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Iran Guards chief warns Israel of ‘bitter consequences’ after attack: Media reports

October 29, 2024 admin

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami. File | Photo Credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters The top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has warned Israel it would face “bitter consequences” after its attack on Iranian military sites, local media said on Monday (October 28,…

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How Biden Pushed Israel To Calibrate Its Strikes On Iran

October 28, 2024 admin

Hours after Iranian missiles rained down on Israel on October 1, President Joe Biden’s administration sent an urgent message to Israel: Take a breath. Israel, Washington argued, owned the clock and had time to decide on how to best respond to an Iranian strike that the United States assessed could have killed thousands if Israel,…

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Netanyahu Praises Israel’s Strikes, Iran Warns Against “Exaggeration”

October 27, 2024 admin

Israel’s airstrikes “hit hard” Iran’s defences and missile production, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, but Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the damage from Saturday’s attack should not be exaggerated. With warfare raging in Gaza and Lebanon, direct confrontation between Israel and Iran risks spiralling into a regional conflagration. But a day…

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Iran Says It Has “Right” To Defend Itself, Israel Warns Of “Heavy Price”

October 26, 2024 admin

Iran warned on Saturday it would defend itself after Israeli air strikes killed at least two soldiers and further stoked fears of a full-scale regional war in the Middle East. Israel warned Iran would “pay a heavy price” if it responded to the strikes, and the United States, Germany and Britain demanded Tehran not escalate…

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Hamas After Israel Strikes Iran

October 26, 2024 admin

Hamas called Israel’s strikes a “blatant violation of Iranian sovereignty”. Jerusalem: Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, at war with Israel in Gaza, on Saturday said it strongly condemned Israeli strikes on military targets in Iran. “We… condemn in the strongest terms the Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the targeting of military sites…

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The Aftermath Of Israeli Air Strikes

October 26, 2024 admin

Israel strikes back. Iranian military bases in the capital Tehran and other cities were struck by missiles earlier today. The attack is a ‘response’ to Iran’s air strikes on October 1 when over 200 rockets and ballistic missiles rained down on Israel to avenge the killing of ally Hezbollah’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah. The early morning…

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‘Grave mistake,’ says Netanyahu after attempt on his life; Iran alleges Hezbollah behind drone attack

October 19, 2024 admin

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday (October 19, 2024) accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him, with the Middle East already on edge after Israel had vowed retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage. Mr. Netanyahu’s office said a drone was launched toward his residence in the central town of Caesarea but he and…

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Full list of Hezbollah, Hamas leaders killed by Israel since October 7, 2023

October 18, 2024 admin

Yahya Sinwar, Hassan Nasrallah, and Ismail Haniyeh who were killed in the ongoing war with Israel. On October 17 2024, Israel announced the death of Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, that sparked the Israel-Hamas war. This comes on the heels of Israeli strikes in Lebanon that…

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Iran warns of ‘decisive’ response if Israel strikes, urges U.N. action

October 16, 2024 admin

This handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Jordan’s King Abdullah II (centre right) and his son Crown Prince Hussein (right) meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (centre left) in Amman on October 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Iran’s top diplomat has warned U.N. chief Antonio Guterres that Tehran is ready…

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Biden phones Netanyahu; leaders to stay in ‘close contact’ as Israel vows Iran attack

October 10, 2024 admin

File picture of U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House | Photo Credit: via Reuters Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Wednesday (October 9, 2024) to stay in “close contact” as Israel mulls its response to Iran, with the U.S. President also urging the Israeli…

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