I launched barrages of explosive drones and missiles at Israel
into the early hours of Sunday in its first ever
direct attack on Israeli territory. It's a retaliatory strike
that raises the threat of a wider regional conflict with
the United States pledging ironclad backing for Israel. Israeli
military spokesperson, Daniel Hagai said his country's forces head
into most of the Salvo. A number of Iranian
missiles fell inside Israeli territory causing minor damage to a
military base with no casualties. Only one little girl
has been hurt. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a
war cabinet in Tel Aviv. According to his office
, he later posted on social media, we intercepted
, we repelled together we shall win. Iran had
vowed revenge after blaming Israel for a deadly strike on
its consulate in Syria's capital Damascus in early April.
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the attack
. The Iranian mission to the United Nations confirmed Saturday's
blitz was in response to the strike adding that the
matter can be deemed concluded in a post on X
. The mission also warned against further action by Israel
and its allies saying quote, 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 US must stay away
on Saturday. Us President Joe Biden cut short a
visit to Delaware for an emergency meeting in the White
House situation room. He later pledged an ironclad commitment
to Israel against security threats. The White House said
Biden and Netanyahu also spoke by phone on Saturday night
. According to the Pentagon, us forces intercepted dozens
of missiles and drones launched from Iran as well as
Iraq, Syria and Yemen. Many world leaders condemned
the strikes with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres adding
that he was deeply alarmed by the very real danger
of a devastating region wide escalation. The Gaza war
between Israel and Hamas in its seventh month has driven
up regional tensions fronts with Lebanon and Syria and drawn
long range fire at Israeli targets from as far away
as Yemen and Iraq. These clashes now threaten to
morph into a direct open conflict, pitting Iran and
its regional allies against Israel and the US, its
main supporter.