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Our right and duty to answer – announced In the early hours of October 26, Daniel Hagari, the spokesman for the Israeli army (IDF), said that in response to the Iranian attack on the Jewish state with ballistic missiles on October 1, Israel is now striking Iranian targets.
At dawn on Saturday, for the first time, the sound of detonations could be heard over the Iranian capital, Tehran. Citing its intelligence sources, Reuters writes that only Iranian air defenses were activated. In his statement, Daniel Hagari emphasized that the IDF is carrying out precise strikes on military targets in Iran. It is not yet clear what kind of targets are involved, but the Sky News quotes semi-official Iranian news agency Farsz, according to which several military bases to the west and southwest of Tehran were attacked. Later, the Tasnim news agency denied this, saying that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard did not know about the Israeli rockets hitting its bases. Iran closed its airspace, but only after officials in Tehran said none of the capital’s airports, Khomeini or Mehrabad, had been shut down because of the Israeli attack.
Later, Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the IDF struck Iran in a second wave, this time targeting targets around the southwestern city of Shiraz.
In any case, the IDF did not target the energy network, nuclear facilities, or oil fields in the territory of the Persian country.
According to leaked information, the Israelis were asked by the United States to limit the targets, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised this week that the IDF would only attack military bases in Iran.
Foad Izadi, a teaching assistant at the University of Tehran to al-Jazeera he talked about how there are no signs of an Israeli attack on the Iranian capital, it’s 4:00 a.m., everything is quiet and functioning normally. “If the Israelis really carried out some kind of attack, it couldn’t have been anything too big,” he risked.
The United States also spoke on the matter. Sean Savett, the spokesman for the National Security Council working under President Joe Biden, said that Israel is exercising its right of self-defense after the October 1 attack on Iran. It is understood that the Netanyahu government informed the White House in advance of the series of airstrikes on Saturday morning. The Americans hastily announced that the United States would not participate in the operation against Iran. Vice President Kamaa Harris, Democratic presidential candidate, follows the developments of the attack.
To reach Iran, Israeli missiles must pass over Jordan or Syria or Iraq.
On October 1st, Iran launched 180 missiles towards Israel. According to leaked information, they did not cause significant damage to the Jewish state’s military infrastructure.
Iran attacked Israel, Israel promises a response
Source: nepszava.hu
