Israel's war cabinet was set to meet for the third time in three days on Tuesday, an official said, to decide on a response to Iran's first-ever direct attack, amid international pressure to avoid further escalating Middle East conflicts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will make its "own decisions" on responding to Iran's unprecedented airstrikes. Follow for live updates.
We hope that they do so in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible.” The British were not alone in urging Israeli restraint after Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend.
Iran launched a long-anticipated attack on Israel on Saturday in response to an apparent Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Syria—killing a top Iranian
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Israel launched more deadly strikes on besieged Gaza on Thursday as world powers watched nervously whether the country would retaliate against a weekend attack by its arch enemy Iran.
Details emerge about Iran’s weekend attack on Israel/ Iran aimed to launch over 170 armed drones, roughly 120 ballistic missiles, and around 30 cruise missiles at Israel.