Iran began his attack against Israel and launched dozens of drones against the Jewish State a few moments ago, according to US and Israeli sources. This is a response to what happened last Monday, April 1, when Israel attacked an annex of the Iranian embassy in Syria and left at least eight dead.
From Israel they confirmed that Iran targeted only military sites, not civilians. Besides, They assured that the first drones will arrive ahead of schedule, at 1 am local.
A senior US official told ABC News that they now believe that between 400 and 500 drones and missiles will be launched against Israel from Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon and the Houthis (from Yemen), but that the majority will be launched from Iran. .
The spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, Daniel Hagariannounced: “We prepare for different scenarios in advance. To intercept these launches, we have protection circles (Iron Dome) of the Navy and the Air Force in several layers.”
“We will try to prevent them from reaching Israeli territory, it is our task”, he added in a televised message. He also assured that the sirens and alarms will be activated and the drones will be intercepted. He in turn announced that the drones could take hours to reach Israeli airspace and that, if they manage to do so, the sirens and alarms will be activated and the drones will be intercepted.
Earlier, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu had declared: ”Israeli citizens, In recent years, and even more so in recent weeks, Israel has been preparing for the possibility of a direct attack from Iran. The State of Israel is strong, the IDF is strong, the public is strong. We appreciate the United States standing with Israel, as well as the support of Great Britain, France and many other countries. Also, Netanyahu noted that Israel will respond to any attack with coldness.
Israel’s bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria that killed 8 people
An Israeli bombing destroyed Last Monday, April 1, an annex of the Iranian embassy in Syria and left at least eight deadin which there were seven members of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, of which two were senior officers.
For its part, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran condemned the attack and confirmed the death of seven of its members, two of them senior commanders of the Qods Force, an Israeli foreign operations arm, Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.
After the attack, authorities in Tehran stated that they would respond “decisively” to the unprecedented attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria, where both Iran and its allies –all enemies of Israel– support Bashar al Assad’s government. “The attack destroyed the entire building, killing and wounding everyone inside, and work is underway to recover the bodies and rescue the wounded from the rubble,” the Syrian Ministry of Defense had stated.
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According to Hossein Akbari, Iranian ambassador to Syria, he told Iranian state television that the attack was carried out with “F-35 fighter jets and six missiles.” On his part, Akbari was unharmed. Since the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip began on October 7, fears have been growing that The conflict takes on a regional dimension. In recent months, Israel has intensified attacks against other groups linked to this Palestinian movement.
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Source: Ambito
