Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that Iran's attack on Israel "will have consequences."
"We are on high alert both defensively and offensively," Hagari said during a news briefing following the attack. "We will defend the citizens of the State of Israel."
Hagari said the military has "plans" and will strike at the time and place of their choosing.
Hagari said the military has not identified any additional aerial threats from Iran, and reiterated that people can leave shelters. The IDF "carried out a large number of interceptions," Hagari said, adding that parts of central and southern Israel were impacted by missiles.
"At this stage, we are still assessing the situation," Hagari said. "We are not aware of any casualties."
Just in case this becomes a problem, the title of the article seems to have changed since I posted this.
Israel launched a ground incursion into Lebanon as part of an attack on Hezbollah, the militant group backed by Iran.
https://www.americanmeadows.com/content/perennials/russian-sage/how-to-grow-russian-sage
Though I might be misunderstanding...
The letter calls on Muslims to instead vote for any of the third-party candidates, including the Green Party's Jill Stein whose support has swelled among the Muslim American community in recent weeks.
You don't say...
U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East has so far failed to avert regional escalation, but the assassination of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah offers a new opportunity for U.S.-led diplomacy at a critical juncture.
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I do believe she said it too.
Hassan Nasrallah was a terrorist with American blood on his hands. Across decades, his leadership of Hezbollah destabilized the Middle East and led to the killing of countless innocent people in Lebanon, Israel, Syria, and around the world. Today, Hezbollah’s victims have a measure of justice.
I have an unwavering commitment to the security of Israel. I will always support Israel’s right to defend itself against Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.
President Biden and I do not want to see conflict in the Middle East escalate into a broader regional war. We have been working on a diplomatic solution along the Israel-Lebanon border so that people can safely return home on both sides of that border. Diplomacy remains the best path forward to protect civilians and achieve lasting stability in the region.
Russia strongly condemns Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, calling it "yet another political assassination".
"This forceful action is fraught with even greater dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the entire Middle East," the ministry said in a statement.
"The Israeli side could not fail to recognise this danger, but took the step of killing Lebanese citizens, which would almost inevitably provoke a new outburst of violence. Thus, it bears full responsibility for the subsequent escalation."
Several senior Hezbollah commanders have been killed in Israeli strikes in recent weeks, including the group’s overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut on Friday.
President Biden noted that Hezbollah under Hassan Nasrallah’s watch has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans.
I see.
https://www.newsweek.com/jill-stein-vladimir-putin-war-criminal-1954965
Hasan later asked Stein why she had labeled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal, but not Putin.
"Well, as John F. Kennedy said, we must not negotiate out of fear and we must not fear to negotiate," she replied. "So, if you want to be an effective world leader, you don't start by name-calling and hurling epithets."
"So, how will President Stein negotiate with Israel then if you've called Netanyahu a war criminal?" Hasan asked in response.
"Well, because he very clearly is a war criminal," Stein said, prompting Hasan to ask: "So Putin clearly isn't a war criminal?"
"Well, we don't have a decision—put it this way—by the International Criminal Court," Stein said.
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Putin, alleging that he is responsible for war crimes. No such warrant has been issued for Netanyahu, whose war on Gaza has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians. However, the chief prosecutor of the ICC has applied for an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been transferred to a secure location inside the country with heightened security measures in place, two regional officials briefed by Tehran told Reuters.
The sources said Iran was in constant contact with Lebanon's Hezbollah and other regional proxy groups to determine the next step after Israel announced that it had killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on south Beirut on Friday.
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The Israeli Air Force is pounding the enormous missile arsenal Hezbollah built up over the past 18 years.
Iran has sought to strike an unusually conciliatory tone in the face of attacks on its ally Hezbollah.
Taiwan’s newly-elected leader appears to be forging a grand strategy to secure Taiwan’s political autonomy and democratic governance.
Weird, I distinctly don't get that impression from the information in the article. Appears that Hezbollah is asking Iran to attack Israel.
This is a rather significant move on their part. Hamas has a proclivity to quash dissent and the civilians must know what kind of risk this puts them in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Gaza_economic_protests
In July and August 2023, thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets to protest chronic power outages, poor economic conditions in the territory, and Hamas's taxation of stipends to the poor paid by Qatar. The rallies, organized by a grassroots online movement called "Alvirus Alsakher" (The mocking virus), were a rare public display of discontent against the ruling Hamas government. Hamas bars most demonstrations and public displays of discontent.
Hamas security forces’ violent crackdown against peaceful Palestinian protesters, activists, human rights workers – including an Amnesty International worker – and local journalists must be immediately halted and investigated, said Amnesty International.
Hundreds of protesters have been subjected to beatings, arbitrary arrest and detentions, and torture and other forms of ill-treatment since 14 March, when Palestinians took to the streets across the Gaza Strip to protest against the rising cost of living and deteriorating economic conditions under the Hamas de facto administration.
Thank you for saying this, I was a little taken back by what in my opinion seemed to be comments expressing sympathy for Hezbollah.
This is turning into harassment.
Edit: I think not engaging is the winning move with this one :)
I understand I never said what you're claiming, thanks.
I can cross out things too, but that doesn't make them true. You could cite where I said those exact things, which would make a much stronger case... Wait, could you?
Yes I did, NATO is not debunked, your sources do not dispute the reports contents. Sorry.
They are not debunked by your sources, nothing you provide proves the NATO article wrong. YouTube is not a source.
Bored, leaving.
I said nothing of the sort. Please cite where I said IDF ok :) yet another attempt to lie about my position.
It's still a fallacy, no matter how you want to slice it.
Go away.