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On 13 April 2024, Iran carried out a missile and drone attack against Israel, which used the Shahed 136 among other long range weapons. The attack was largely intercepted and thwarted by missile interception systems of Israel, the United States , Jordan , the United Kingdom and France on 14 April. [ 115 ]
It was the second direct attack by Iran against Israel, the first being the April 2024 strikes. Iran claimed that the attack was an act of "self-defense" [19] [20] in retaliation for Israel's assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC general Abbas Nilforoushan.
Iran and Israel have been engaged in a covert conflict for years. [21] Iran has utilized the "Axis of Resistance", a network of Iranian-backed militant groups, to target Israeli interests, [21] [22] [23] while Israel has reportedly carried out assassinations of high-ranking Iranian officials and nuclear scientists and launched cyberattacks against Iran.
The US is investigating a leak of highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. One of the people ...
An incoming attack by more than 300 Iranian drones and ballistic missiles was the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which already has been working overtime to cope with incoming ...
An anonymous United States official called the leak "deeply concerning". [9] The Israel Defense Forces did not comment on the leak of the classified documents. [6] A senior Israel official reported that the Israel Defense Forces were aware of the leak, and that they were taking the breach "very seriously". [8]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2024 Iran–Israel conflict Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Above: Missile interceptions in Lower Galilee, Israel, during the October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel. Below: An IDF F-35I Adir departs from a military base in Israel to ...
(Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone crashed into a nuclear waste storage facility at the Kursk power plant in western Russia on Thursday, damaging its walls, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday ...