Netanyahu's unusually moderate stand has signalled that Israel wants to conduct a limited counterstrike to avoid a full-scale war. US President Joe Biden has publicly voiced his opposition to an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Iran fired over 180 missiles into Israel on October 1 in retaliation for Israel's military operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the killings of a string of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. Israel has repeatedly said it will respond to Iran's missile barrage with US support.
Thousands of mourners, including Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, attended Haniyeh's funeral ceremony, after which he will be buried in the city of Lusail. Haniyeh's killing in Iran sent shockwaves through the Middle East and threatened an escalation of regional tensions.
Cameron's statement marks the starkest warning of a further escalation of tensions in the region after Iran directly attacked Israel on Saturday for the first time in decades. Iran launched some 300 missiles and drones in retaliation for a suspected Israeli attack on an Iranian embassy in Syria.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the Syria attack on April 1, but Iran blames its arch-nemesis for killing seven Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps officers. A recent report said Iran is likely to unleash an attack on Israel within this week as the US is on high alert.
A suspected Israeli attack on Iran's embassy in Syria, killing 12, has dramatically raised the stakes in the Middle East as nations prepare for Iran's retaliation. This can result in an expansion of the war in the region and would have repercussions in the oil market, including India.
The suspected Israeli bombing of an Iranian consulate in Syria killed 12 people, including seven Revolutionary Guard members, four Syrians and a Hezbollah member. Top Iranian military commander Mohammed Reza Zahedi, marking he most high-profile killing since Qassem Soleimani's death in 2020.
At least 12 people were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike on an Iranian consulate in Syria, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander and a Hezbollah member. The attack has raised concerns of the Israel-Hamas war spreading in the Middle East due to Iran and its proxies.
According to local reports, the Pentagon is planning "waves of attacks" on Iran-backed forces as Biden faces pressure to respond without escalating a wider war. At least three American troops were killed and around 40 injured after a drone struck US base Tower 22 in Jordan.
At least nine people were killed in what Pakistan called "a series of highly coordnated and specifically targeted precision military strikes". However, the airstrikes could backfire on Pakistan because the Baluch Liberation Army said it will avenge the killings and wage war on the state.
The development came after Iran admitted to carry out the airstrike in Pakistan and affirmed that they only targeted terrorists and not Pakistani citizens. Iran launched massive airstrikes targeting Jaish al-Adl--a Sunni militant group which largely operates across the border in Pakistan.
The US struck over 60 targets in Yemen, including command-and-control nodes, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defense radar systems. British PM Rishi Sunak said they had non-operational support from the Netherlands, Canada and Bahrain.
In a separate incident, an Israeli drone fired two missiles at an aluminum plant outside the southern Lebanese market town of Nabatiyeh. Hezbollah has conducted daily assaults on Israeli troops since the October 7 attack by Hamas.
The deceased in Kyiv were two security guards aged 26 and 36 years, while three people sustained injuries from falling debris, according to the city's Military Administration.
In the morning, the Indian Army spotted two bodies near the LoC. However, a physical verification could not be carried out because of tense situation along the border, the sources said.
Bhaderwah (JK): Pakistan was forced to take United Nation's refuge to stop retaliatory action by India in the wake of repeated ceasefire violations, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.“They (Pakistan) went to request the
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