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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 BBC likewise noted that a calculated strike on military targets associated with Iran's previous attack on Israel demonstrated the IDF's capabilities, including the capability of not using them in full. [55] The attack was so calibrated that the Iranian regime "downplayed, dismissed and even mocked that anything of consequence happened at ...
The cabinet considered military and diplomatic options, with international pressure to de-escalate the situation influencing decisions. [72] On 18 April, it was reported that the United States would greenlight a Rafah offensive in exchange for no Israeli strike on Iran. [73] The U.S. and EU tightened sanctions on Iran. [74]
2024 Iranian strikes against Israel Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran .
Iran's vice president for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif contended that Iran had the right to self-defense against Israeli attacks on Iranian soil and criticized Western countries for aiding "the Israeli genocide in Gaza" and acquiesing "in Israeli aggressions against Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and other countries in the region". [113]
Hamas said that the Iranian military operation against Israel was a "natural right and a deserved response" to the Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus and assassination of IRGC leaders there. [168] The Houthis said that the attacks were a legitimate response to the strike on Iran's consulate in Damascus. [169]
In March 2012, a Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that a majority of Americans, 56%, would support military action against Iran, even if it led to increased gas prices, if there was evidence demonstrating that Tehran was building nuclear weapons. 39% said that they opposed a military strike, while 62% of Americans said that they'd support Israel ...
[4] Israel told the U.S. that if Iran were to launch a strike from its territory against Israel in retaliation, it would prompt a harsh response from Israel, potentially escalating the current conflict to a higher intensity. [5] [6] Four anonymous Israeli officials have confirmed that Israel has been behind the attack. [7]