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Israel Iran War Updates: Russia voiced concerned about an “explosive escalation” in hostilities between Israel and Iran on Saturday, after Israel bombed military targets in the Islamic republic
October 26, 2024 / 22:54 IST
Israel Iran War Updates: Israel announced early Saturday that it had conducted “precise” strikes on military sites in Iran, targeting locations associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in response to an earlier ballistic missile attack. Multiple explosions were reported across Tehran.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the strikes in a statement. It said, “In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel—right now the Israel Defense Forces is conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran.
The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7th—on seven fronts—including direct attacks from Iranian soil.
Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond.
Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized.
We will do whatever necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel.”
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Israel attacks Iran military targets, Tehran says damage ‘limited’
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October 26, 2024 / 22:31 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: Iran army says only radar systems damaged by Israel strikes
Iran’s military said Saturday that only radar systems were damaged in pre-dawn Israeli strikes on Tehran and other provinces.
“Thanks to the timely performance of the country’s air defences, the attacks caused limited damage and a few radar systems were damaged,” the armed forces general staff said in a statement read out on state television.
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October 26, 2024 / 22:09 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: Iran raises the death toll from the Israeli attack to 4
Iran raises the death toll from the Israeli attack to 4 killed, all from country’s military air defense.
The state-run IRNA news agency announced the deaths Saturday night. It offered no details on where the four men were stationed in the country.
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October 26, 2024 / 22:04 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: UN chief ‘deeply alarmed’ by escalation after strikes on Iran
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he was “deeply alarmed” by the escalation of violence in the Middle East after Israel carried out deadly air strikes in Iran.
Guterres “urgently reiterates his appeal to all parties to cease all military actions, including in Gaza and Lebanon,” his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, calling for “maximum efforts to prevent an all-out regional war and return to the path of diplomacy.”
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October 26, 2024 / 19:33 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: EU calls for ‘utmost restraint’ after Israel strikes Iran
The European Union on Saturday called for all parties to exercise utmost restraint to avoid an “uncontrollable escalation” in the Middle East after Israel carried out deadly air strikes in Iran.
“The dangerous cycle of attacks and retaliations risks causing a further expansion of the regional conflict,” the 27-nation bloc said in a statement. “While acknowledging Israel’s right to self-defence, the EU calls on all parties to exercise utmost restraint to avoid an uncontrollable escalation, which is in no one’s interest.”
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October 26, 2024 / 18:52 IST
Iran War News Live: Lebanon says Israeli strike kills Hezbollah-linked rescuer
Lebanon’s health ministry said a Hezbollah-affiliated paramedic was killed Saturday in an Israeli strike on a medical centre in south Lebanon, which left five others wounded, three of them Hezbollah-linked paramedics.
“The Israeli enemy’s raid on a medical centre in Bazuriyeh resulted in” the death of a rescuer with the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee. It brings to 164 the number of rescuers and paramedics killed in Lebanon since Hezbollah and Israel began trading cross-border fire last year, the health ministry said.
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October 26, 2024 / 18:37 IST
Iran War News Live: Hezbollah says fires rockets at five Israeli residential zones
Hezbollah said it fired rockets at five residential areas in northern Israel on Saturday, as the Israeli army said the Iran-backed group fired about 80 projectiles across the border.
In a series of statements, Hezbollah claimed “rocket salvos” on five residential areas in northern Israel, including the outskirts of Krayot near Haifa.
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October 26, 2024 / 18:14 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: Israeli army says Hezbollah fired about 80 projectiles at Israel on Saturday
The Israeli army on Saturday said Hezbollah had fired around 80 projectiles targeting the country, just hours after Israel launched air strikes targeting military facilities in Iran.
“As of 15:00 (12:00 GMT), approximately 80 projectiles that were fired by the Hezbollah terrorist organisation have crossed from Lebanon into Israel today,” the army said in a statement.
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October 26, 2024 / 17:25 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: Germany warns Iran against any ‘escalation’ after Israeli strikes
Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Iran against any “escalation” after Israel struck Iranian military targets.
“My message to Iran is clear: massive escalating reactions must not continue. These must stop immediately. Only then can we open the possibility of a peaceful evolution in the Middle East,” he posted on X.
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October 26, 2024 / 17:11 IST
Iran War News Live: Russia says fears ‘explosive escalation’ after Israeli strikes on Iran
Russia voiced concerned about an “explosive escalation” in hostilities between Israel and Iran on Saturday, after Israel bombed military targets in the Islamic republic.
“We urge all parties involved to exercise restraint, stop the violence and prevent events from developing into a catastrophic scenario,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, warning of an “explosive escalation”.
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October 26, 2024 / 16:59 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: Hezbollah says fired rockets at north Israel intel base
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement on Saturday said it had targeted an intelligence base in northern Israel near the city of Safed with rocket fire, over a month into its war with Israel.
In a statement, Hezbollah said “a rocket salvo” had targeted Meishar base which it called Israel’s “intelligence headquarters for the northern region.”
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October 26, 2024 / 16:01 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: Hamas’ reaction on Israeli strikes againts Iran
“The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) strongly condemns the Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, targeting military sites in multiple provinces. We consider this a flagrant violation of Iranian sovereignty and an escalation that threatens the security of the region and the safety of its people, placing full responsibility on the occupation for the consequences of this aggression, supported by the United States of America.”
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October 26, 2024 / 15:15 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: Hezbollah claims first targeting of Tel Aviv-area air base
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement on Saturday said it had launched drones against an Israeli air base south of Tel Aviv, its first claimed attack against the facility.
At war with Israel since last month, after a year of tit-for-tat cross border exchanges, Hezbollah regularly announces the targeting of Israeli military facilities but its statement that it launched “an aerial attack with drones” against Tel Nof base was the first claim of its kind in one year.
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October 26, 2024 / 14:55 IST
Israel Iran War News Live: Hezbollah says fires rockets at Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon
Hezbollah said it fired a barrage of rockets on Saturday at Israeli forces near a village in southern Lebanon, where the Israeli army has carried out ground incursions for weeks.
The Iran-backed group said in a statement that its fighters had launched a “salvo of rockets” at Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of the village of Aita al-Shaab, the scene of regular clashes Hezbollah reported with Israeli forces over the past two weeks.