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#Israeli PM Benjamin #Netanyahu says the convoy they were in was hit unintentionally
"It happens in war... and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again," he says
At least two British nationals are understood to have been killed, along with Australian, Polish, Palestinian and a dual US-Canadian citizen
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V BBC's Frank Gardner:
'This is exactly the escalation in the simmering conflict between #Iran, its proxies and #Israel that everyone feared: a direct attack by one nation against another.
Israel has several layers of air defences and it has vowed to respond to any attack.
The risk now is that this tit-for-tat continues to escalate into a full-blown regional war, something most governments in the region have been trying hard to avoid ever since the #Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October.'
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V NYTimes:
' #Iran ’s defense minister, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, told state television that any country that allows its airspace to be used for attacks on Iran will be a target. “Any country that allows its airspace or soil to be used for #Israel to attack Iran will receive a firm response from us.”
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#IDF Home Front Command instructions might be indicative about possible aim by #Iran :
'residents of the northern Golan Heights, the Nevatim area, Dimona and Eilat should stay near shelters until further notice, and wait the compulsory 10 minutes in case of alarm.'
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Latest #IDF stmt: #Iran launched UAVs from within its territory toward #Israel. The IDF is on high alert and is monitoring the operational situation.
The IDF Aerial Defense Array is on high alert, along with IAF fighter jets and Israeli Navy vessels that are on a defense mission in Israeli air and naval space. The IDF is monitoring all targets.
We ask the public to adhere to and follow the instructions of the Home Front Command and the official IDF announcements regarding the matter."
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Airspaces closed across Middle East
The situation is developing rapidly, with governments around the Middle East responding to the news of the drone attacks.
#Jordan, #Lebanon and #Iraq, three nations located on the likely flight path of these drones, have shut their airspace.
#Iran and #Israel have also closed theirs to all but military aircraft
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Marine 1 is about to land w President Biden at Andrews airbase as he returns to the White House to meet his NatSec team in regards to the #Iran related escalation #MENA #Israel
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#Iranian state news agency source says #Iran has launched wave of ballistic #missiles
#Tehran has launched its first wave of ballistic missiles towards #Israel, a source tells Iran's state news agency #IRNA.
The missiles were fired at targets "deep" into the country, they add.
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#Iran had warned that #Israel would be "punished" for a strike on its consulate in #Syria on 1 April
Seven Revolutionary Guards, including two generals, and six Syrians were killed in the Damascus attack
Israel has acknowledged carrying out hundreds of strikes in recent years on targets in Syria that it says are linked to Iran but has not claimed the Damascus strike
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President Biden has promised what he called "ironclad" support for #Israel , saying the US will "do all we can to protect Israel's security"
#Iran had avoided direct confrontation with Israel during the Israel- #Hamas conflict, but the Damascus attack was seen as a serious escalation
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#TheGlobalJigsaw has looked into how Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps or #IRGC, the #Quds force and the #Basij militias operate and how have they become so influential. We examined the ideological blueprint of the #Tehran-led influence network that has been shaping events in the Middle East for decades:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpb
And a thread with quotes from this episode:
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#BBCNews - #Israel - #Gaza briefing: World watches nervously to see what #Iran does next
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68799234
By Lyse Doucet
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#BBCNews - #Israel 's #Netanyahu says defences are 'ready' as #Iran attacks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68810053
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#BBCNews - BBC visits ruins of #kibbutz Nir Oz in #Israel, untouched since #Hamas attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68744777
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#BBCNews - #Netanyahu meets top officials as fears of #Iran attack on #Israel grow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68796363
#TheGlobalJigsaw has looked into the origins of Iran's so called Axis of Resistance last week - #IRGC #qudsforce #Basij militias...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpb
Part 2 on the foreign affiliates coming soon
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V Guardian:
The Guardian view on Gaza peace talks: a deal is needed to stop a slide into chaos
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#BBCNews - Leaders urge #Israel not to target #Rafah in southern #Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68766913
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#BBCNews - #Germany faces genocide case over #Israel weapon sales
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68759146
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#BBCNews - Gazans return to scenes of devastation in Khan Younis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68764952
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#BBCNews - #Israel military sacks senior officers after aid workers killed in #Gaza - BBC live page
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-68738452
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#BBCNews - #Israel says it has recovered body of a hostage from #Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68748242
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#Israel 's military said on Sunday that it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern #Gaza , leaving just one brigade in the area.
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#BBCNews - Who were the World Central Kitchen workers killed in #Gaza ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68711282
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#BBCNews - #Israel #Gaza latest: Biden tells #Netanyahu Israeli strikes on aid workers 'unacceptable'
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-68729082
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#BBCNews - #Columbia University: White House condemns #antisemitism at college protests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68871751
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
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#BBCNews - #Israel - #Gaza briefings: No let-up for Gazans while world focused on #Iran attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68854896
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#BBCNews - US- #Israel : #Netanyahu vows to reject any US sanctions on army units
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68870273
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#BBCNews - #EU to tighten #Iran sanctions after #Israel attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68842436
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#BBCNews - 'I’m in pieces' - #Israeli #hostage's agony over husband held in #Gaza by #Hamas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68835646
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#BBCNews - #Israel #Gaza : US again warns against #Rafah offensive
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68851986
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#BBCNews - West Bank: #Israel investigates after volunteer paramedic killed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68868954
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#BBCNews - Iranians on edge as leaders say 'Tel Aviv is our battleground'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68823348
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#BBCNews - #Qatar reassessing role as mediator in #Gaza ceasefire talks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68835645
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V NYTimes:
"A total of 12 people were brought in to the Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel overnight, according to a hospital spokeswoman, Inbar Gutter. One — a 7-year-old girl — was seriously injured by missile fragments, taken to the operating room, and is currently in intensive care. Eight other people were treated for minor injuries.'
