Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has urged Israel to take decisive action against Iran, following a barrage of drone and missile attacks on Saturday night. Bolton criticized President Joe Biden for encouraging Israeli restraint, calling him an “embarrassment to the United States.” “Last night, the Iranians launched 320-plus cruise and ballistic missiles and drones,” […]
President Joe Biden said the United States helped Israel take down "nearly all" of the drones and missiles launched during Iran's attack on Saturday.Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Iran fired over 200 drones and missiles in the attack, which included more than 100 bomb-carrying drones toward Israel followed by a wave of cruise and ballistic missiles. A spokesperson for the Israeli military, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said even though Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles that a vast...
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Israel has been on heightened alert since an airstrike last week killed two Iranian generals in Syria.
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel.
Iran said the attack — more than 300 drones and missiles — was retaliation for an Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria on April 1.
Two weeks ago, tensions between Israel and Iran reached a new level when Israel launched an attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus. The move had its intended effect: Israel killed multiple IRGC Quds Force commanders. It followed, among other things, clashes between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants based in Lebanon, in addition to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. The question wasn’t whether Iran would retaliate for the attack in Syria. Rather, the world waited to see when and how Tehran would...
President Biden said Friday that he expected Iran might attack Israel soon.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared that it was the U.S.’s "biblical admonition" to help and support Israel during a Monday night speech. The House GOP leader was addressing an emergency meeting of Christians United For Israel, convened after Iran’s weekend missile attack on the Middle East American ally. "I'm going to state something that you all know – at this critical moment, the United States must show unwavering strength and support for Israel We have to make certain that the entire world...
U.S. officials expect a possible Israeli response to Iran’s attack over the weekend to be limited in scope and most likely involve strikes against Iranian military forces and Iranian-backed proxies outside Iran, four U.S. officials told NBC News. The U.S. assessment is based on conversations between U.S. and Israeli officials that happened before Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday night. As Israel was preparing for a possible Iranian attack last week, Israeli...
Israeli officials said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's five-member war cabinet favored retaliation in a meeting on Sunday.
“Iran’s goal was to restore its credibility and inflict retribution on Israel while reducing the risk of further escalation," said Hasan Alhasan, senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.