Israel Is on High Alert Since The Iranian Attack

Picture courtesy: (Al Jazeera) Iran launched multiple aerial drones and missiles aiming at Israel.

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(The Post News)- On Saturday night, April 13th, Iran launched hundreds of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack. It is the first such direct clash between the two enemies, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Iran using proxy forces. This comes after Iran vowed to retaliate, blaming Israel for a strike on its consulate in Syria 11 days ago, killing 13 people.

According to the report by Raffi Berg,Israel’s defense and foreign ministers warned that if Iran attacked Israel, Israel would strike back inside Iran. The Israeli military said other countries had intercepted more than 300 cruise missiles and drones, mostly outside Israeli airspace.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed that the attack was aimed at specific targets. However, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had called a war cabinet meeting due to the Iranian attack.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said this incident has caused minor damage to a military base but no casualties. Israel’s ambulance service said a seven-year-old Bedouin girl had been injured by shrapnel from falling debris in the southern Arad region.

US President Joe Biden said, “We helped Israel take down nearly all of them. Iran and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria, and Iraq launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities.”

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he condemned Iran’s reckless attack, vowing that the UK would continue to stand up for Israel’s security and that of all our regional partners.

According to Secretary General António Guterres statement, he strongly condemned the serious escalation represented by the large-scale attack launched on Israel by Iran. He said he was calling for an immediate cessation of these hostilities and for all sides to exercise maximum restraint. He added a warning, saying, “Neither the region nor the world can afford another war.”

The UK Ministry of Defence said, “RAF jets have been deployed in Iraq and Syria to intercept any airborne attacks within range of our existing missions. Sirens sounded across Israel, and loud explosions were heard over Jerusalem, with air defense systems shooting down objects over the city.”

Iran’s IRGC, the most powerful branch of its armed forces, said, “It had launched the attack in retaliation against the Zionist regime’s repeated crimes against Israel, including the attack on the Iranian embassy’s consulate in Damascus.”

Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “The state of Israel is strong. The IDF is strong. The public is strong. We appreciate the US standing alongside Israel, as well as the support of Britain, France, and many other countries.” In the meantime, Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq closed their airspaces, and Syria and Jordan put their air defenses on alert.