This isn’t the first time a middle eastern country was bombed on Purim
— The 2003 Iraq war invasion — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
— NATO’s invasion of Libya 2011 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya
—The US ground invasion of Afghanistan 2002 (operation Anaconda) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya
— US Bombing Syrian reactor in 2021 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2021_United_States_airstrike_in_Syria
There are likely more, and these aren’t all on Purim, some a day before or after. But it’s still eerie.