Live updates on the Iran-Israel war: Iran President Ebrahim Raisi is planning a “massive response” to such action, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged a response against Iran’s attack. The G7 nations requested additional measures against Iran on Wednesday.
Live updates on the Iran-Israel war: Rejecting appeals for moderation from its friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Wednesday that Israel will autonomously decide how to respond to Iran’s recent major air attack.
However, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has stated categorically that his country will mount a “massive response” to even the “tiniest invasion” by Israel.
Hezbollah, however, asserted that it was the cause of missile and drone launches at a military installation in northern Israel, claiming the action was in revenge for Israeli strikes that killed Hezbollah members.
The Israeli army verified that fourteen troops suffered injuries.
As EU leaders convened for discussions on Wednesday, Estonia’s prime minister posed the question: “If Western armies can help Israel repel a massive drone and missile attack by Iran, why can’t they do the same for Ukraine?”
Iran’s three top generals were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Iran’s embassy in Syria on April 13. In response, Iran unleashed a torrent of drone and missile attacks on Israel. The United Nations, Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom have denounced Iran’s strike. However, Iran’s conduct has been supported by Turkey, the militant group Hamas, and the Afghan Taliban government. India has called on both countries to “de-escalate” the crisis in a civilized manner. Israel has chosen to respond in kind after the US opted to place sanctions on Iran.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: British envoy says Israel is ‘deciding to act’ as Iran vows to respond to any incursion
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Wednesday that Israel “is deciding to act” in response to Iran’s missile and drone attack over the weekend, while Iran warned that even the “tiniest” invasion of its territory would bring a “massive and harsh” response.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel reserves ‘right to protect itself’ after Iran attack: Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country reserved the right to protect itself after Iran’s unprecedented attack, and that it alone would decide how to do so.
Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend in an attack that caused little damage after most of the projectiles were intercepted. The Israeli military has vowed to respond, prompting a diplomatic flurry aimed at calming the Middle East.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: ‘Israel will decide how to respond as Iran warns against retaliation,’ says Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies.
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza. Israel’s allies have been urging Israel to hold back on any response to the attack that could spiral.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: EU leaders vow to ‘impose tougher sanctions’ against Iran
European Union leaders vowed on Wednesday to ramp up sanctions against Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used the summit to remind the leaders that his country still badly needs support to combat Russia’s invasion.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Netanyahu says Israel will decide how to respond as Iran warns against retaliation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies.
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza. Israel’s allies have been urging Israel to hold back on any response to the attack that could spiral.
The diplomatic pressure came as Iran’s president warned that even the “tiniest” invasion of its territory would bring a “massive and harsh” response.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel considered a retaliatory strike on Iran: reports
Israel considered carrying out a strike on Iran in retaliation for last weekend’s unprecedented attack but then aborted the plan, according to Israeli and US media reports.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: UK PM Rishi Sunak tells Israel’s Netanyahu to exercise restraint in wake of Iran’s missile attacks
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called on his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to exercise restraint and let “calm heads” prevail in the wake of Iran’s missile attacks as his Foreign Secretary David Cameron landed in Tel Aviv for talks on Wednesday.
In a phone call, Sunak reiterated the UK’s “steadfast support” for regional stability and told the Israeli leader that Iran had miscalculated its move, being isolated on the global stage as a result.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: G7 finance leaders pledge cooperation on Iran sanctions
Finance leaders from the Group of Seven industrial democracies on Wednesday condemned Iran’s attack on Israel and pledged to continue work on “all possible avenues” to harness frozen Russian sovereign assets to aid Ukraine.
In a joint statement issued after a meeting, the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors said they would “ensure close coordination of any future measure to diminish Iran’s ability to acquire, produce, or transfer weapons to support destabilizing regional activities.”
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Germany stands in ‘full solidarity’ with Israel
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday expressed her country’s full solidarity with Israel in the face of Iran’s attack on the weekend.
She vowed consequences for Iran and said the European Union was working on imposing on further sanctions.
“We will not tolerate this. We stand in full solidarity with Israel,” she told reporters. “Iran and its proxies such as Hezbollah or the Houthis must not be allowed to add fuel to the fire.”
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran president warns of ‘massive’ response if Israel launches ‘tiniest invasion’
Iran’s president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the weekend.
President Ebrahim Raisi spoke Wednesday at an annual army parade that was moved to a barracks north of the capital, Tehran, from its usual venue on a highway in the city’s southern outskirts. Iranian authorities did not explain its relocation, and state television didn’t broadcast it live, as it has in previous years.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: ‘Very important to do everything to isolate Iran,’ says European Council president
EU leaders condemned the Iranian attack, reaffirmed their commitment to Israel’s security, and called on all sides to prevent more tensions, including in Lebanon, Reuters reported.
