Israel's representative to the United Nations, Danny Danon, confirmed that his country will respond “in a calculated manner” to the Iranian missiles that targeted Israel the day before Tuesday, “because we do not want a comprehensive war with Iran.”
He continued – according to what was reported by the American CNN network – that “Israel does not want to see escalation or war, but it will take revenge on Iran,” adding that “Iran also does not want a comprehensive war with us.”
He explained, “The response to the Iranian attack is up to us to decide its nature and what we target. The Iranians know our capabilities to reach any destination in the Middle East.”
Danon concluded, “The Israeli response will occur soon and will be strong and very painful. The War Council will not stand idly by in the face of Iran's attack, and it is studying response options.”
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Israeli army announced that the missile strike carried out by Iran on Tuesday evening caused damage to… Its air basesBut he downplayed its importance and did not reveal its locations.
Israeli Army Radio said that several Air Force bases were damaged by the Iranian attack, but “there was no damage to their infrastructure.”
Israeli news platforms also reported from the army that there were no aircraft or weapons casualties. The army also denied that Iran had launched supersonic missiles as part of its attack on Israel yesterday.
Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel, the day before yesterday, Tuesday, in an attack that it said was in response to the assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) Ismail Haniyehand Secretary-General LHezbollah Lebanese Hassan NasrallahAnd Commander PalIranian Revolutionary Guard Abbas Nilforoshan.
An American position and an Iranian warning
In turn, the American President said: Joe Biden He does not support an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities following the strikes on Israel, and while the White House said that Group of Seven Considering imposing sanctions on Tehran, the group called for reducing tensions in the Middle East.
Biden told reporters, “We will discuss with the Israelis what they will do, but we all (G7 countries) agree that they have the right to respond, but it must be proportionate.”
Following the strike, the Iranian president warned Masoud Bazeshkian “If the Zionists make any mistakes, they will receive a stronger and more destructive response,” he said.
Iranian Chief of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri revealed that the strike targeted 3 major air bases and the Mossad headquarters.
He said that among them was the Nevatim base, which includes F-35 fighters, and the Hatzerim base, which he said was responsible for the Nasrallah assassination. He added that the attack targeted radars and a concentration of tanks and personnel carriers in the Gaza Strip.