{"id":93174,"date":"2024-04-14T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T19:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/iran-launches-300-missile-and-drones-on-israel"},"modified":"2024-04-15T01:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T23:20:11","slug":"iran-launches-300-missile-and-drones-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/iran-launches-300-missile-and-drones-on-israel","title":{"rendered":"Iran Launches 300 Missile and Drones on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Iran launched an attack on Israel on Saturday night as a response to Israel\u2019s attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria on 1 April. The attack on Israel was anticipated with country on high alert.<\/p>\n<p>According to Israel, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said cruise missiles and drones were mostly intercepted outside Israeli airspace, by both the military itself and also countries supporting Israel, chiefly the USA. Israel is also supported by Britain and France amoung other Western countries.<\/p>\n<p>According to Al Jazeera, explosions were heard in cities across Israel and air raid sirens sounded in more than 720 locations as Israeli forces took down the drones and missiles with interceptors.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Israeli military, there was only a \u201csmall number of hits\u201d, including at a base in southern Israel, \u201cwhere minor damage was caused to infrastructure\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cTogether with the United States and additional partners, we managed to defend the territory of the State of Israel. Very little damage was caused \u2013 this is the result of the IDF\u2019s impressive operations,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Said US President Joe Biden:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel. We helped Israel take down nearly all [of them].<\/p>\n<p>Biden cut short a trip to return to the White House following the launch of the missiles and reportedly after speaking to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said \u201ctomorrow I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to co-ordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran\u2019s brazen attack\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary General Anto\u0301nio Guterres issued a statement strongly condemning the attack by Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s mission to the UN has said that considers the matter of Israel\u2019s raid on its embassy in Syria \u201cconcluded\u201d and that there will be a \u201cconsiderably more severe\u201d response \u201cshould the Israeli regime make another mistake\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With the increase in wars and the participants in the wars, globally there are fears of a World War 3. There are currently 3 major wars in the world: the War in Sudan, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Arab\u2013Israeli conflict, which the attack by Iran is part of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Iran launched an attack on Israel on Saturday night as a response to Israel\u2019s attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria on 1 April. The attack on Israel was anticipated with country on high alert. According to Israel, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles. 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