“We feel it’s very important to do everything to isolate Iran,” said summit chairman Charles Michel, adding the new sanctions against the Islamic Republic would target companies involved in the production of drones and missiles.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Lufthansa cancels flights to Iran, and Lebanon until April 30
Lufthansa cancels flights to Iran, and Lebanon until April 30.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Netanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying ‘Israel will decide how to respond to Iran’s attack’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies.
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack without saying when or how, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of unrest linked to the ongoing war in Gaza.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: G7 finance leaders pledge cooperation on Iran sanctions, frozen Russian assets
Finance leaders from the Group of Seven industrial democracies on Wednesday condemned Iran’s attack on Israel and pledged to continue work on “all possible avenues” to harness frozen Russian sovereign assets to aid Ukraine. In a joint statement issued after a meeting, the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors said they would “ensure close coordination of any future measure to diminish Iran’s ability to acquire, produce, or transfer weapons to support destabilizing regional activities.”
Iran-Israel war LIVE: 11 injured as rocket strikes Israeli Community Center
Eleven people were injured when a rocket fired by Hezbollah directly hit a community center in the Bedouin village of Arab al-Aramshe in Israel’s Western Galilee region on Wednesday. Five of the victims were in critical condition, one was in medium condition and four were in light condition, The Press Service of Israel has learned. The status of one victim was not immediately available. While emergency responders evacuated the injured, a drone struck near the center. The Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group claimed responsibility.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: EU to impose new sanctions on Iran drone, missile producers
European Union leaders agreed Wednesday to impose new sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile producers over Tehran’s unprecedented weekend attack on Israel, EU chief Charles Michel said. “We have decided to put in place sanctions against Iran, it is a clear signal that we wanted to send,” the European Council president said at an EU summit in Brussels. “The idea is to target the companies that are needed for the drones, for the missiles.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: It is still not enough, US President Joe Biden on aids sent to Gaza, urges Israel to ramp up land, air, and sea deliveries
Iran-Israel war LIVE: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ramp up land, air, and sea deliveries for Gaza civilians amid its worsening situation due to the Israel-Hamas war.
“In the 12 days following my call with Prime Minister Netanyahu, 3,000 trucks with food and supplies moved into Gaza – a daily increase of over 50% from the week prior. It’s still not enough,” wrote US President Joe Biden on X.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran’s president warns of massive response to Israel’s ‘tiniest invasion’
Iran-Israel war LIVE: As the world awaits Israel’s retaliation to Iran’s weekend attack, Iran’s president has warned that the ‘tiniest invasion’ by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Hamas calls Iran’s attack on Israel as ‘legitimate and well deserved’
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Palestinian militant group Hamas on Wednesday called Iran’s attack on Israel a “legitimate and deserved” response to a strike on the Islamic Republic’s consulate in Syria. This is the first reaction of the militant group to Iran’s attack on Israel.
“The response from the Islamic Republic of Iran confirms that the time when the Zionist entity (Israeli) could act as it wanted without accountability or punishment has ended,” Hamas added in a statement.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Europe should widen sanctions on Iran, says French President Emmanuel Macron
Iran-Israel war LIVE: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that Europe should widen its sanctions regime on Iran. He also stressed that the sanctions should target entities involved in the production of drones and missiles.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran attack on Israel ‘legitimate and deserved’, says Hamas
Hamas says Iran’s attack on Israel ‘legitimate and deserved’
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel army says 14 soldiers wounded in strike from Lebanon
Israel’s army said 14 soldiers were wounded Wednesday after a drone and missile attack claimed by Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group struck a village in northern Israel.
“As a result of the attack, six soldiers were severely injured, two moderately injured and six others were lightly injured,” the army said in a statement.
Fifty thousand Russian servicemen have been officially declared dead.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel reserves ‘right to protect itself’ after Iran attack, says Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country will decide how to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack as world leaders called for restraint to avoid escalation.
The Israeli military has vowed to respond to Iran’s missile and drone weekend attack, prompting a diplomatic flurry aiming to calm a region already on the edge due to the Israel-Hamas war raging in Gaza since October 7.
Washington and Brussels have pledged to ramp up sanctions against Iran, while British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock became the first Western envoys to visit Israel after the attack.
