Israel and Iran Exchange Strikes Amid Escalating Regional Conflict
The Israeli army reports that Iran has launched missiles toward Israel, marking a significant escalation following Israeli strikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned that further Israeli attacks in Lebanon or responses to Iranian actions would result in "crushing and regretful blows.", while Israel continues evacuation warnings and drone strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. The conflict has drawn in regional actors, with reports that Saudi Arabia conducted unpublicized retaliatory strikes on Iran while maintaining diplomatic channels. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited Tehran to deliver a message from Field Marshal Asim Munir to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has remained out of public view…
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Iran war LIVE: Israel defies Donald Trump and launches revenge attack on Tehran - The Mirror
Iran’s military central command has said that Israel’s strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier today "crossed all red lines". "The Israeli army must stop its attacks on southern Lebanon and the suburbs, and if it expands its attacks to that region or responds to Iran's action, ...
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi ... army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to Iranian state-run IRNA news agency. Khamenei has not been seen in public since he was named the Islamic Republic’s ruler after his father was killed on the first day of the war on Feb. 28 when the U.S. and Israel launched a ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ... with Israel's offensive until he believes Hezbollah no longer poses a threat. Pakistan's interior minister was in Tehran on Sunday. Mohsin Naqvi was delivering a message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei from Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to Iran's state-run IRNA news ...
Iran says "no tangible progress" made in talks as Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli drone strikes along roads at several south Lebanon locations, saying at least one resulted in a couple and their daughter being wounded in an attack on their car. The Israeli Army's Arabic-language spokesperson Avichai Edrei issued an evacuation warning to residents of southern Lebanon on X Thursday morning, saying that "the fighting is still ongoing against targets that use Hezbollah." ... Iranian ...
How have countries around the world responded to the US-Israel war on Iran? | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera
According to a May 12 article by the Reuters news agency, Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicised strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the war. But the country has kept channels open for discussions with Iran. Foreign ministers from both countries have regularly held phone calls. Iraq, closely allied with Iran since the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein in the 2003 US-led invasion, condemned the US-Israel ...
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