Israel confirmed this Saturday the deployment of more than a hundred drones from Iran towards its territorywhile lThe Iranian state news agency IRNA reported the launch of a first wave of ballistic missiles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He reacted by calling the War Cabinet urgently in the face of the ongoing attack with drones and ballistic missiles, reported the EFE agency.
Shortly before, in a statement, Netanyahu said that Israel was prepared for “a direct attack from Iran” y that defensive systems were deployed.
Iran called the operation a “punishment” against Israel
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed that the missile and drone attack on Israel It was a response to the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Syria.
The target of the ballistic missiles would be located “within the occupied territories and the positions of the Zionist regime”according to Iran’s IRNA news agency.
Baptized as “Operation True Promise””, the attack is “part of the punishment for this illegitimate and criminal regime” in reference to Israel, the elite military body indicated in a statement reported by the state agency IRNA.
Also the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah announced that it had launched “dozens” of rockets towards an important military base in northern Israel.
US President Joe Biden was meeting with his National Security Council in the White House Situation Room last night to monitor the situation, White House sources told CNN.
With information from EFE
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2024-07-22 23:21:11