Netanyahu told the visiting ministers that Israel “will reserve the right to protect itself,” his office said.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Oil price slips as US amid lingering Iran-Israel conflict
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Amid the lingering risk of widening Iran-Israel conflict, oil prices have slipped further. Another reason for the decline in oil prices is the rise in US crude inventories.
West Texas Intermediate fell below $85 a barrel after settling little changed on Tuesday. US oil stockpiles rose 2.74 million barrels last week, reaching the highest since June, according to a US government report. Gasoline inventories fell by 1.15 million barrels.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Govt issues advisories to ship companies to enhance reporting, tracking and security protocols for vessels on West Asian routes
Iran-Israel war LIVE: The government on Wednesday issued advisories to ship companies to enhance reporting, tracking, and security protocols for vessels on West Asian routes and coming into Indian waters.
In its notice, the government has identified sensitive zones that include the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Bab Al Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, Somali Basin, and Arabian Sea region.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran rescues 21 Sri Lankan crew of a ship that capsized in heavy storms
Iran-Israel war LIVE Iranian emergency services on Wednesday rescued 21 Sri Lankan crew of a ship that capsized in heavy storms in the Gulf of Oman, state media reported on Wednesday.
The Cook Islands-flagged vessel carrying oil went down about 50 kilometers (30 miles) off the southern city of Jask, reported AFP citing the official IRNA news agency.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: G7 leaders call for sanctions on Iran
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Group of Seven (G7) major democracies gathered on the Italian island of Capri on Wednesday for three days. As the Iran-Israel tensions continued to remain the major topic of discussion, all the G7 leaders called for stricter sanctions on Iran.
“Against a background of strong international tensions, the Italian-led G7 is tasked with working for peace,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in a statement.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Rescuing Israel from Iran’s military attack cost more than $1 billion
Iran-Israel war LIVE: The collective effort to thwart Iran’s attack on Israel has cost Israel and the American, British, French, and Jordanian militaries around $1.1 billion, reported Bloomberg referring to Reem Aminoach, a former brigadier general and chief financial adviser to the head of the Israeli military.
“That is the estimated cost of thwarting an attack of this scope,” he said to Bloomberg. Aminoach, who was also a board member at Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., one of the country’s main defense companies, cited calculations he’d done for the number of interceptor missiles Israel would have had to fire.
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Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran President warns of massive and harsh response to retaliation
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday warned of a ‘massive response’ of the tiniest retaliation by Israel. He made the statement while attending the annual army parade that was relocated to a barracks north of the capital, Tehran, from its usual venue on a highway in the city’s southern outskirts. Iranian authorities did not explain its relocation, and state television didn’t broadcast it live, as it has in previous years.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says ‘will do everything to protect…’
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended Israel’s right to defend itself and said that his nation would do everything possible to defend itself. “I want to make it clear – we will make our own decisions, and the State of Israel will do everything necessary to defend itself,” he said, according to a statement released by his office.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Netanyahu tells UK, German FMs Israel has ‘right to protect itself’
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday told UK and German foreign ministers that his nation has the ‘right to protect itself’. In his statement, Netanyahu said “ Israel “will reserve the right to protect itself.”
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Further sanctions against Iran will be topic for G7 ministers, says German foreign minister
Iran-Israel war LIVE: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday said that G7 ministers will consider imposing further sanctions on Iran in their next meeting.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iranian attack on Israel marks a shift towards open confrontation, says EU Commission President
Iran-Israel war LIVE: EU Commission President Von Der Leyen on Wednesday said that Iran’s attack on Israel is a shift towards open confrontation. Leyen also called the attack the latest signal of the intent of a “new league of authoritarian”, while mentioning Russia and North Korea.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Gold rises on Middle East tensions, dollar drop
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Amid rising Israel-Iran tensions, gold prices rose on Wednesday to near record-high levels. The rising Middle East tensions in the region have brought safe-haven flows into bullion, alongside short-term support from falling U.S. dollar and Treasury yields.
Spot gold rose 0.3% to $2,389.38 per ounce, as of 1014 GMT, not far off the all-time high of $2,431.29 it hit on Friday. U.S. gold futures fell 0.1% to $2,405.10.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: US planning to impose new sanctions on Iran
Iran-Israel war LIVE: The US is planning to impose new sanctions targeting Iran and entities that support the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said last night.
Sullivan also said that the US military is working to strengthen missile defense and early warning systems across the Middle East.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran warns Israel of full retaliatory operation
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that if Israel makes the slightest act of aggression on Iran’s soil, it will be dealt a powerful and fierce blow. While addressing a parade of the Iran Army on Wednesday, the Iranian President said, “The army stands by the nation and acts to defend the homeland, territorial integrity, and the values of the Islamic Revolution.”