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V WaPo:
' #Hamas on Sunday expressed support for #Iran ’s attack on Israel, calling it a “natural right” and a deserved response to an #Israeli strike on #Iranian diplomatic compound in #Syria. The militant group called upon Arab and Islamic nations to continue their support in its fight against #Israel '
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#BBCNews - #Israel - #Iran latest: Israel vows retaliation over Iran attack after calls for restraint
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-68822407
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V Haaretz:
' #Israel Made Mistakes on #Gaza . It Has More to Lose on #Iran '
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#China has now weighed in as well:
#Beijing said it was "deeply concerned about the current escalation", adding it called on "relevant parties to remain calm and restrained to avoid further escalation of tensions".
It has close diplomatic and economic ties w #Iran - and the US had been calling on Beijing to urge #Tehran not to launch a retaliatory attack on #Israel
However, US officials had privately said they had seen no evidence that China had applied pressure on Iran, acc to the FT
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President #Biden said that he will convene the #G7 leaders on Sunday "to co-ordinate a united diplomatic response to #Iran 's brazen attack" on #Israel
Biden said that while the US has not seen attacks on its facilities, it "remains vigilant to all threats".
"We will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect our people," Biden says.
Meanwhile the UN Security Council will convene on Sunday too for an emergency meeting over Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel
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Latest on on the talks to try to secure a #hostage - prisoner swap and ceasefire in #Gaza :
#Hamas has rejected the latest outline of a plan put forward by mediators, according to #Israel 's intelligence agency #Mossad
The #Israeli agency says in a statement the rejection "proves that Yahya #Sinwar does not want a humanitarian deal and the return of the #hostages ".
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#Hamas "is continuing to exploit the tension with #Iran , and is striving to unite the sectors and achieve a general escalation in the region", the statement continues.
" #Israel will continue to strive to realize the objectives of the war with #Hamas with full force, and leave no stone unturned to return the 133 hostages from #Gaza forthwith."
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' #Israel describes #Iran as the world’s greatest sponsor of terrorism; for Iran, hostility towards Israel, what it calls the “Zionist regime” is a core tenet of its 1979 revolutionary doctrine.
The risk of confrontation had risen with every month the #Gaza war has ground on.
Iran has long prided itself on playing a long game, on exercising “strategic patience".
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has avoided all-out war ever since he came to power in 1989.'
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What happened in the last few hours:
#Israel says that around 300 drones and missiles were fired by #Iran, and that some of the launches also came from #Iraq and #Yemen
Videos showed explosions and fireballs over #Jerusalem as Israeli air defences worked to defeat Iran's unprecedented attack
This is the first time #Tehran has directly attacked Israel after years of waging proxy wars with its affiliates, including Hezbollah and Hamas
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V i24news:
'Sirens continue to sound in #Negev region and #Golan Heights
Initial report of impact near the southern city of #Arad with possible wounded at the scene as well as Umm Al Fahm in northern #Israel
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#IDF spox Hagari says over two hundred 'killer drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles have been launched against #Israel
from Iran. Most were intercepted outside Israeli airspace. A very small number of missiles hit Israeli territory with minor damages to a military base in southern Israel
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Analysis by #BBC Lyse Doucet:
This is uncharted territory fraught with risk and unpredictability.
#Iran and #Israel have fought shadow wars for decades, but for the first time Iran is now targeting Israel directly from #Iranian soil.
This is no longer a confrontation led by Iran’s array of powerful proxies across the region against an enemy which has long kept silent about its own attacks on Iranian assets and targeted assassinations.
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In last week's #TheGlobalJigsaw we attempted to deconstruct #Iran 's narrative + the ideological blueprint and tools of the Islamic Republic - it is worth a listen to understand the current push and pull tactics:
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V NYTimes:
'British fighter jets and aerial refueling planes based in Cyprus have taken over much of the counterterrorism mission in the skies over Iraq and northeastern #Syria , freeing up American warplanes normally operating there to help defend #Israel against the #Iranian drone attack on Saturday, a British official said.'
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#BBC BREAKING v Hugo Bachega:
Sirens were activated in #Jerusalem at around 01:45 local time (23:45 BST).
Loud explosions were heard with the air defence systems shooting down objects over the city.
The multiple interceptions lit up the night sky here.
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#Iran 's UN mission stmt - verbatim:
"Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defense, Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the #Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!"
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#BBCNews - #Israel military intelligence chief quits over 7 October
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68873227
#Gaza #Hamas #oct7
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