Fri Oct 25 23:59:21 UTC 2024: Updated – October 26, 2024 11:39 am ISTA general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday (October 26, 2024). | Photo Credit: West Asia News Agency via Reuters
Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday (October 26, 2024) targeting what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault on October 1, officials said. There was no immediate information on damage in the Islamic Republic.FOLLOW: Israel-Iran conflict LIVE updates – October 26, 2024
Israel’s military described the attack as “precise strikes on military targets in Iran,” without immediately elaborating.“The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7 – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” an Israeli military statement said. “Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond.”
In Tehran, the Iranian capital, the sound of explosions could be heard, with state-run media there initially acknowledging the blasts and saying some of the sounds came from air defence systems around the city.
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The strike happened just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was arriving back in the U.S. after a tour of the Middle East where he and other U.S. officials had warned Israel to tender a response that would not further escalate the conflict in the region and exclude nuclear sites in Iran.Published – October 26, 2024 05:29 am IST
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