Netanyahu’s Delayed Response to Iran Attack: Diplomatic Sensitivities at Play

“The response will not be the same as expected”, also considering the “different diplomatic sensitivities” that have emerged. Israel’s Kan television network reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to delay the response to the Iranian attack, following talks with US President Joe Biden. “There will be a response, but it will likely be different from what was expected,” affirms the TV.

The number of people injured, including at least one seriously, in the Hezbollah attack on Arab al-Aramashe in the Galilee has risen to 18. This was reported by hospital sources who it was announced by the media.

The Israeli air force recently struck the eastern Bekaa valley in the Baalbek region, a Hezbollah stronghold. There are no known victims at the moment, but there are precarious news coming from the area. According to the Lebanese news agency NNA, an Israeli drone fired three missiles at a building in the Yaat district, on the northwestern outskirts of Baalbek.

This attack comes a few hours after Hezbollah’s attack on Arab Aramshe, a place in Israel near the demarcation line between the two countries and where some Israeli soldiers were injured. Hezbollah’s attack today was in response to Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon that killed three fighters from the party in Lebanon.

All 14 soldiers were injured in the Hezbollah attack in the town of Arab al-Aramashe. The military spokesman made this known, explaining that 6 are serious, 2 are moderate and 6 are light. They were all taken to hospital. Warplanes recently hit “Hezbollah’s military base and terrorist infrastructure in Naqura and Yarine, in southern Lebanon”.

Israel must not escalate any escalation against Iran after the drone and missile attack by Tehran. This was said by the British Foreign Minister when he visited the Jewish state. Cameron said he hoped Israel’s promised response would not make the situation in the Middle East worse, stressing that at this time it was “better to be wise than to be sorry”. “The real need is to return to focusing on Hamas, on the enemies, on the arrival of aid, on stopping the conflict in Gaza”, said the head of the Foreign Office.

“We advise the enemies not to make any strategic mistakes, because Iran is ready to hit them, especially with Sukhoi-24 fighters, Russian supersonic tactical bombers,” said the head of the Air Force of the Army Hamid Vahedi, during the Army parades on the National Army Day. In addition to the Sukhoi-24, the Iranian air force is equipped with more advanced fighters and is ready to deliver such a blow to the enemies that they will not be able to retaliate, Vahedi said, state TV reported.

“Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel was a limited and punitive action against the regime, but if Iran had decided to hit Israel more decisively, nothing would have been left.” This was said by the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi during a speech during the Armed Forces Day that is celebrated in the Islamic Republic, as reported by Irna. “If the Zionists take any action against our interests, Iran’s response will be tougher,” he said, quoted by IRNA.

Tehran threatens to give a “powerful and ferocious” response to the smallest act of aggression on Iranian soil: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi announced this, as news continued about the timing and extent of Israel’s retaliation, speaking at a rally annual weapon. The event, unlike previous years, was not broadcast live on state TV and was also held in a barracks north of the capital, and not in its usual location, on the southern edge of the city.

Eleven people were killed and many injured, most of them children, in an Israeli attack late yesterday on al-Maghazi refugee camp. This was reported by the Palestinian organization Wafa. Local sources said a series of Israeli airstrikes targeted the refugee camp’s housing facilities.

Iran has completely evacuated some of its bases in Syria, while others are evacuated only at night, when Tehran fears an Israeli attack is more likely to occur. The Wall Street Journal claims this, citing sources. According to WSJ, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has adopted “emergency measures” for its facilities across Syria. The sources said that only some members were left to protect the weapons, while the majority were evacuated.

The President of Israel Isaac Herzog met this morning with the foreign ministers of Germany, Annalena Baerbock, and Great Britain, David Cameron, who arrived in the country. Herzog thanked them “for the support given to the country in the face of the painful attack of Iran.”

After Iran’s attack on Israel last weekend, the United States will impose new sanctions against Tehran. The announcement was made by White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. “Following Iran’s unprecedented airstrike on Israel, President Biden is coordinating with friends and partners, including the G7, and bipartisan leaders in Congress, on complete response,” he wrote in a statement. « In the coming days, the United States will impose new sanctions against Iran, its missile and drone program, as well as new sanctions against groups that support the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran’s Ministry of Defense. We expect our friends and partners to follow up with their own sanctions soon.”