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These scenes have not been witnessed since the Blitz in London,
Danon said, referring to attacks against the UK capital during the Second World War The raging fires in the Middle East are fast becoming an inferno... The United States and France with the support of several other countries -- have proposed a temporary ceasefire allowing for the restart of negotiations...Israel refused that proposal and stepped up its strikes, including bombing the Hezbollah headquarters where its leader was killed,
Guterres told the Security Council Everything Israel says about limited surgical military operations is not true,
Hashim said, pointing to the attack in the village of Ain al-Delb as “the best proof”, when on September 29 an Israeli raid targeted a residential building that ended up with 71 people, including dozens of women and children, buried in a mass grave UNIFIL peacekeepers remain in position, and the UN flag continues to fly despite Israel’s request to relocate...I reiterate our deep appreciation to the military and civilian members of our UN peacekeeping force – UNIFIL – and to troop contributing countries,
So far, the first pillar has served to constrain Iran from taking overt belligerent action against Israel out of fear that an Israeli retaliation on its territory would damage its nuclear programme, setting it back by years and at great cost,
The risk of a buildup of Arab fighters drawn from across the so-called axis of resistance [countries and groups that view the US and Israel as enemy] coalescing on Syria's porous border to support Hezbollah has been brewing for some time,
Israel is anything but interested in deescalating the situation at the moment,
If Israel's limited raids into southern Lebanon would lead to a prolonged entanglement and combat with Hezbollah on the ground, this might trigger [these] Iran-linked fighters to try to infiltrate into Lebanon,
Fighters from Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan have previously declared their solidarity with Hezbollah and a commitment to fight if called upon,
Burcu Ozcelik, a senior research fellow for Middle East Security at the London-based Royal United Services Institute, or RUSI, told DW A latent military nuclear capability and the deployment of a network of aligned militia, or the ‘Ring of Fire', which includes Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, armed groups in Syria and Iraq, and the Ansar Allah, or Houthi movement, in Yemen,
she said in a recent analysis on the think tank's website They said if you attack our refineries, we will set fire to your refineries as well as refineries and oil fields throughout the region, including in Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain,
Israel can't be in the position of tolerating direct attacks from ballistic missiles on its territory, especially if those attacks increase in scale and begin to put pressure on the missile defence system
Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences at the RUSI think tank, added I tell everyone that the resistance is fine and the command and control system is fine,
Iran is a dangerous, destabilizing force in the Middle East and today's attack on Israel only further demonstrates that fact."
Vice President Kamala Harris made a speech in Washington, D.C., in which she called the attack ... She added Iran made a major mistake tonight—and it will pay for it." ... We will stand by the rule we established: whoever attacks us—we will attack him,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already vowed to retaliate against Iran, when he said in a statement ... Netanyahu added I think [Araghchi is] talking to the U.S. between the lines, so the U.S. will prevent an Israeli attack,
There will be repercussions. We have plans."
Similarly, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said Israel doesn't care anymore about these declarations,
said Beni Sabti, a researcher in the Iran program at The Institute for National Security Studies Should Israel go after the Iranian regime or its major assets, like nuclear facilities—rather than key infrastructures only—an Iranian 'powerful attack' will become more likely,
Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil,
said Foreign Minister Israel Katz in a statement