{"id":118587,"date":"2024-10-26T13:13:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T06:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118587"},"modified":"2024-10-26T13:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T06:13:23","slug":"israel-strikes-iran-in-retaliatory-attack-middle-east-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118587","title":{"rendered":"Israel Strikes Iran in Retaliatory Attack: Middle East Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Israel carried out a series of airstrikes against Iran on Saturday, the Israeli military said.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes seen and heard by residents in the capital, Tehran, came weeks after Iran fired waves of ballistic missiles at Israel, forcing millions of Israelis to take cover in bomb shelters. Iran said its attack early this month was in retaliation for Israel\u2019s killing of an Iranian commander and several leaders of Iranian-backed groups in the region.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The recent exchanges of air attacks by Israel and Iran have ruptured their longstanding practice of avoiding direct military clashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Here\u2019s a look at everything we know about the Israeli military action against Iran and the events that brought the countries to this point.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3fee16dc\">What happened?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military said in a statement at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday that it was \u201cconducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran,\u201d saying it was acting in response to more than a year of attacks on Israel by Iran and its allies across the Middle East. It was a rare acknowledgment by Israel of military activity on Iranian territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Residents of Tehran reported hearing explosions in and around the city. Just after 6 a.m., the military said the strikes had concluded. Israeli officials said the attack was over by about 5 a.m., after 20 targets had been struck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">During an exchange of airstrikes in April, Israel waited only about five days to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/20\/world\/middleeast\/iran-israel-strike-tensions.html\" title=\"\">respond to an Iranian attack similar to Tehran\u2019s Oct. 1<\/a> missile barrage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Various factors seem to have dictated a longer lead-up to a response this time, about 25 days, including talks between <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/17\/world\/middleeast\/biden-netanyahu-israel-hamas-war.html\" title=\"\">Israel and the Biden administration<\/a>, the arrival of a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/21\/world\/middleeast\/israel-thaad-missile-defense.html\" title=\"\">U.S. air defense system<\/a> and the Jewish holidays. The coming U.S. election <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/04\/us\/politics\/election-israel-iran.html\" title=\"\">could have also<\/a> affected Israel\u2019s timing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Two classified U.S. intelligence documents that were leaked last week described <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/19\/us\/politics\/us-intelligence-israel-iran.html\" title=\"\">satellite images<\/a> of Israeli military preparations for a potential strike on Iran and offered insight into American concerns about those plans.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-55b373ef\">How have Israel and Iran arrived at this point?<\/h2>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-large css-hxpw2c e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-1g9ic6e ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A gathering in Tehran, Iran\u2019s capital, in July after the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated there.<\/span><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">For decades, Iran and Israel engaged in what amounted to a shadow war. Iran has used a network of allied groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, to attack Israeli interests, and Israel has assassinated senior Iranian officials and nuclear scientists and staged cyberattacks against Iran. The conflict between them burst into the open this year, in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks last year by Hamas on Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In April, Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel \u2014 its first direct attack on the country \u2014 in retaliation for an Israeli strike on an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/01\/world\/middleeast\/iran-commanders-killed-syria-israel.html\" title=\"\">Iranian Embassy compound<\/a> in Syria\u2019s capital, Damascus, that killed three top Iranian commanders. Israel largely thwarted the Iranian missile barrage using its air defenses, assisted by the United States and other allies, and then responded with an attack of its own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Then, in late July, Israeli jets killed a top commander of Hezbollah in Lebanon\u2019s capital, Beirut, in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed at least 12 people. One day later, Hamas\u2019s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an explosion in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The Iranian government and Hezbollah vowed to retaliate but, to the surprise of many, Iran took no immediate action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">It launched a missile barrage at Israel on Oct. 1, which the country\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said was in retaliation for the assassinations of Mr. Haniyeh; Hezbollah\u2019s leader, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/28\/world\/middleeast\/hassan-nasrallah-hezbollah-dead.html\" title=\"\">Hassan Nasrallah<\/a>, late last month; and an Iranian commander.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-9eb0a0b\">What were Israel\u2019s targets?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">After severely weakening the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Hamas, Israel was trying to balance its strategic goals with concerns from its allies, particularly the United States, that a new attack could set off a wider regional war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The Israeli government had told the Biden administration that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/10\/15\/world\/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-news#israel-tells-the-us-that-it-wont-target-nuclear-sites-during-its-initial-retaliation-against-iran-officials-say\" title=\"\">it would avoid striking Iran\u2019s nuclear enrichment and oil production sites<\/a>, two officials said this month. