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Iran warns it could strike again after first ever direct attack on Israel –
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IRAN WARNS IT WILL STRIKE AGAIN WITH GREATER FORCE IF ISRAEL OR US RETALIATE

Tehran said it informed regional neighbours of strike several days before firing
over 300 drones and missiles at Israel

 * Middle East crisis – live updates


Bethan McKernan in Haifa, Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem, Peter Beaumont in
London and Julian Borger in Washington
Sun 14 Apr 2024 10.24 CESTLast modified on Sun 14 Apr 2024 20.40 CEST
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Tehran has warned it will strike again with greater force if Israel or the US
retaliate for the Iranian strike on Israel that used more than 300 drones and
missiles on Saturday night.

The air raids, the country’s first ever direct attack on the Israeli state,
brought a years-long shadow war into the open and threatened to draw the region
into a broader conflagration as Israel said it was considering its response.



“Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel
retaliates against Iran,” the Iranian armed forces’ chief of staff, Maj Gen
Mohammad Bagheri, told state TV, adding that Tehran had warned Washington that
any backing of Israeli retaliation would result in US bases being targeted.

Iranian officials added that regional neighbours had been informed several days
before the airstrikes. Speaking to foreign ambassadors in Tehran, Iran’s foreign
minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said Iran had also informed the US that its
strikes on Israel would be “limited” and for self defence.

Israel, with the help of key western allies including the US, UK and Jordan,
claimed to have intercepted 99% of the launches during the mass strike, but
added that some ballistic missiles had reached Israel, damaging the Nevatim
airbase in the south of the country, which remained operational.

The UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, confirmed that RAF jets had shot down
Iranian drones involved in the attack. “I can confirm that our planes did shoot
down a number of Iranian attack drones,” Sunak told broadcasters. “If this
attack had been successful, the fallout for regional stability would be hard to
overstate.”

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Sunak confirms RAF shot down Iranian drones heading for Israel – video

As the UN security council prepared to convene an emergency session, the Israel
Defense Forces (IDF) said more than 350 missiles were launched during the attack
from Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, and called the interception rate a
“significant strategic success”.

Fate of Middle East hangs in the balance as Israel mulls its next steps
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Commenting on Israel’s response to the attack, the Israeli prime minister,
Benjamin Netanyahu, posted on X: “We intercepted, we repelled, together we shall
win.”

Israel’s military spokesperson R Adm Daniel Hagari, said in a televised
statement that “the Iranian attack was foiled”, no drones or cruise missiles had
entered Israeli territory and “only a few” ballistic missiles reached the
country.

Although Israel moved to reopen its airspace, officials said the incident was
not yet over.

As of Sunday morning, Israeli officials indicated no decision had been made
about a response to the Iranian attack, as an official said any potential
response would be discussed at the war cabinet meeting.

However, Israeli war planes were reported to be bombing Hezbollah positions in
southern Lebanon.

On the Gaza front of the fast-expanding regional war, Netanyahu said Hamas had
rejected a ceasefire proposal and that Israel would continue to pursue its
conflict there with “full force”.

While many of the missiles and drones were brought down outside Israel’s
airspace, others were intercepted over Israeli territory by its air defence
interceptor system, which lit up the night sky with detonations, while air raid
sirens sounded in Jerusalem and other cities.

The roar of Israeli air force jets could be heard across the country in the
early hours of Sunday.

Some projectiles penetrated the defensive shield. Hagari confirmed a direct hit
on an airbase in southern Israel that caused “minor damage to infrastructure”
though the base remained fully operational.

One young girl was in emergency care after the attack, he said.


Explosions seen over Israel and West Bank after Iran launches drones and
missiles – video

When asked about possible retaliation by Israel, Hagari said: “We have plans,
the situation is still ongoing, we are assessing the situation, we are showing
the cabinet the plans, and we are ready to do what is necessary for the defence
of Israel.”

The New York Times cited Israeli intelligence sources as saying the main targets
appeared to be military installations in the occupied Golan Heights, in the far
north, and the Negev desert, in the far south. Tehran’s ally in Lebanon,
Hezbollah, fired volleys of rockets at the Golan Heights at the same time as the
Iranian bombardment, and the Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen claimed they had
also joined the attack.

Through its mission at the UN, Iran said the mass aerial attack, which it called
Operation True Promise, was a retaliation for the bombing of an Iranian
diplomatic building in Damascus on 1 April, and that it now considered the
matter closed unless there was further action by Israel.

“The matter can be deemed concluded,” the statement said. “However, should the
Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more
severe,” the statement on the social media platform X said. “It is a conflict
between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the US must stay away.”

Netanyahu spoke by phone for 25 minutes with the US president, Joe Biden, at 4am
Israeli time (0200 BST), as the aerial attack appeared to peter out.

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Joe Biden in a meeting with his national security team in Washington DC on
Saturday night. Photograph: White House/AFP/Getty Images

After the call, Biden said he had reaffirmed to Netanyahu “America’s ironclad
commitment to the security of Israel”.

“I told him that Israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and
defeat even unprecedented attacks – sending a clear message to its foes that
they cannot effectively threaten the security of Israel,” Biden said, adding
that on Sunday he would convene G7 leaders “to coordinate a united diplomatic
response to Iran’s brazen attack”.

Biden had interrupted a weekend break at his house at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,
and arrived back at the White House just after the first drones had been
launched, meeting his top security officials in the underground situation room.
US surveillance planes in the region tracked the incoming attack and US fighter
jets shot down incoming drones and missiles.

There had been nearly two weeks of speculation about when, where and how Tehran
or its proxy forces would respond to the 1 April strike on an Iranian diplomatic
building in Damascus, which killed Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior figure in
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, and eight other officers.

Since the war in Gaza began six months ago there have been near-daily exchanges
of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border,
which have threatened to escalate into full-blown conflict.

A direct attack by Iran on Israel, however, was not believed to be on the cards.
Tehran’s leaders have previously made clear that they are not seeking a war with
Israel, which could also draw in the US.

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