There is a situation of tension between Israel and Iran. On Saturday-Sunday, Iran continuously attacked Israel with drones and missiles. America and Russia have also jumped into the ongoing tension between the two countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin has bluntly told America that if America supports Israel amid this tension, then Russia will not sit idly by, it will openly support Iran.
Earlier, Russia had appealed to both Iran and Israel to exercise restraint. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also spoke on telephone with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian.
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On Sunday, a day after Iran attacked Israel, in CNN’s State of the Union news program, John Kirby, Strategic Communications Coordinator of the US National Security Council, made a big statement regarding America’s stand. In response to a question, he said that President Biden has said many times, we do not want war in the region. We do not want to get embroiled in a war with Iran.
Iran attacked with ballistic missile and drone
Iran attacked Israel with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, after which an airstrike warning was issued across Israel. The attacks were carried out mainly in Jerusalem, the Negev desert and the Dead Sea in the south, the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in the north, as well as the occupied West Bank.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari confirmed during a press briefing that Israel had been attacked by ballistic missiles and drones from Iran. Air defense systems have intercepted some missiles, he said.
Israel’s Kan TV news reported that about 100 of the approximately 400-500 drones launched were intercepted before reaching Israel by allied countries, including US, Jordanian and British forces.
Israel’s rescue service said in a statement that a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured in a Bedouin village in the Negev. Parts of the missile fell near Umm al-Fahm, an Arab city in northern Israel, causing no casualties.
Kan TV news, citing a senior Israeli official, reported on Sunday that Israel is planning to respond to the Iranian airstrike.
The official said, “Iran has fired missiles at Israel from its soil for the first time, it will be responded to soon.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) confirmed in a statement on Saturday night that it had launched missile and drone attacks on Israel.
Kan TV news reported that the drones were launched from Iran as well as Iran’s friendly countries.
The Israeli military had earlier said in a statement that “the IDF is on high alert, as well as Israeli Air Force fighter jets and Israeli Navy ships on defense missions.”
Meanwhile, two Israeli officials, on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Xinhua news agency that several cruise missiles were also launched from Iran towards Israel. Iran has attacked Israel to avenge the killing of seven Iranian officials in the Iranian consular building in Damascus, Syria in early April.
