2024-10-02 08:02:22
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Iran and Hezbollah to immediately stop attacks on Israel and warned that Iran risks maximizing tensions throughout the region.
Germany and its partners will continue to work for a ceasefire, he added.
“Iran risks setting the entire region on fire – this must be prevented at all costs. Hezbollah and Iran must immediately stop their attacks on Israel,” he said.
US President Joe Biden has ordered the US military to help Israel defend against Iranian attacks and shoot down missiles aimed at Israel, the White House said yesterday. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris watched the attack from the White House situation room, the statement said.
IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters early in the night that the Israeli Air Force “continues to operate at full capacity, and tonight it will also continue to carry out heavy strikes in the Middle East, as it has done for the past year.”
“The Israeli and US air defense systems were effective. There was close cooperation in detection and interception,” he said. “We are still investigating [результат атаки] and we don’t want to give the enemy all the information.”
“Iran committed a serious act today and is pushing the Middle East towards escalation. We will act in the place and time of our choosing, in accordance with the instructions of the political echelon,” he continued. “Today’s event will have consequences.”
Earlier Cursor wrote that in the Russian Federation issued a drone strike on Moscow City for the strike on Tel Aviv.