Israel promises that Iran will “pay the price” for its ballistic attack and Iran threatens to strike the Jewish state with greater intensity in the event of retaliation.
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Israel and Iran exchange threats in the wake of Tehran’s massive bombing of the Jewish state.
For the first time Iran has fired hypersonic missiles.
According to Israel, 180 missiles were fired, 200 according to Tehran.
Israel also criticizes the UN Secretary General for not having condemned the bombings and declared Antonio Guterres “personna non grata”.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister: “ Iran made a serious mistake last night and will pay the price. The Iranian regime does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies.
The Israeli military says it intercepted many of the missiles with the support of American and British forces.
The attack left two people injured in Israel and one Palestinian dead in the West Bank.
In the streets of Tehran, some Iranians celebrated the attack.
Iran threatens to hit Israel with greater ‘intensity’ in the event of reprisals from the Jewish state.
Joe Biden discusses “ongoing” discussions with Israel on the response to the Iranian attack.
Joe Biden, US President: “The US military has actively supported the defense of Israel. We continue to assess the impact of the attack. But from what we know today, the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective. Make no mistake, the United States fully, fully, fully supports Israel.
The IDF says it carried out several strikes this Wednesday on Hezbollah targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
The Iranian army has also urged the evacuation of civilians from around twenty localities in southern Lebanon where the IDF says it is carrying out “localized raids of a limited scale.”
