Global leaders are on edge as Iran launched an attack of 300 drones against Israel. US President Joe Biden has praised American forces who he said “helped Israel take down nearly all” the drones and missiles launched by Iran on Sunday.
In a statement, he said the US had moved aircraft and warships to the region before the unprecedented attack. Biden said in a statement: “I condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms.” Israel said Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles in its direction, the first time it has attacked Israel directly from its own territory. It said the “vast majority” were intercepted, but there were a small number of hits including at an IDF base in southern Israel. At least one person, reported to be a young girl, was injured.
This is what we know so far….
Israel says it and its allies have intercepted the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran
It says there were a small number of hits on its territory, including at an IDF base in southern Israel, while one child has been injured
Israel’s minister of defence, Yoav Gallant, has said the confrontation with Iran is “not over yet”
Iran said the attack “achieved all its objectives” and added it would use greater force if Israel responded in kind
Iran’s unprecedented, retaliatory attack marks the first time it has targeted Israel directly from its own soil
Tehran’s attack is a retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed Iranian military commanders in Damascus earlier this month
UK PM Rishi Sunak confirmed that UK jets shot down a number of Iranian drones and has urged for “calm heads to prevail”
US President Biden says he told Netanyahu that Israel has demonstrated “remarkable capacity” in defending itself, adding that the US helped “take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles”