Iran has fired 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles toward Israel, the New York Times reports, citing Israeli officials as saying
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US President Joe Biden makes a statement on today's retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel, condemns it "in the strongest possible terms" and plans to give "a united diplomatic response." Here are main points:
▪️ Biden said he is calling for consultations with G7 allies on Sunday to work out a response to Iran's attacks on Israel;
▪️ Attacks on Israel have been launched from the territories of Iran, Yemen, Syria and Iraq;
▪️ US facilities or forces in the Middle East were not harmed;
▪️ Israel succeeded in shooting down nearly all Iranian-launched missiles and drones with US assistance.
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▪️ Biden said he is calling for consultations with G7 allies on Sunday to work out a response to Iran's attacks on Israel;
▪️ Attacks on Israel have been launched from the territories of Iran, Yemen, Syria and Iraq;
▪️ US facilities or forces in the Middle East were not harmed;
▪️ Israel succeeded in shooting down nearly all Iranian-launched missiles and drones with US assistance.
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President Joe Biden made it clear to Israeli PM Netanyahu that the US would not be involved in any offensive operations against Iran, CNN reported
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US is not looking for conflict with Iran, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said after Iranian attack on Israel
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Israel has repelled Iran's attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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"Together we will win," he wrote on X.
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Israel and its partners thwarted Iran's attack in an "unsurpassed way," but the campaign is not over yet, the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry said.
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US bases near Iran have become 'the American Achilles heel because of their vulnerabilities to attack,' Michael Maloof, ex-Pentagon analyst, told Sputnik.
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"Israel is going to be very hard-pressed to be able to defend against that. And that's why the US now is coming in, and that gets the US directly involved. And that could then open up US assets in the region. We [have] got some 35 bases that surround Iran, and they thereby become vulnerable. They were meant to be a deterrence. Clearly, deterrence is no longer on the table here. Now they become the American ‘Achilles heel’ because of their vulnerabilities to attack," Maloof said.
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❗️Operation True Promise against Israel has been completed, Iran does not plan to continue it, the head of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said.
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Air raid sirens are sounding in northern Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces
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Key statements by Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri:
▪️The target of Operation True Promise was the information center on the border of Israel and Syria and the Israeli Nevatim air base
▪️ The United States defended Israel in the airspace of Iraq and Jordan, but could not neutralize the operation, and it achieved its goals
▪️If Israel takes measures against Iran on its territory or in other countries, the next operation will be larger
▪️If the US cooperates with Israel in crimes, its bases and personnel in the Middle East will not be safe
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▪️The target of Operation True Promise was the information center on the border of Israel and Syria and the Israeli Nevatim air base
▪️ The United States defended Israel in the airspace of Iraq and Jordan, but could not neutralize the operation, and it achieved its goals
▪️If Israel takes measures against Iran on its territory or in other countries, the next operation will be larger
▪️If the US cooperates with Israel in crimes, its bases and personnel in the Middle East will not be safe
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Iran, through Switzerland, has warned the US that American bases will become a military target if Washington supports an Israeli retaliatory strike, Mohammad Bagheri, chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, said.
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"We have conveyed a message to America through the Swiss Embassy that American bases will become a military target if they are used in future aggressive actions of the Zionist regime [Israel]. We will consider this as aggression and will act accordingly," Bagheri said on Iranian state television.
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Iran-Israeli conflict 'could easily escalate into something beyond the region,' Michael Maloof, former Pentagon security policy analyst, told Sputnik.
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"It's going to depend upon the response from the Israelis, if they go directly into Iran. If Israel were to retaliate, then I think they would engage the more sophisticated missiles and hypersonics potentially if they have them... The escalation could be even ratcheted up that could conceivably bring in other and extend beyond just this region," Maloof added.
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Russia is forced to put into practice the issue of transferring the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia from Switzerland to another country – Russian Foreign Ministry
The ministry noted that a number of countries have already agreed to provide their territory for meetings of the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia.
The Geneva Discussions on Transcaucasia are an international forum for ensuring predictability of the situation in the region, as well as maintaining dialogue between Abkhazia and South Ossetia on the one hand with Georgia on the other.
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The ministry noted that a number of countries have already agreed to provide their territory for meetings of the Geneva discussions on Transcaucasia.
The Geneva Discussions on Transcaucasia are an international forum for ensuring predictability of the situation in the region, as well as maintaining dialogue between Abkhazia and South Ossetia on the one hand with Georgia on the other.
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Israeli planes struck near the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, ambulances are heading to the scene — Sputnik source
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Zelensky could sign a new bill on tightening mobilization in Ukraine within two weeks, with some of the norms entering into force immediately after the publication of the document, and some in a month, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Kornienko said.
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Israeli warplanes have been spotted in the sky over cities on the Mediterranean coast in northern Lebanon, including Byblos, Sputnik’s correspondent reports
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The Russian Foreign Ministry has called for restraint in connection with the attack on Israeli territory.
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❗️Key statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding Iran's attack on Israel:
▪️The Russian Foreign Ministry has called for restraint in connection with the attack on Israeli territory.
▪️According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the attack was carried out within the framework of the right to self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter in response to attacks on Iranian facilities in the region, including a strike on the building of the consular department of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus on April 1, which Russia strongly condemned.
▪️ Due to the position of the Western members of the UN Security Council, it was unable to adequately react to the attack on the Iranian consular mission.
▪️Russia has repeatedly warned that the numerous unresolved crises in the Middle East, primarily in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, which are often fueled by irresponsible and provocative actions, will lead to an increase of tensions.
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▪️The Russian Foreign Ministry has called for restraint in connection with the attack on Israeli territory.
▪️According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the attack was carried out within the framework of the right to self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter in response to attacks on Iranian facilities in the region, including a strike on the building of the consular department of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus on April 1, which Russia strongly condemned.
▪️ Due to the position of the Western members of the UN Security Council, it was unable to adequately react to the attack on the Iranian consular mission.
▪️Russia has repeatedly warned that the numerous unresolved crises in the Middle East, primarily in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, which are often fueled by irresponsible and provocative actions, will lead to an increase of tensions.
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Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Iran, has canceled flights until Monday morning, ISNA news agency reports.
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