Iran calls missile attack on Israel ‘legal, rational and legitimate’
High-risk assault reflects Iranian elite’s belief that restraint after assassination of Ismail Haniyeh was strategic mistake
Iran said its supreme leader made the decision to fire dozens of missiles into Israel as retaliation for the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the recent killings of leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, two of the main groups in Iran’s so-called axis of resistance.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said the decision had been made by Ali Khamenei with the backing of the supreme national security council (SNSC) and the Iranian defence ministry.
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Iran’s missile attack against Israel: What we know and what comes next
Seven killed in shooting and knife attack in Tel Aviv
Michael Ancram, former deputy Tory leader, dies aged 79
Ancram held role in early 2000s and also served as shadow foreign secretary before entering Lords in 2010
Tributes have been paid to the “stable voice” of the former deputy leader of the Conservative party Michael Ancram, who has died aged 79.
Ancram, known formally as the 13th Marquess of Lothian, held the role under Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard for five years in the early 2000s.
Continue reading...Biden reaffirms US support for Israel amid Iran’s missile attack
President directed the military to aid Israel’s defense against any future assaults as US ‘fully supportive’ of ally
Joe Biden has reaffirmed US support for Israel after Iran’s ballistic missile attacks, describing the barrage as “defeated and ineffective” and ordering the US military to aid Israel’s defense against any future assaults.
“The attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective, and this is a testament to Israeli military capability and the US military,” the US president told reporters on Tuesday after Tehran launched an unprecedented salvo of 180 high-speed ballistic missiles.
Continue reading...Iran launches more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel
Iran launches missile attack on Israel and warns against retaliation
World reacts to Iran’s missile attacks on Israel
Justin Trudeau survives a second parliamentary confidence vote
House of Commons defeats oppositional Conservative party’s bid to topple Canadian prime minister’s reign
Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, has survived a second parliamentary confidence motion in less than a week after opposition parties vowed to keep his minority Liberal government alive for now.
Legislators in the House of Commons voted 207-121 to defeat a bid by the official opposition Conservative party to topple Trudeau, who faces increasing voter fatigue after almost nine years in power.
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Stopping Iran’s attack would have forced Israel to use sophisticated – and expensive – defences
Despite launching 180 ballistic missiles, Iran is likely to have wanted to keep most of its stock in case of a full-blown war with Israel
Iran’s decision to launch about 180 high-speed ballistic missiles at Israel indicates that Tehran sought to inflict serious damage in Tuesday’s night attack, unlike the well-telegraphed drone and missile attack in April.
Their sheer speed makes ballistic weapons challenging to intercept, but the initial reports of no fatalities within Israel and one in the West Bank would suggest despite the numbers of missiles launched it was a military failure, though some of the weapons or fragments appear to have struck the ground.
Continue reading...Missile attack on Israel signals that widely feared regional conflict has ignited
As forces of restraint in the Middle East weaken with every passing day, Israeli officials declare Iranian attack a declaration of war
The sight of missiles descending on Tel Aviv on Tuesday night was the clearest sign imaginable that the regional conflict so widely feared over the past year may finally have ignited.
This is the second Iranian aerial attack on Israel in less than six months, but last time there was several days’ notice; the much slower drones and cruise missiles arrived first, and the principal target was a military base in the underpopulated Negev desert.
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US says helped Israel thwart Iranian attack, reasserts ‘ironclad’ support
Six killed and 10 wounded in shooting and knife attack in Israeli city of Jaffa
Two men reportedly opened fire and stabbed people on train and in nearby street before being shot dead
Six people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting and knife attack on the Israeli seaside city of Jaffa that occurred minutes before Iran launched a huge missile attack on Israel. Five of the wounded were described as being in a serious condition.
CCTV footage showed two men, reportedly armed with an assault rifle and a knife, dressed in black emerging from a train near the light-rail stop along Jerusalem Boulevard where they opened fire on passersby as well as on a second nearby street.
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