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The ASPCA is not an insurer and is not engaged in the business of insurance. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard warned on Friday that they weren't preparing to strike Israel in retaliation for their recent hit on the consulate building in Syria. Their first move came early Saturday morning in the form of seizing an Israeli

affiliated cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz and by Israel Affiliated they

mean a ship operated by a company that's owned by an Israeli billionaire.

25 crew members were on the ship, though according to the White House National Security Council,

they were not Israeli nationals.

The crew was reportedly made up of Indian, Filipino, Pakistani, Russian, and Estonian

nationals, in case you're wondering how much of a threat Iran is to the globe.

Then on Saturday evening, the IRGC began a massive barrage of approximately 350 strikes

against Israel, the vast majority of which were intercepted by missile defenses by Israel,

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