been brewing for decades. And make no mistake, that number is a lowball. In the coming hours, as rescue crews pull back layers of rubble, the true cost will become painfully clear..........more..........