Israel attacked Iran in retaliation for the October 1 attack on the Jewish state. Explosions shook Tehran and the city of Karaj, the blow of the Jewish state came in three waves. We follow the dramatic situation in the Middle East online.
The camera captured the Israeli attack on Tehran | Video: Reuters
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Summary of events:
- The Israeli military bombed Iran on Saturday night in retaliation for the October 1 missile attack.
- According to foreign media, Israel struck a missile production facility.
- The attack of the Jewish state took place in three waves. A series of explosions shook Tehran and other places in Iran.
- Israel notified the United States in advance of the strike. You had no part in it.
11:31
After the overnight Israeli attacks on its military facilities, Iran said it had the right and duty to defend itself against this aggression. Referring to the statement of the Iranian diplomacy, AFP reported about it.
“Iran has the right and duty to defend itself against external aggressive actions based on the inherent right of self-defense enshrined in Article 51 of the UN Charter,” the Iranian diplomacy said in a statement.
10:32
“The army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, defending Iran’s security and protecting the people and interests of Iran, sacrificed two of its fighters while repelling the missiles of the criminal Zionist regime,” Iran said in a statement.
10:31
Two Iranian soldiers were killed in Israeli strikes on Iran overnight, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported. According to her, members of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic died while defending the country.
09:56
On Friday, on the eve of its strikes on military facilities in Iran, Israel sent a message through intermediaries to Tehran warning it not to respond to the attack, three informed sources told Axios. According to sources, Israel’s motive was to limit the possibility of further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and mutual attacks between Israel and Iran.
“The Israelis made it clear to the Iranians in advance what they were going to attack in general and what they weren’t going to attack,” one of the sources said.
Two other sources said he warned the Israelis that Iran would not respond to the attack. However, if Iran decides to respond, Israel has warned that it will launch another major attack, especially if Israeli civilians are killed or injured.
09:15
Check out the Israeli military’s statement on the retaliatory attack on Iran:
08:39
The United States has called on Tehran not to retaliate after Israel struck military targets in Iran overnight. The Israeli strike on Iran had been expected for several weeks, but it was assumed that the Jewish state would carry it out only after the American presidential election on November 5, the BBC news website wrote in this regard.
According to him, at the moment, Arab allies of the US from among the countries in the Persian Gulf, whose governments recently told Iran that they will not allow their territory to be used for an Israeli attack on Iran, have cause for concern at the moment.
“If Iran decides to respond again, we will be ready and there will be consequences for Iran again,” senior officials in President Joe Biden’s administration said in a statement. They added that they do not want such a scenario.
“This should end direct strikes between Israel and Iran,” the statement added, adding that Washington is ready to “lead efforts to end the war in Lebanon” and try to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip along with the return of hostages taken from Israel.
08:29
According to The Jerusalem Post, more than a hundred Israeli aircraft participated in Saturday’s attack on Iran.
Over 100 Israeli Aircraft participated in tonight’s Series of Precision-Strikes against Military Targets inside Iran, including F-35 Stealth Strike Fighters, according to the Jerusalem Post. This would be the Largest Attack by Israel against Iran in History.
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 26, 2024
07:48
Hagari said the targets Israel targeted were chosen from a broad list of possible ones. “We will know how to select other targets and hit them if necessary. It is a clear message that anyone who threatens Israel will pay a high price,” he said.
“Iran struck Israel twice… and paid for it,” he also noted, referring to a pair of Iranian attacks this year.
DPA said the strike came in several waves and after about five hours, the Israeli army announced its end. He particularly focused on Iran’s missile production facilities, air defenses and military bases. According to media reports, there were around 20 targets of the attack. The agency writes that it was the first such large-scale attack on Iran since its war with Iraq in the 1980s.
In initial reactions, Tehran claims that the attack failed to achieve its goals and caused only limited damage. At the same time, he threatened further retaliation.
07:48
Iran has resumed flights in its airspace since 9:00 a.m. local time (7:30 a.m. CEST) following the Israeli attack, Reuters reported. According to The Times of Israel (ToI), Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that the military action had achieved its goals. The DPA agency said the attack on Iran was the biggest the country had faced since the 1980s.
07:07
Reuters photo shows the Iranian capital Tehran after Israeli attacks.
Photo: Reuters
07:01
The Israeli army announced after five o’clock in the morning that it had ended strikes on military targets in Iran. Its planes returned safely to the bases, Iran’s missile production facilities were hit, among other things. Earlier, Iranian media reported that a series of explosions rocked Tehran and other places in Iran. According to Israeli media, Israel carried out a total of three waves of attacks overnight.
06:49
According to Iranian state television, at least six explosions rang out in Tehran in the first wave of the attack, and air defenses were also active. In the second wave, Iranian media reported four explosions in the eastern part of the metropolis, Reuters reported. According to the DPA agency, one of the explosions occurred right in the center of Tehran, witnesses spoke of a deafening blow.
06:49
Why did Israel retaliate against Iran?
On October 1 this year, Iran sent almost two hundred rockets to Israel in retaliation for the killing of the head of the Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, by the Israeli army in Beirut at the end of September, and for the death of the leader of the Palestinian terrorist movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran at the end of July, which is also attributed to Israel. . One Palestinian died in the attack on Israel on October 1 in the occupied West Bank, most of the rockets were deflected by Israeli air defenses.
This was Tehran’s second attack on Israel from Iranian territory, the first took place in mid-April this year, when Iran sent over three hundred missiles and attack drones at Israel, most of which were also intercepted by Israeli air defenses. At the time, it was retaliation for the Israeli strike on the consulate in Damascus, in which seven officers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards died on April 1.
Protest in Lebanon after Israel killed the leader of the radical movement Hezbollah. | Photo: Reuters
06:47
The United States was briefed by Israel before launching the strike against targets in Iran, a US official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. But according to him, Washington had no part in the Israeli operation.
06:43
According to Iranian state television, at least six explosions were heard in Tehran and air defenses were also active. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency said the Israeli airstrike targeted several military bases west and southwest of the Iranian capital. Karaj is located in the western suburbs of Tehran.
“The Iranian regime and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since (last) October 7 – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian territory,” the AP quoted the Israeli military as saying. “Just like any other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and duty to respond,” the statement added.
US stations NBC and ABC, citing an unnamed Israeli official, said the Israeli attack did not target Iran’s nuclear or oil facilities and focused on military targets.
06:42
The Israeli military, according to the Reuters and AP agencies, said on Saturday night that it was carrying out “precision strikes” on military targets in Iran. Iran’s capital Tehran and the city of Karaj were earlier rocked by a series of explosions, Iran’s semi-official media reported. Axios also reported that Israel had launched an airstrike against Iran. According to him, this is retaliation for the large-scale Iranian attack on Israel on October 1.
Zahraničí, Reuters, ČTK
Updated 4 hours ago
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