After weeks of growing tension and promises of an eventual response, finally Israel decided to attack Iran after what was the attack on October 1, where the Jewish State received 181 Iranian ballistic missiles. Multiple explosions were heard in the capital Tehran, as well as in cities in Syria and Iraq.
“In response to months of continuous attacks by the Iranian regime against the State of Israelthe Israel Defense Forces are currently carrying out precise strikes against military targets in Iran“, they announced in a statement. Iranian authorities had previously warned Israel not to launch an attack, saying that any attack against Iran would be met with stronger retaliation.
“The Iranian regime and its allies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7, on seven fronts, including direct attacks from Iranian soil. Like any other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and duty to respond“declared his spokesperson Daniel Hagari. “Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized. We will do everything necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel,” they concluded.
The initial attack targeted a barracks, an office and a weapons depot near Tehran, according to reports. NBCNews. Furthermore, an official assured that Israel is not attacking Iranian nuclear facilities or oil fields and that it is focusing on military objectives: ”We are targeting things that could have threatened us in the past or could do so in the future.”
Israel responds for Iran’s attack in October
On October 1st, Iran launched a missile attack on the vicinity of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. In Israel, alarm sirens rang out in various parts of the country. Earlier, the US had warned that an “imminent attack” on Israeli soil was being prepared. There were 181 missiles, of which 80% reached their targets. On Israeli soil the Antimissile Shield to avoid impacts on land, and more than 1,800 alarms sounded throughout the country.
After the event, the Israeli army had spoken through the spokesman for the armed forces Roni Kaplan: “This is an unprecedented aggression against the State of Israel and we will respond.” “We have the obligation to defend ourselves“, the official had assured, who also warned: “No country in the world would be willing to accept such aggression.”
“We don’t want war, we want peace,” said Iranian minister
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchiembarked on a diplomatic tour of the Middle East to try to calm tension and strengthen Tehran’s position. The foreign minister traveled to the sultanate of Oman, which normally serves as an intermediary for indirect talks with the United States, and was also in Egypt, where no Iranian minister had gone since 2013.
“We don’t want war, we want peace”the minister had insisted several times that, even so, warned that Iran is “fully prepared to face a war situation”. In April, Tehran had already launched missiles and drones against Israel in an unprecedented operation that responded to a deadly attack against its consulate in Syria, also blaming the Israeli army.
After this unprecedented action, several explosions were reported in central Iran which, according to senior US officials, were the response of Israel, which never claimed responsibility. Tehran, for its part, minimized the importance of those explosions whose origin was not clearly explained.
The United States was not involved in the attacks according to officials
According to what was communicated by the White House, the Israeli attacks against military targets in Iran are “an exercise in self-defense” which responds to the ballistic missile attack in Tehran earlier this month.
The spokesman for the National Security Council, Sean Savettassured that these “directed attacks on military objectives” are “an exercise in self-defense and in response to Iran’s attack with ballistic missiles against Israel on October 1.”
Additionally, three US defense officials told NBC News that the US received warning before Israel launched attacks tonight against Iran. Likewise, they indicated that the North American country was not involved in the attacks.
Syria intercepted ”hostile objects” near its capital
According to what was reported by the official Syrian press agency SANA, the anti-aircraft defense of the Syrian army intercepted “hostile targets” in the outskirts of Damascus early Saturday.
“Our air defense faces hostile targets in the sky around Damascus”stated this medium. At the same time, the Israeli army had announced precision strikes against military targets of Syria’s ally Iran.
Source: Ambito
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