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Israel Reportedly Warned Iran It Would Strike Nuclear Sites If It Was Attacked, Officials Say

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By Jake Smith

Israel had reportedly warned that it would go after Iran’s nuclear and oil facilities if Tehran decided to launch an attack, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Iran launched hundreds of missiles into Israeli territory on Tuesday in what is being considered a major escalation in a region already fraught with conflict. Tehran signaled to Arab officials on Monday evening its plans for the strike, which it said would be similar to an attack carried out in April that involved launching hundreds of drones and missiles into Israel, according to Arab officials speaking to the WSJ.

Israel responded Monday by warning Tehran that if it did carry out an attack — regardless of size or scope, or whether it involved casualties — it would directly strike Iran’s nuclear and oil facilities, Arab officials told the WSJ.

Iran’s missile attack on Tuesday was largely intercepted by Israeli and U.S. forces postured in the region, but some projectiles evaded air defense systems and struck targets throughout the country. There has been at least one casualty reported thus far in the West Bank, but no casualties reported in Israel.

Israel has yet to respond but said in a statement on Tuesday that there would “be consequences.”

“Iran’s attack is a severe and dangerous escalation,” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said. “Our defensive and offensive capabilities are at the highest of readiness. Our operational plans are ready. We will respond wherever, whenever and however we choose.”

After-action assessments are still being conducted, and it’s too early to say how the conflict may evolve from this point, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters on Tuesday.

“There are initial assessments. But we need time to collect all of the information, and we need time to talk to our Israeli counterparts. And we need time to talk to our other partners in the region,” Miller said. “And we’ll do that over the coming days. But it is clear that, once again, this is a significant escalation by Iran.”

Miller declined to comment on whether Iran’s nuclear site was a legitimate target for an Israeli strike.

“I don’t want to get into — and this is not to say I’m ruling anything out, and that I’m ruling anything in — but I would answer any question this way, which is: We wanna have these conversations with our Israeli counterparts over the coming days. It is clear that this is an unacceptable attack [by Iran]… there will be consequences.”

The current conflict began roughly a year ago when Hamas invaded Israel and killed roughly 1,200 people. Israel subsequently launched a war against Hamas in Gaza, and as the war has increased in size and scale, Iran and its other proxy terrorist groups like Hezbollah have gotten involved.

Iran’s strike on Tuesday is rare; it typically conducts military or terrorism operations through its various proxy groups. Tehran did launch a separate series of strikes against Israel in April, although Tuesday’s strike was seen as more expansive.

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Iran Fires Roughly 100 Missiles At Israel As Middle East Reaches Boiling Point

Published on October 1, 2024

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By Jake Smith

Iran fired ballistic missiles into Israel on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.

At least 100 missiles were fired in what is likely the first wave of the attack; the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had been expecting a significant strike from Iran, according to Reuters and Axios’ Barak Ravid. Iran has vowed for months to retaliate against Israel for multiple assassinations against the country’s terror proxy leaders, including Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

“All Israeli civilians are in bomb shelters as rockets from Iran are fired at Israel,” the IDF said in statements on Tuesday. “Approx. 10 million civilians are the targets of Iranian projectiles.”

Another wave of attacks is expected, and Israel and other surrounding Arab states have shut down their airspace, according to multiple reports. The Israeli security cabinet is convening for an emergency meeting in a bunker near Jerusalem, Israeli officials told Ravid.

Multiple air raid alerts went off throughout Israel at the time of the attack, according to reports. Hezbollah had earlier in the day been firing scores of rockets at Israel. Israel typically intercepts drone and missile attacks through its Iron Dome air defense system, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any Iranian missiles were able to evade interception.

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Israeli Airstrike In Beirut Kills Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah

Published on September 29, 2024

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By Katelynn Richardson

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed Friday in an Israeli military airstrike, Israel Defense Forces confirmed.

Israeli fighter jets hit the central headquarters of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, which is “embedded under a residential building in the area of Dahieh in Beirut,” with a targeted strike that killed Nasrallah, along with Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front Ali Karki and other Hezbollah commanders, IDF announced on Saturday. The strike occurred while the Iran-backed terror group’s senior chain of command was “operating from the headquarters and advancing terrorist activities against the citizens of the State of Israel,” according to IDF.

Hezbollah began firing rockets over the border into Israel in a show of support for Hamas following its Oct. 7 attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis. Friday’s strike is the latest— and most devastating — in a series of recent attacks Israel has made on Hezbollah leaders, according to CBS News.

Last week, Israeli forces killed Hezbollah special operations commander Ibrahim Aqil and 15 other terrorists.

 

“During [Hassan Nasrallah’s] 32-year reign as the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, he was responsible for the murder of many Israeli civilians and soldiers, and the planning and execution of thousands of terrorist activities,” the IDF announcement states. “He was responsible for directing and executing terrorist attacks around the world in which civilians of various nationalities were murdered. Nasrallah was the central decision-maker and the strategic leader of the organization.”

Israeli leaders tracked Nasrallah’s location for months prior to Friday’s strike, according to the New York Times. Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, said in a statement Saturday that “all the resistance forces in the region stand with and support Hezbollah,” the outlet reported.

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