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy, said that Israel had agreed to focus its attack on military targets in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">U.S. officials have been concerned about being dragged into a bigger Middle East confrontation with the presidential election less than two weeks away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In Saturday\u2019s attack, Israel said its warplanes had targeted missile-manufacturing facilities, surface-to-air missile arrays and other military sites. Iran\u2019s national air defense force said Israel had attacked military bases in three Iranian provinces, including Tehran, causing \u201climited damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">By avoiding nuclear or oil infrastructure sites, Israel was probably seeking to limit the likelihood of an all-out war between the two adversaries, which would be devastating for the region.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-74d0a97d\">What are Israel\u2019s military capabilities?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Israel has recently shown that it is capable of carrying out airstrikes over long distances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/29\/world\/middleeast\/israel-strikes-houthis-yemen.html\" title=\"\">assaults against the Houthis in Yemen<\/a> at the end of September, Israeli forces flew more than a thousand miles to attack power plants and shipping infrastructure, using reconnaissance aircraft and dozens of fighter jets that had to be <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/30\/middleeast\/idf-nic-robertson-mission-embed-intl-hnk\/index.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">refueled in midflight<\/a>. Tehran, about 1,000 miles from Israel, is in a similar range.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dzyl5h\">\n<section data-testid=\"inline-interactive\" id=\"israel-iran-range\" data-id=\"100000009743578\" data-source-id=\"100000009743578\" class=\"interactive-content interactive-size-scoop css-1vobcg1\">\n<div class=\"css-17ih8de interactive-body\" data-sourceid=\"100000009743578\" id=\"embed-id-100000009743578\">\n<p>    <!-- birdkit: do not modify this file --><\/p>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/assets\/index.BCBJVBr8.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/>\n\t\t<link href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/assets\/index.B915GTVN.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/entry\/start.DwN0ZxUo.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/chunks\/entry.CnbphPsj.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/chunks\/scheduler.CqKDXuCh.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/entry\/app.DIDu1RLQ.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/chunks\/preload-helper.BQ24v_F8.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/chunks\/index.CKILarV3.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/nodes\/0.DeOZJFqp.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/nodes\/5.CKLnDeL6.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/chunks\/index.CP4IZu4A.js\"\/>\n\t\t<link rel=\"modulepreload\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-10-04-iran-facilities\/11f88ed6-01ed-4355-9d34-3e2a1b4b61c3\/_assets\/_app\/immutable\/chunks\/stores.f8AJePMJ.js\"\/>\n<div id=\"g-2024-10-04-iran-facilities\" class=\"birdkit-body g-2024-10-04-iran-facilities g-dark-mode-incompatible\" data-preview-slug=\"2024-10-04-iran-facilities\" data-birdkit-hydrate=\"3e181f4e8fdfa490\">\n<figure class=\"g-wrapper  svelte-141yli7 g-needs-margin-block\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"graphic\">\n<div class=\"g-block g-block-margin svelte-1jrfrvl g-margin-inline\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"g-block-width g-max-width-body svelte-1jrfrvl\">\n<div class=\"g-wrapper_caption g-text-align-left svelte-cu2gla\">\n<p class=\"g-note svelte-cu2gla\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Note: Distances shown are centered on Tel Aviv, Israel.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-credit svelte-cu2gla\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The New York Times<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Iran has much stronger air defenses than Lebanon and Yemen, but Israel has shown that it may have an edge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In April, in retaliation for Iran\u2019s first missile barrage, an Israeli airstrike damaged an S-300 antiaircraft system near Natanz, a city in central Iran critical to the country\u2019s nuclear weapons program. Western and Iranian officials said that Israel had deployed aerial drones and at least one missile fired from a warplane in that attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">That strike showed that Israel could bypass Iran\u2019s defensive systems and paralyze them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington research institution, Israel has additional options: <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/missilethreat.csis.org\/missile\/jericho-2\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jericho 2<\/a> medium-range ballistic missiles, which can reach targets about 2,000 miles away, and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/missilethreat.csis.org\/missile\/jericho-3\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jericho 3<\/a> intermediate-range ballistic missiles, which can reach targets more than 4,000 miles away.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-40002158\">What is the U.S. government\u2019s stance?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">President Biden said this month that he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/02\/world\/middleeast\/iran-nuclear-weapons-biden-israel.html\" title=\"\">would not support<\/a> an attack on Iran\u2019s nuclear sites. The White House on Saturday expressed support for Israel\u2019s operation, calling it targeted and proportionate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">A U.S. official said Saturday that Israel had alerted Biden administration officials ahead of the strikes but declined to specify how far in advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Some analysts have said that the looming U.S. presidential election and the fact that Mr. Biden is not seeking a second term may have made it harder for the administration to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/01\/world\/middleeast\/israel-retaliate-iran-missile-attack.html\" title=\"\">influence and potentially limit<\/a> Israeli action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">A White House official briefing reporters on Saturday said the administration believed the Israeli attack should be the end of the military exchanges between Israel and Iran, but that the United States would again come to Israel\u2019s defense if Iran retaliates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/10\/25\/world\/israel-lebanon-gaza-iran\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel carried out a series of airstrikes against Iran on Saturday, the Israeli military said. 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