The White House Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, assured this Tuesday that Iran’s attack tonight against Israel was “ineffective”, but it is a “significant escalation” and one that will have consequences.
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Sullivan assured that the United States mobilized destroyers to defend Israel and that A future response against Iran will be taken in consultations with its Israeli ally. He also stated that they will continue to monitor possible threats from “Iran and its satellite groups.”
“Of course, there must be consequences for Iran for this attack,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller also told reporters. “I’m not going to go into what those consequences are today, but there are things that we will coordinate with our Israeli counterparts,” Miller said.
In Sullivan’s opinion, The attack was “defeated and ineffective”, but represents a “significant escalation” by Iran that will have “serious consequences” for Iran and that the United States will work with Israel and its international allies when they know more information about the consequences of the attack and the “fog of war” clears.
Iran, for the second time in five months, launched a direct attack on Israel, including launching some 200 ballistic missiles
For its part, The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, described Iran’s attack against Israel as “totally unacceptable” on Tuesday. and called on countries around the world to condemn it.
“Iran, for the second time in five months, launched a direct attack against Israel, including the launch of some 200 ballistic missiles. This is totally unacceptable and the entire world should condemn it,” the head of US diplomacy told the press.
The Revolutionary Guards said the attack was a response to the death of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week. and that of the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.
The Israeli army intercepted a large number of the missiles fired, according to army spokesman Daniel Hagari. The projectiles, coming from the east, were visible due to their luminous trails.
Anti-aircraft alarm sirens resounded throughout the territory and dozens of explosions were heard over Jerusalem. In the Tel Aviv area, emergency services reported two minor injuries.
Air traffic was completely interrupted at the town’s Ben Gurion airport and airport authorities indicated that the country closed its airspace.
The Iranian attack occurred on the same day that Israel announced ground military operations in southern Lebanon against the Islamist movement Hezbollah, an ally of Iran.
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris monitored the response to the Iranian attack with nearly 200 ballistic missiles.
According to the American newspaper, the destroyers USS Arleigh Burke, USS Cole, and USS Bulkeley intercepted some of the around 200 ballistic missiles launched by Iran against Israel tonight.
Sources from the Department of Defense told Fox News that the US Navy used SM-3 missiles to intercept the missiles aimed at Israel.
In addition, several American destroyers in the Red Sea participated in the response against the Iranian attack, which according to sources consulted by the channel, It was advanced by Tehran to Washington through communication channels established between the two adversaries.
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