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US, Israel Vows Severe Response to Iranian Missile Strikes

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 05:03 PM

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US, Israel Vows Severe Response to Iranian Missile Strikes

Israel is threatening to retaliate after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at its territory, with Tehran warning it would hit “all infrastructure” in Israel if it comes under attack.

Israel today vowed it would make Iran “pay” after the attack late Tuesday and pledged to immediately strike “the Middle East powerfully”.

President Joe Biden while speaking to journalists said the United States was “fully supportive” of Israel after the missile attack, adding that he would discuss a response with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Report indicates that sirens sounded across Israel after Iran unleashed the missiles most of which Israel said were intercepted by Israeli air defenses or by allied air forces.

According to report 200 missiles had been fired at Israel including hypersonic weapons for the first time, which the Revolutionary Guards said had targeted “three military bases” around Tel Aviv and others elsewhere.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on social media platform X that Tehran’s “action is concluded unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation”.

The Revolutionary Guards earlier said the attack was in response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a Tehran bombing widely blamed on Israel.

Israeli medics reported two people lightly injured by shrapnel. In the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian was killed in Jericho “when pieces of a rocket fell from the sky and hit him”, the city’s governor Hussein Hamayel told said.

It was Iran’s second direct attack on Israel after a missile and drone attack in April in response to a deadly Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin slammed an “outrageous act of aggression” by Iran, while Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters there would be “severe consequences”. Netanyahu said: “Iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay for it.”

Iran reacted by threatening to fire “with bigger intensity” if its territory is attacked, with Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Iranian military officer warning Tehran would target “all infrastructure” in Israel.

Following the missile barrage, Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari vowed to act against Iran.

The air force “will continue to strike (tonight) in the Middle East powerfully,” he said.

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US, Israel Vows Severe Response to Iranian Missile Strikes

Israel is threatening to retaliate after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at its territory, with Tehran warning it would hit “all infrastructure” in Israel if it comes under attack.

Israel today vowed it would make Iran “pay” after the attack late Tuesday and pledged to immediately strike “the Middle East powerfully”.

President Joe Biden while speaking to journalists said the United States was “fully supportive” of Israel after the missile attack, adding that he would discuss a response with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Report indicates that sirens sounded across Israel after Iran unleashed the missiles most of which Israel said were intercepted by Israeli air defenses or by allied air forces.

According to report 200 missiles had been fired at Israel including hypersonic weapons for the first time, which the Revolutionary Guards said had targeted “three military bases” around Tel Aviv and others elsewhere.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on social media platform X that Tehran’s “action is concluded unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation”.

The Revolutionary Guards earlier said the attack was in response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a Tehran bombing widely blamed on Israel.

Israeli medics reported two people lightly injured by shrapnel. In the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian was killed in Jericho “when pieces of a rocket fell from the sky and hit him”, the city’s governor Hussein Hamayel told said.

It was Iran’s second direct attack on Israel after a missile and drone attack in April in response to a deadly Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin slammed an “outrageous act of aggression” by Iran, while Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters there would be “severe consequences”. Netanyahu said: “Iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay for it.”

Iran reacted by threatening to fire “with bigger intensity” if its territory is attacked, with Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Iranian military officer warning Tehran would target “all infrastructure” in Israel.

Following the missile barrage, Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari vowed to act against Iran.

The air force “will continue to strike (tonight) in the Middle East powerfully,” he said.

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