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Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2024 11:00:18 GMT
Israel-Iran Tensions LIVE Updates: '99% Of Iran Launches Intercepted': Israeli Army Israel-Iran Conflict News LIVE: Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel Israel-Iran Conflict Live Updates: Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel in an unprecedented attack late Saturday, the Israeli army announced, in a major escalation of the long-running covert war between the regional foes. Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that 99 percent of the launches had been intercepted. While 170 drones and 30 cruise missiles were shot down before they reached Israel, a few of the 110 ballistic missiles did get through, injuring 12 people. Iran had repeatedly threatened to retaliate against Israel for a deadly April 1 air strike on its consulate building in Damascus. Here are the LIVE updates on Israel-Iran Tensions: Apr 14, 2024 16:23 (IST) Iran Israel Attack Live: "Irresponsible Stance": Iran Summons France, UK, Germany Envoys Over Reactions To Israel Attack Iran's foreign ministry today summoned the ambassadors of Britain, France, and Germany to question what it referred to as their "irresponsible stance" regarding Tehran's retaliatory strikes on Israel. Apr 14, 2024 16:16 (IST) Iran-Israel Conflict: "Stay Calm, Follow Safety Protocols": India To Its Nationals In Israel Iran launched drones and missiles against Israel - marking a new and more volatile phase of the Middle East conflict. Apr 14, 2024 16:11 (IST) Iran-Israel War Live: "Enough War, Enough Violence": Pope Francis After Iran Attacks Israel Pope Francis urged Iran and Israel on Sunday to avoid actions that could feed "a spiral of violence" that risked dragging the Middle East deeper into conflict. Apr 14, 2024 15:59 (IST) Iran Summons France, UK, Germany Envoys Over Reactions To Israel Attack Iran today summoned the French, British and German ambassadors to Tehran over their reactions to Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel. "The British, French and German ambassadors to Tehran were summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the irresponsible positions of certain officials of these countries regarding Iran's response to the actions of the Zionist regime (Israel) against the nationals and interests of our country," the official IRNA news agency said.
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Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2024 13:24:24 GMT
Israel’s three-man war cabinet is weighing the country’s response to an unprecedented overnight barrage of drone and missile strikes from Iran, which threatens to tip the crisis in the Middle East into an untempered regional war.
The war cabinet has been authorized to decide how to respond to the attack, with one of its members – Defense Minister Yoav Gallant – warning that the event is “not over yet.”
Gallant said the attack had been “thwarted this attack in a way that is unparalleled” but added “we must be prepared for every scenario.” In his first comments, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “we have intercepted, we have contained. Together we shall win.”
Israel will respond to Iran’s attack, but the scope of that attack has yet to be decided, an Israeli official told CNN on Sunday. The official said Israel is yet to determine whether to try and “break all the dishes” or do something more measured.
But Israel is being urged by Western allies to de-escalate an intensely fraught situation on Sunday and close, at least for now, a weeks-long chapter of uncertainty and confrontation that had spiraled out of Israel’s war with Hamas that has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians in Gaza and caused a humanitarian disaster in the enclave.
Iran’s retaliatory attack had been anticipated since a suspected Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic complex in Syria earlier this month, and finally came late on Saturday when over 300 projectiles – including around 170 drones and over 120 ballistic missiles – were fired toward Israeli soil. Israeli authorities said “99%” were intercepted with help from allies including the US, the UK and France. The only injury reported was a 10-year-old girl who was seriously wounded by shrapnel from an Israeli interceptor.
The reprisals brought years of clandestine conflict between the countries into the open, and marked the first time the Islamic Republic had launched a direct assault on Israel from its soil.
Israel and Iran have long been rivals, but tensions escalated in the wake of Hamas’ attacks on Israel, which left about 1,200 people dead. Iran backs a web of proxies across the Middle East that have frequently clashed with Israel since the attacks.
Iran says next attack could be ‘much bigger’ On Sunday, Iran said a “new equation” in its adversarial relationship with Israel had been opened, and warned of a “much bigger” assault on the country should Netanyahu decide on a tit-for-tat attack.
“We have decided to create a new equation, which is that if from now on the Zionist regime attacks our interests, assets, personalities, and citizens, anywhere, and at any point we will retaliate against them,” the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami told Iranian state TV. The “Zionist regime” is a term Iran uses to refer to Israel.
Earlier Sardar Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, said: “If the Zionist regime responds, our next operation will be much bigger.”
Iran’s attacks targeted the Israeli airbase from which, it said, the strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus was launched from. Iranian ballistic missiles that reached Israel fell on the airbase located in southern Israel, and caused only light structural damage, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said.
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Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2024 18:32:33 GMT
According to Reuters, Iran's foreign minister spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart on the 14th and informed them that retaliatory attacks against Israel had ended.
He also revealed that he had informed the United States in advance that the attack would be limited, and that he had notified neighboring countries of Israel 72 hours in advance of the attack.
Under these circumstances, Iran's military chief of staff appeared on state television and warned, ``If the Israeli regime retaliates, the next operation will be even larger.'' He also said, ``I told the US that if it supports Israel, US military bases will be targeted.''
Meanwhile, Israel's Netanyahu administration held a meeting on the night of the 14th, Japan time, to discuss responses. The future policy has not been made clear, but former Defense Minister Gantz, a member of the wartime cabinet, made a comment saying, ``When the time comes, we will demand compensation from Iran.''
Earlier, American media reported that President Biden spoke by phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu and told him that he opposes counterattacks against Iran. Furthermore, President Biden also said that he would not participate in or support military operations against Iran, and Netanyahu expressed his understanding of this.
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Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2024 2:15:57 GMT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States will not participate in any countermeasures against Iran. A White House official said on the 14th.
Iran on the 13th launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for an attack believed to have been carried out by Israel near its embassy in Syria earlier this month.
Biden said in a statement on the same day that he told Netanyahu that Israel had "demonstrated an extraordinary ability to defend against and defeat an unprecedented attack." He did not say whether he had discussed Israel's response or possible U.S. involvement.
Kirby, the Strategic and Public Affairs Coordinator for the US National Security Council (NSC), said on ABC on the 14th that the US continues to support Israel's defense, but does not want war with Iran.
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Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2024 15:17:57 GMT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian noted on Sunday that escalation of the situation and "provocative acts" could boost tension in the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"It was noted that a further escalation of tensions in the region and new, dangerous provocative actions could lead to a boost in tensions in the Middle East," the ministry said of a telephone call between the two ministers.
“Preventing such scenarios and removing their primary reasons must be a priority matter for the U.N. Security Council.”
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