Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. It’s unclear when and how, but Israel has vowed that it will respond to Iran’s weekend missile strike. The promise came from the country’s military chief while prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been meeting with top officials to discuss a possible response. But, as the tensions grow in the middle east, more leaders have been […]
Iranian officials have downplayed Israel’s drone attack on Iranian territory, signaling there will be no response. “What happened last night was not a strike,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told NBC News on Friday. “They were more like toys that our children play with—not drones.” Iranian authorities said three small drones were downed in the … Continue reading "Iran Downplays Israeli Attack, Signals There Will Be No Response"
Some in Israel had been calling for a stronger move than this apparently limited strike, writes James Landale.
Tit-for-tat attacks have breached taboo of direct strikes on each other’s territory but Tehran has no ‘immediate’ plans to retaliateWorld leaders urged calm on Friday after Israel conducted a pre-dawn drone sortie over Iran following a cycle of tit-for-tat attacks that crossed an important red line that has for decades held the Middle East back from a major regional conflict.There were tentative hopes late on Friday that the apparent strike attempt against an airbase near the city of Isfahan was...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran, signaling the two bitter enemies are ready to prevent their latest eruption of violence from escalating into a full-blown regional war. But the indecisive outcome of weeks of tensions []
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran, signaling the two bitter enemies are ready to prevent their latest eruption of violence from escalating into a full-blown regional war. But the indecisive outcome of weeks of tensions - which included an alleged Israeli strike that killed two Iranian generals, an unprecedented Iranian missile barrage on Israel and the apparent Israeli strike early...
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Israeli missiles have hit western Iran. Explosions were heard in the city of Isfahan prompting commercial flights to divert from their routes. Isfahan’s international airport is located just northeast of Qahjaverestan. Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency reported that flights over Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan had been suspended.