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Israeli fighter jets launched three missiles at an air defence radar site near the Iranian city of Isfahan in last night’s overnight strike, according to a report. ABC News, citing an unnamed US official, said the radar site was part of the protection of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility. The official reportedly said the missiles were…
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The roads through northern Israel along the border with Lebanon are empty of cars. It is unnervingly quiet. Since 7 October the area has been under bombardment from Hezbollah militants and tens of thousands of people have left following the government’s evacuation rules. Ariel Frish, the deputy head of security, in Kiryat Shmona, a frontline…
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The apparent Israeli attack on Iran has prompted airlines to change flight paths, cancel flights and divert others to alternate airports over security concerns. Iran closed its airports in Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan in the aftermath and cleared flights from the western portion of its airspace for a few hours after the attack, according to…
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The Iranian president has claimed Tehran’s attack on Israel is a “sign of power”. Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel last weekend, but little damage was caused. Speaking to a crowd in the city of Damghan, President Ebrahim Raisi said the attack showed the “steely determination of our nation”. Iran ‘downplaying’…
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The US has imposed sanctions on two entities that it said helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for two violent extremists in the West Bank. One of the entities, Mount Hebron Fund, launched an online fundraising campaign that raised $140,000 for settler Yinon Levi. Levi had led a group of settlers that assaulted Palestinian…
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The US was given a last-minute warning from Israel about the drone attack against Iran, according to Italy’s foreign minister. Although the US has been tight-lipped over the matter, Italy’s Antonio Tajani said American officials briefed G7 ministers in a closed-door session. “There was no sharing of the attack by the US,” he said. “It…
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Iran’s air defence systems fired at a “suspicious object” over the central city of Isfahan in response to this morning’s apparent Israeli attack, a senior army commander has said. General Siavash Mihandoost told Iranian state television: “It caused no damage or incident at all.” “The sound heard early in the morning today in Isfahan was…
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Antony Blinken says the G7 has “condemned the unprecedented Iranian attack” on Israel during its three-day meeting of foreign ministers. The US secretary of state says the attack on 1 April was unprecedented in “scope and scale” due to it being a direct attack by Iran and involved more than 300 munitions. “We are committed…
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G7 foreign ministers have warned of fresh sanctions against Iran over its drone and missile attack on Israel, and urged both countries to avoid escalating the conflict. The group has been meeting in Capri today, with Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said the summit’s agenda was changed on Friday to address the latest developments in…
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Yesterday, Mike Pence spoke to reporters about Iran’s attack on Israel on 1 April. The former US vice president said the strike, which included more than 300 drones and missiles, was “unprecedented”. “It is important we make it clear to Iran and other actors in hte region that we will support Israel in doing whatever…
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Warning of ‘unintended consequences, especially for Iran’ The confrontation between Israel and Iran could have “unintended consequences, especially for Iran”, an Iranian-Israeli academic has told Sky News. Meir Javedanfar, who lectures at Reichman University in Tel Aviv, said: “I’m from Iran, and I have to tell you: this war that the Iranian regime is waging…
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The UK, US and other western allies will be hoping what appears to be a limited strike by Israel against Iran was sufficiently restrained to avoid triggering an escalatory response. Israel has yet formally to comment, however, and the exact nature of the military action is unclear. Ever since Tehran launched an unprecedented barrage of…
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The European Commission president has called on Iran, Israel and their allies to refrain from escalating the situation in the Middle East. “It is absolutely necessary that the region remains stable and that all sides restrain from further action,” Ursula von der Leyen said. Her comment comes after an apparent Israeli strike on Iran this…
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Labour is urging “all sides to show restraint and to de-escalate the situation” following the apparent Israeli strike against Iran. There is a “real risk of a full-scale war in the region”, Matthew Pennycook, shadow housing minister, told Sky News. Asked whether Labour supported Israel’s right to take retaliatory action in Iran, he said: “We…
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The overnight events do not reflect well on President Biden. He had signalled so emphatically just days ago for Israel not to retaliate. “Take the win,” the American president told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the early hours of Sunday morning. t was a message made public and combined with back-channel briefings we were…
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Iran has no plan for immediate retaliation to the apparent Israeli attack this morning, a senior Iranian official has said. Speaking to Reuters, the unnamed official said the country was looking at whether the operation was an “infiltration” rather than an attack. “The foreign source of the incident has not been confirmed,” they said. “We…
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