Iran therefore put a foot in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, by launching dozens of missiles on the Hebrew state this Tuesday evening, in retaliation for Israeli strikes in Lebanon and the death of Hassan Nasrallah.
23:28 – Iran “will pay the price”, warns Benjamin Netanyahu
END OF LIVE – “Iran made a serious mistake this evening and will pay the price,” declared the Israeli Prime Minister late Tuesday evening after a meeting of the security cabinet. And to warn those who might want to follow suit in Tehran: “Whoever attacks us, we attack.”
23:01 – “The United States fully, fully, fully supports Israel,” insists Joe Biden
During a press conference, American President Joe Biden reaffirmed Tuesday evening the United States’ total support for their Israeli ally. “The United States fully, fully, fully supports Israel,” declared Joe Biden, specifying that discussions on the response to this attack were already “under way” with the Jewish state.
22:38 – What we know about the missiles used by Iran on Tuesday evening
The Israeli army puts forward the figure of 180 missiles fired in its direction from Iran. For their part, Iranian media, including the Tasnim news agency, note that Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles could have been used by Tehran in this attack against Israel. However, the information was not officially confirmed this Tuesday evening by the Iranian authorities.
22:12 – The United States wants to “coordinate” a response with Israel
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Iran’s attack on Israel must “have consequences” for Tehran. “I’m not going to dwell on these consequences today, but there are things that we will coordinate on with our Israeli counterparts,” he said.
21:53 – Palestinian dead in Iran’s attack on Israel
This appears to be the only death related to tonight’s Iranian attack reported so far. “A Palestinian worker in Jericho [en Cisjordanie occupée ndlr.] was killed after being hit by pieces [de missiles] fell from the sky,” the city’s governor told AFP, echoed by L’Orient-Le Jour.
21:25 – For Washington, the Iranian attack was “ineffective” this Tuesday evening
“At this time, we are not aware of any deaths in Israel,” declared during a press conference the American national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, for whom “this attack appears to have been in vain and ineffective”. However, he admitted that this was a “significant escalation on the part of Iran”.
9:09 p.m. – The Israeli army’s response for this evening?
Israel has promised a response “where and when” it decides after Iran’s attack. Could this happen in the next few hours? Starting tonight? At the microphone of LCI, Raphaël Jerusalmy, former Israeli military intelligence officer, affirms that “the operation which will be carried out has been ready for a very long time. And it has been ready to start 24 a day, for months”. All that would be missing would be the green light.
20:49 – How many missiles were sent by Iran this Tuesday evening?
The figure of 180 missiles is put forward this evening by Israel. “Army systems have identified approximately 180 missiles fired towards Israeli territory from Iran,” the IDF announced on Tuesday evening. A figure that Tehran has not yet confirmed.
20:38 – Hamas welcomes Iranian attack
The Palestinian movement wants to see it as “revenge for [ses] heroic martyrs”. In its statement, Hamas said it welcomed “the heroic missile attacks carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran against large swaths of the occupied territories”.
20:35 – The head of the UN “condemns the widening of the conflict”
Antonio Guterres said he condemned “the widening of the conflict in the Middle East” after Iran’s attack on Israel. And the one who deplores “escalation after escalation” pleads: “This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire.”
20:21 – Iranian press says 80% of missiles hit their target
If the IDF claims this evening that a “large number” of Iranian missiles were intercepted, in Iran, the official press assures that 80% of the missiles launched this Tuesday evening from the country would have hit their target.
20:08 – Michel Barnier reacts to the National Assembly
Coming to make his general policy speech at the Bourbon Palace, the Prime Minister did not fail to react to the Iranian attack against Israel. “I am speaking at this time, at a time when the situation is worsening in the Near and Middle East, with escalation and attack, and direct conflict that appears to be underway between Iran and Israel. And so an extremely serious situation”, declared Michel Barnier who was subsequently to go to a National Defense and Security Council in the presence of Emmanuel Macron.
19:55 – IDF says “a large number” of Iranian missiles could have been intercepted
In his first assessment of the Iranian attack against Israel this Tuesday evening, the IDF spokesperson estimates that a “large number” of the missiles sent by Iran in the early evening could have been intercepted. “There were some impacts in the center and others in the south of the country,” reported Daniel Hagari. Promising “consequences” for this attack, the Israeli army reiterated that it now seemed to be over, “for now”. Earlier in the evening, the IDF published on X a map of the points targeted by Iranian projectiles this evening, estimating that around 10 million civilians had been targeted.
19:46 – Iranian attack over? IDF says its citizens can leave shelters
On Telegram, the Israeli army announced about fifteen minutes ago that “the assessment of the situation” had made it possible to decide that “it is now possible to leave the shelters in all regions of the country”. However, the army asks citizens to continue to follow the authorities’ directives.
19:42 – Iranian Supreme Leader brought to safety
Although he himself gave the order to attack Israel, Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, is in a safe place, according to a senior Iranian official, who reveals that the supreme leader would have been there led since the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week by Israel.
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