Author: France 24

Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel late Saturday less than two weeks after a suspected Israeli strike in Syria killed two Iranian generals. “Iran is a military dwarf compared to Israel so there is no way that it would be able to fight off a military attack by Israel into Iran. So they’re really playing with fire by launching this attack for the first time from Iranian territory into Israel,” FRANCE 24’s Philip Turle said in an analysis. Source link

Countries around the world condemned Iran’s strikes on Israel late Saturday, warning the attack threatened to further destabilise the Middle East. US President Joe Biden promised “ironclad” support for Israel after holding an urgent meeting with top security officials. France’s Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne on X said that “in deciding to take this unprecedented action, Iran has reached a new level in its acts of destabilisation and is risking a military escalation”. Source link

Israel and Iran accused one another Sunday at the United Nations of being the main threat to peace in the Middle East, each calling on the Security Council to impose sanctions on their sworn enemy. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates.  Source link

The Iranian attack on Israel Saturday in retaliation for an alleged Israeli strike that killed two senior commanders in Syria, marked the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity dating back to the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. But relations between two foes haven’t always been marked by hostility: Iran was the second Muslim nation to recognise the state of Israel following its creation in 1948. Source link

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has rejected an Israeli ceasefire proposal, saying on Saturday it had handed to mediators in Egypt and Qatar its response to the proposal it had received last Monday. Israel meanwhile described this as a rejection of the proposal, accusing Hamas of exploiting tensions with Iran. FRANCE 24’s Shirli Sitbon explains more. Source link

Countries around the world condemned Iran’s strikes on Israel late Saturday, warning the attack threatened to further destabilise the Middle East.  Source link

Iran on late Saturday mounted a retaliatory attack on Israel by launching hundreds of drones and missiles – most of which were intercepted by Israeli forces – marking the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel. “Without any doubt, a psychological barrier has been crossed. Iran has never attacked Israel in the past 45 years and so this was quite significant,” said Ali Vaez, project director for Iran at the International Crisis group.  Source link

An incoming attack by more than 300 Iranian drones and ballistic missiles was the latest challenge to Israel’s air defence system, which already has been working overtime to cope with incoming rocket, drone and missile attacks throughout the six-month war against Hamas. Israel’s multilayered air-defence system includes the Arrow, David’s Sling, Patriot, Iron Dome and Iron Beam. Source link

The Israeli army on Sunday allegedly said residents from northern Gaza are allowed to return home, prompting crowds of displaced Palestinians in the south to flood the coastal road leading to the north of the Strip, FRANCE 24 Gaza correspondent Rami Abou Jamus said. While Israel has denied such statements, thousands of Gazans are attempting to cross back into the north despite eye-witness reports of soldiers shooting at men over 14 and under 50.  Source link

Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system has intercepted thousands of rockets since it first went into operation in 2011, providing the country with crucial cover during times of conflict. Source link