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Secretary Austin reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s defense against any attacks by Iran and its regional partners and proxies."
He has been engaged with his national security team throughout the evening. At his direction, senior U.S. officials have been communicating continuously with their Israeli counterparts. We will keep supporting Israel’s right to defend itself, and we will keep working for regional stability,
What happened today is not the end of the story. Hezbollah tried to attack the State of Israel with rockets and drones early in the morning,
Netanyahu said at a government meeting in Tel Aviv Sunday morning In each country, the Chairman is scheduled to meet with his counterparts and other officials for discussions,
The IDF destroyed thousands of short-range rockets, and they were all intended to harm our citizens and our forces in Galilee,
After extensive identification, the IAF and Northern Command began proactively and broadly striking Hezbollah targets in order to remove the threats aimed at the citizens of Israel,
There are no indications right now that another round is coming,
one official told Fox News This morning we identified Hezbollah preparations to attack Israel. In consensus with the Defense Minister and the IDF Chief-of-Staff, we directed the IDF initiate action to eliminate the threat,
Approx. 100 IAF fighter jets struck and eliminated thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels, aimed for immediate fire toward northern and central Israel. More than 40 Hezbollah launch areas were struck,
Since then, the IDF has been taking strong action to foil the threats. It has eliminated thousands of rockets that were aimed at northern Israel. It is thwarting many other threats and is taking very strong action – both defensively and offensively,
Additionally, the IDF (Israeli military) intercepted all the drones that Hezbollah launched at a strategic target in central Israel,
he said, without identifying what the target was Due to the escalating situation in the region, Wizz Air is temporarily suspending flights to and from Israel on 25 August
A Wizz Air spokesperson said on Sunday Following the latest security and safety assessment and after careful consideration we have taken the difficult decision to delay the restart of our Tel Aviv services
A spokesman for Virgin Atlantic said on Sunday We've been continually monitoring the situation in the Middle East and have taken the operational decision to suspend our flights to and from Tel Aviv up to and including Wednesday, 28 August
A spokesperson for the airline said on Sunday I’m not convinced that this morning’s attacks will have much of an impact on the ceasefire negotiations,
This is another step on the way to changing the situation in the north, and return our residents safely to their homes.”
Addressing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei, Netanyahu said The overall trend here is one of escalation unless you actively try to avoid it,
We are on the cusp of something that could be quite dangerous,
As part of the changes, it was decided that restrictions will be lifted in the areas of the Upper Galilee, specified communities in the southern Golan, the Lower Galilee, the Central Galilee, the Beit She’an Valley, the Valleys, the Haifa Bay, the Carmel, Wadi Ara, Menashe, Sharon, and Dan."
We feel more reassured since both sides confirmed that the expected operations ended, and we know that the negotiations in Cairo are very serious,