On Saturday, Iran launches major air strike by launching missiles and drones on Israel. The Real Admiral of Israel Daniel Hagari stated that ‘The regime in Iran sent a massive swarm of over 200 killer drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.’
While the joint forces of US, UK and Jordan shot down a number of Iranian drones and missiles while the US President Joe Biden has pleged ‘ironclad’ support to Israel against any Iranian attack.
I condemn Iran’s attacks in the strongest possible terms and reaffirm America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel.
My full statement on Iran’s attacks against Israel: pic.twitter.com/EuPJZoGw6w
— President Biden (@POTUS) April 14, 2024
Joe Biden Stated on his official X page that ‘I just met with my national security team for an update on Iran’s attacks against Israel. Our commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad.’
The Reason Behind Iran’s aerial attack on Israel
The tensions between Israel and Iran have been boiling in the middle of the Israel-Palestine war. Iran is also engaged in covert operations by providing and supporting Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon who frequently attacked Israel on many occasions.
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamic political party and militant group led by Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. The militant group is mainly known to be the first Islamic group in Middle East to use the concept of suicide bombing, assassination, and capturing foreign soldiers, as well as murders and hijackings.
Now, Iranian officials launched a frontal response after attacking Israel by stating that Israel recently killed many of the Iranian high officials and diplomats in the Damascus embassy attack.
During the Damascus embassy attack, many High Iranian officials including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) overseas Quads Force were also killed in the disastrous air strike on 1st April while they were going to attend a meeting in the compound of the embassy.
After the Damascus embassy attack, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed and criticised Israel for killing many Iranian officials in the attack and vowed to take revenge for them.
He stated that ‘Israel “must be punished and shall be’ by stating that an attack will conducted in the same equivalent way to Israel.
On the other side, Israel confirmed its participation in the attack but they stated that ‘they wanted to target the military facility of Quad Forces which impersonated themselves as a civilian structure in Damascus, Syria.’
Israel Officials On The Aerial Strike
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the war cabinet after the surprise drone attack and called the US Preident Joe Biden who stated that he had confirmed and reasserted ‘America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel’.
Daniel Hagari, the Rear Admiral of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that ‘some Iranian missiles had hit inside Israel, causing minor damage to a military base but no casualties.’
He further stated that ‘Together with our allies and partners, we are operating at full force to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel.’
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He also informed that Iran launched ‘a massive swarm of over 200 killer drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles‘ and added that ‘Israel and its “partners across the region” had intercepted the vast majority of them.’
Iranian officials On the Attack
After the attack, Iranian officials stated that the attack was ‘a punishment’ for the crimes Israel had committed.
The Iranian officials further stated that ‘Should the Israeli regime make another mistake, their response will be considerably more severe.’
They also warned the US to ‘stay away’ from this incident.
UN Security Council Calls for a Emergency Meeting
In this situation, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting regarding this situation.
Several Western countries like the US, UK, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Norway condemned and criticized Iran’s dreadful action against Israel while countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia demanded restraint.
Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of United Nations also criticized the attack and stated that ‘he was deeply alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation.’
