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US and Israel on high alert as Iran prepares retaliation following Hamas leader's killing
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Iran has vowed to avenge the death of Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader killed in Tehran, and has issued an order for Iran to strike Israel directly. This has led to fears of a broader regional war, with Israel facing threats from Iran to avenge assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. The US has promised to provide new defensive military deployments to Israel, including additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers.
The leaders discussed their efforts to de-escalate regional tensions, including through an immediate cease-fire and hostage release deal.
Together with our partners, we have expressed strong concern about recent events that threaten to determine a regionalisation of the crisis, starting from Lebanon.
We are prepared very strongly in defense, on land and in the air, and we are ready to move quickly to attack or to respond. We will exact a price from the enemy, as we have been doing in recent days. If it dares to attack us, it will pay a heavy price.
Escalation is not in anyone's interests. It will only lead to more conflict, more violence, more insecurity.
We are engaged in intense diplomacy, pretty much around the clock, with a very simple message – all parties must refrain from escalation.
What it really comes down to, really, is all parties finding ways to come to an agreement, not look for reasons to delay or to say no.
We are doing everything possible to make sure that this situation does not boil over.
Iran seeks to establish stability in the region, but this will only come with punishing the aggressor and creating deterrence against the adventurism of the Zionist regime [Israel].
Terror is in the essence of the Zionist regime, and its survival depends on the continuation of the approach of state terrorism. The world should strongly condemn this crime, secondly, it should support the punishment of the aggressor and avoid any approach that means supporting the aggressor.
If I've learned one thing covering world affairs, it's this: The single most underappreciated force in international relations is humiliation.
Iran seems determined to strike back despite the high probability that this will lead to a major war.
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sources
- 1.The Times of India
- 2.Le Monde
- 3.The New York Times
- 4.CTV News
- 5.The Guardian
- 6.DW News
- 7.The Korea Herald
- 8.Haaretz
- 9.BBC
- 10.The Times
- 11.Agence France-Presse
- 12.Axios
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 3.British Foreign Policy
- 4.Israel Foreign Policy
- 5.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 6.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 7.Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- 8.Iran Foreign Policy
- 9.Israel-Lebanese Hezbollah Conflict
- 10.Oil Market
- 11.Sunni/Shiites Dispute
- 12.Iranian politics
countries
- 1.Israel
- 2.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 3.Lebanon
- 4.Jordan
- 5.Iraq
- 6.Palestine, State of
- 7.United States
- 8.Yemen
- 9.Syrian Arab Republic
- 10.Saudi Arabia
- 11.Cyprus
- 12.Egypt
organizations
- 1.Hamas
- 2.Hezbollah
- 3.White House
- 4.Houthi
- 5.Iranian Revolutionary Guards
- 6.Pentagon
- 7.Delta Air Lines Inc
- 8.Lufthansa
- 9.United Nations
- 10.al-Quds Brigades
- 11.Al Quds Center for Political Studies
- 12.Iranian Foreign Ministry
persons
- 1.Ismail Haniyeh
- 2.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 3.Fu'ad Shukr
- 4.Joe Biden
- 5.King Abdullah II
- 6.Anthony Blinken
- 7.Hassan Nasrallah
- 8.Ayman Hussein Abdullah Al-Safadi
- 9.Lloyd Austin
- 10.Masoud Pezeshkian
- 11.Nasser Kanaani
- 12.Yoav Galant