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel under pressure from allies to refrain from striking back at Iran
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Even though Israel has vowed to retaliate to Iran’s attack, Benjamin Netanyahu is facing pressure from its allies to refrain from striking back at Iran.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock were the first Western envoys to visit Israel and urge calm after Iran’s weekend attack, against which Israel has vowed to retaliate.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran’s president says the attack on Israel was ‘precise’ and ‘achieved its objective’
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that the attack on Israel was ‘precise’ and ‘achieved its objective’. Earlier, the Islamic nation had warned of a swift reaction to Israel’s retaliation
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Oil prices dip amid tensions of Middle East crisis escalation
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Oil prices have slipped for the third straight session on Wednesday after US commercial inventory weighed.
Brent futures for June were down 21 cents, or 0.2%, to $89.81 a barrel at 0915 GMT, while U.S. crude futures for May were down 19 cents, or 0.2%, to $85.17 a barrel.
Oil prices have softened so far this week as economic headwinds curb gains from geopolitical tensions, with markets eyeing how Israel might respond to Iran’s weekend attack.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Thailand’s finance ministry says it has minimal impact on the Middle East crisis
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Thailand’s finance ministry on Wednesday said that the Iran-Israel conflict should have a limited impact on the Thai economy.
The economy will continue to be supported by fiscal policy and the ministry is closely monitoring the situation, it said in a statement.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates call for maximum ‘self-restraint’ in the Middle East
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates asked for ‘maximum self-restraint’ in the Middle East to spare the region “from the dangers of war and its dire consequences”.
The comments came after a call between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as tensions escalated following Iran’s missile and drone strikes on Israel on Saturday night.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: UK PM Rishi Sunak warns Israel to exercise restraint
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Amid Israel’s announcement of retaliation to Iran’s air attack, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called on his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to exercise restraint and let ‘calm heads’ prevail in the wake of Iran’s missile attacks as his Foreign Secretary David Cameron landed in Tel Aviv for talks on Wednesday.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron urges G7 to impose sanctions on Iran
Iran-Israel war LIVE: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Wednesday urged the G7 to adopt new ‘coordinated sanctions’ against Iran after it attacked Iran with hundreds of missiles, drones, and rockets.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran navy escorting Iranian commercial ships to Red Sea
Iran’s navy is escorting Iranian commercial ships to the Red Sea, Naval Commander Shahram Irani said on Wednesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. The move follows the first-ever direct Iranian attack on Israel, carried out in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus. Iran is bracing for a possible Israeli retaliation, with Israel’s war cabinet meeting on Wednesday to discuss a response.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel has decided to respond to Iran attack, says UK minister
British foreign minister David Cameron said it was clear Israel had made a decision to respond to the Iranian drone and ballistic missile attack and he hoped this would be carried out in a way that minimized escalation.
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Iran navy escorting Iranian commercial ships to the Red Sea
Iran Navy escorting Iranian commercial ships to the Red Sea, commander says Reuters DUBAI, April 17 (Reuters) – Iran’s navy is escorting Iranian commercial ships to the Red Sea, Naval Commander Shahram Irani said on Wednesday according to semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Vladimir Putin urges restraint in call with Iranian president
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for restraint amid escalating tensions following Iran’s weekend drone and missile attack on Israel, Al Jazeera reported. Putin conveyed his message during a phone call with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, focusing on “retaliatory measures taken by Iran” in response to an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus earlier on April 1.
Iran’s actions could cause global economic spillovers, says US Treasury Secretary
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of potential global economic damage from rising tensions in the Middle East. Yellen spoke out against Iran’s “malign and destabilizing activity” in remarks ahead of this week’s spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
UN to vote tomorrow on Palestinian state UN membership
The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursday on the Palestinians’ application to become a full UN member state, an AFP report said. The General Assembly can admit a new member state with a two-thirds majority vote, but only after the Security Council gives its recommendation. The Palestinians — who have had observer status at the United Nations since 2012 — have lobbied for years to gain full membership. According to the Palestinian side, 137 of the 193 UN member states already recognize a Palestinian state, raising hope that their request would be supported in the General Assembly. But the Palestinian push for UN membership faces a major hurdle, as the United States — Israel’s closest ally — could use its veto power to block the Security Council recommendation.
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Israeli warplanes conduct air strikes on Rafah
Israeli tanks pushed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday which they had left weeks ago, while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah, residents reported. They also said that an internet outage has happened in the areas of Beit Hanoun and Jabalia in northern Gaza.
