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Post by Admin on Apr 19, 2024 3:37:11 GMT
Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched missiles in a retaliatory strike against Iran, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.
The missile launches follow Iran's attack last Saturday, where the country sent a volley of more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials previously said. All but a few were intercepted by Israel and its allies, including the United States, officials said.
Iran's attack came more than six months after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, after which the Israeli military began its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's war cabinet have met several times since the Iran strikes, and as ABC News previously reported, at least two strikes were previously aborted.
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Post by Admin on Apr 20, 2024 4:41:58 GMT
Regarding the attack, which Israel is said to have launched in retaliation against Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian said in an interview with US NBC on the 19th, ``Last night's attack was not an airstrike.It was not a drone, it was like a child's toy,” he said.
[Figure] What is happening in the Middle East? Is Israel attacking Iran? First explanation
There was no indication that Israel was behind the attack. ``Unless Israel adopts new adventurism that is contrary to our interests, we will not react again.'' At the same time, he warned that if Israel takes decisive action against Iran, it will respond swiftly and with maximum force and that Israel will regret it.
Additionally, Iran's state-run Press TV reported that the foreign minister stated that there were "no casualties or damage" from the attack.
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Post by Admin on Apr 21, 2024 6:37:07 GMT
Both sides appear to want to avoid a full-scale conflict due to a ``chain of retaliation,'' and are working to respond cautiously.
The biggest focus is whether Iran will strike back against Israel following the large-scale attack it carried out in retaliation for the airstrike on its embassy in Syria on the 1st. The New York Times (electronic version) reported on the 19th that Iran's response was an indication of its intention to avoid escalating tensions, and that there was a gag order on the operation within the US administration.
In his speech on the 19th, Iranian President Raisi did not mention the attack that took place in the early hours of that day, but only reiterated the success of the direct attack on Israel. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the elite Revolutionary Guards have not shown any response to Israel's attack.
In Israel's latest retaliatory attack, air defense systems were activated in central Isfahan, where nuclear facilities are located. According to US ABC television, Israel dispatched fighter jets and fired three missiles from outside Iran, targeting an air defense radar used to protect Iran's nuclear facilities. It appears that the attack was intended to demonstrate the ability to attack facilities, but no damage was reported.
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Post by Admin on Apr 29, 2024 14:27:00 GMT
 Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters have clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as demonstrations over the war in Gaza continue across US campuses. Nationwide rallies - during which there have been hundreds of arrests - showed no sign of stopping over the weekend. At UCLA "physical altercations broke out" after a barrier separating the two sides was breached, an official said. The White House has insisted that demonstrations must remain peaceful. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told ABC that the US government respects the right of protesters demonstrating over the Israel-Gaza war. But he condemned antisemitic incidents that have been reported, as well as "all the hate speech and the threats of violence out there". At UCLA, a pro-Palestinian encampment has grown in size in recent days, as has a group of pro-Israeli counter-protesters. The Israeli American Council (IAC) organised the counter-protest. It recently said it had "profound concern" over the antisemitism reported elsewhere, including at Columbia University in New York City. Many pro-Palestinian protesters have sought to distance themselves from antisemitic incidents and in some cases they have blamed outside agitators. The two groups at UCLA remained peaceful until Sunday, Reuters news agency reported, when campus police with batons separated them as they pushed and shoved each other, and traded punches. |
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