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I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict with escalation after escalation,
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres The EU condemns in the strongest terms Iran's attack against Iran's attack against Israel,
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said in a statement on X, Iran has not learned a simple lesson — those who attack the state of Israel, pay a heavy price."
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made similar comments, saying Nobody, nobody - not the Lebanese nor the Iranians, want this to escalate even further. Iran does not want an Israeli or a U.S. war against it,
Amanpour told CNN anchor Dana Bash on Tuesday morning, suggesting the current rocket barrage was calculated to prompt minimal response from Israeli forces So then comes the assassination of their client, Hassan Nasrallah, ... Hezbollah is meant to be the frontline troops of Iran. So this response from Iran is more likely because it feels it has been left no choice."
That's very important to keep in mind,
The Iranian foreign minister told me in New York during the United Nations that they were showing – and this is again before Friday’s assassination – that they were showing restraint and that Hezbollah was showing restraint as well, and that it wanted, you know, to de-escalate all of this."
About Iran and Lebanon’s perspective on this conflict, Amanpour continued It’s incredibly important to be absolutely precise about what’s going on. So far, there is no evidence that anything has landed, that it is being intercepted, according to our correspondents on the ground. And also, the United States and Israel said that they assessed that the targets would be three Israeli air bases, and an intelligence base,
The air defence system is fully operational, detecting and intercepting threats wherever necessary, even at this moment,
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said At my direction, the United States military actively supported the defense of Israel,
The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly warns against any acts of aggression by the Israeli terrorist regime against its national security and vital interests,
Should the Israeli regime repeat such an internationally wrongful act again, Iran's response will be swift, decisive, and stronger than before,
Iran committed a serious act tonight, pushing the Middle East towards escalation,
And let us be clear, Iran is not only a threat to Israel. Iran is also a threat to American personnel in the region, American interests and innocent civilians across the region who suffer at the hands of Iran-based and -backed terrorist proxies,
We will stand by the rule we established: Whoever attacks us, we will attack them,
Based on what we know now, the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective,
Iran has made a mistake, it has put its nuclear facilities on the board as fair game,
Moskowitz wrote in response to an Open Source Intelligence Monitor post that cited U.S. officials predicting Iran made a big mistake tonight and it will pay for it,
Netanyahu said as he gathered his Security Cabinet for a late-night meeting Our defensive operation is in line with international law and the right to self defence ... we only targeted military and security facilities,
the foreign ministry said in its statement regarding the missile attack on Israel It is clear that this was, once again, a significant escalation by Iran,
spokesperson Matthew Miller said