Baqeri said on state television that the missile attack that Israel was subjected to on Tuesday evening “will be repeated with greater force, and all the infrastructure of the (Israeli) entity will be targeted,” according to Agence France-Presse.
The attack ends
Early on Wednesday morning, Iran said that its missile attack on Israel had ended unless further provocations occurred, while Israel and the United States pledged to respond to Tehran’s attack as fears escalated of the outbreak of a broader war.
Washington said that it would work with its ally Israel to ensure that Iran would face “severe consequences” due to the attack that occurred yesterday, Tuesday, during which Israel said that Tehran launched more than 180 ballistic missiles, while Tehran said, on state television, on Wednesday morning, that it had launched 200 missiles. , in its attack on Israel, on Tuesday.
The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a meeting on the Middle East on Wednesday, and the European Union has called for an immediate ceasefire.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a post on the “X” website early this morning, “Our operation has ended unless the Israeli regime decides to call for a further response. In this scenario, our response will be harsher and stronger,” according to Reuters.
The biggest Iranian strike against Israel
This is the largest military attack launched by Iran against Israel.
Sirens sounded across Israel and explosions rocked Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley while authorities asked all residents to take shelter in shelters.
There were no reports of injuries in Israel, but authorities in the West Bank announced the death of a man.
Iran described the campaign as defensive and only targeted Israeli military installations. The Iranian news agency “IRNA” said that 3 Israeli military bases were targeted.
Tehran said that its attack came in response to Israel’s assassinations of armed faction leaders and the aggression in Lebanon against Hezbollah and in the Gaza Strip.
Admiral Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli army, said in a video clip on the He added, “The Iranian attack is a severe and dangerous escalation.”
Netanyahu: Iran made a big mistake
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to respond. “Iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay the price for it,” he said at the beginning of an emergency meeting of the political and security cabinet late on Tuesday evening.
The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said in a statement carried by state media that any Israeli response to Tuesday’s missile attack would be met with “large-scale destruction” of Israeli infrastructure, and also pledged to target any assets in the region of any ally of Israel that intervenes in the conflict.
Fears have grown that Iran and the United States will slide into a regional war as Israel’s offensive on Lebanon intensifies in the past two weeks, including the start of a ground operation there on Monday, and its year-long conflict in the Gaza Strip.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard said on Tuesday that its forces used Fateh hypersonic missiles for the first time, adding that 90 percent of its missiles successfully hit their targets in Israel.
Hagari said that central and southern Israel were subjected to limited strikes. A video clip published by the army showed a school in the city of Ghadira in the center of the country that was severely damaged by an Iranian missile.
The US Department of Defense said that US Navy warships fired about 12 interceptor missiles at Iranian missiles that were heading towards Israel. Britain said that its forces played a role “in attempts to prevent further escalation in the Middle East,” without going into details.
US President Joe Biden expressed his full support for Israel and described Iran’s attack as “ineffective.” Vice President Kamla Harris, the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, supported Biden’s position and said that the United States would not hesitate to defend its interests against Iran.
Danny Danon, Israel’s envoy to the United Nations, told reporters, “We will act. Iran will soon feel the consequences of its actions. The response will be painful.”
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The White House also pledged that Iran would face “severe consequences,” and National Security Council spokesman Jake Sullivan said at a press briefing in Washington that the United States would “work with Israel to implement this.”
Sullivan did not specify what those consequences might be, but he refrained from urging Israel to exercise restraint as the United States did in April when Iran carried out a drone and missile attack on Israel. The Pentagon said that the air strikes launched by Iran on Tuesday were about twice the size of the April attack.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned what he called “escalation after escalation,” and said, “This must stop. We urgently need a ceasefire.”
In Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement that he strongly denounces the new Iranian attacks on Israel, adding that France will deploy its military resources in the Middle East on Wednesday in reference to its commitment to Israel’s security.
Macron reiterated France’s demand that Hezbollah stop its terrorist acts against Israel and its population, but he also wished for Lebanon to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity in strict compliance with the Security Council resolution.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called for an immediate ceasefire in the region. “The dangerous cycle of attacks and retaliation threatens to spiral out of control,” he wrote on his X account.
In London, the British government reported that Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to the leaders of Germany and France, adding that they agreed on the need for restraint on all sides.
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