Foreign secretary says UK hopes Israel will respond ‘in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible’
The war of words between Israel and Iran is heating up as Israel's response to Iran's missile and drone attack last week draws near. The tit-for-tat attacks and retaliation cycle are escalating as a war neither side wants becomes more likely with each statement emanating from the two nation's capitals. “The nuclear facilities of the Zionist enemy have been identified and all the necessary information from all targets is at our disposal,” the
Biden said the sanctions, carried out in coordination with the U.K., were a response to “one of the largest missile and drone attacks the world has ever seen against Israel.”
The virtual session comes days after Iran’s weekend attack.
The White House has no comment on reports of Israeli attacks in Iran
Israel launched a retaliatory strike against Iran on Friday morning, after Iran launched unprecedented airstrikes on Israel last weekend for reportedly killing some of its people in Syria. The post Iran Will Not Attack Israel Over Latest Missile Strike, Foreign Minister Says first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
Former UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary
UK foreign secretary is probably first non-Israeli politician to admit military reprisal is inevitable but urges Israel not to escalateDavid Cameron has said it is clear Israel is “making a decision to act” in response to last weekend’s Iranian mass drone and ballistic missile attack, as Benjamin Netanyahu brushed off calls for restraint and said his country would make its own decisions about how to defend itself.Lord Cameron, the UK foreign secretary, speaking on a visit to Jerusalem, said he...
The Wall Street Journal reveals that US President Joe Biden and security officials observed with “mounting alarm” as the magnitude of Iran’s ballistic missile assault on Israel unfolded last weekend. A senior official remarks, “This was on the high end, I think, of what we were anticipating,” referring to the moment when the scope of […]
The terrorist Iranian regime’s unprecedented recent attack on Israel, which included 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface-to-surface missiles, is an unambiguous casus belli—an Read More
A person familiar with the situation told NBC News that Israel carried out an operation in Iran. Earlier, Israeli officials notified U.S. officials that a response was coming.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack without saying when or how,