Israel Says Confrontation With Iran ‘Is Not Over’
Nearly all the missiles and drones that Iran and
its allies launched at Israel overnight were intercepted. Israel has not made
clear how it might respond.
Mike Ives
Isabel
Kershner
Updated
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/14/world/iran-israel-gaza-war-news
April 14,
2024, 2:26 a.m. ET31 minutes ago
Mike Ives
and Isabel Kershner
Here’s the
latest on Iran’s attack and Israel’s response.
Israel’s
defense minister said early Sunday that its confrontation with Iran “is not
over yet,” hours after Iran opened a volatile new chapter in the two nations’
long-running shadow war by firing hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel.
Nearly all
of the volleys were intercepted, and those that made impact caused only minor
damage, Israeli military officials said on Sunday morning. The United States
said it had shot down dozens of the drones and missiles.
Iran’s
attack, a retaliation for an Israeli airstrike on an Iranian Embassy building
in Syria, was not unexpected. The question now is how Israel will respond, and
whether the two rivals — which have no direct channels of communication — will
be able to avoid dangerous miscalculations in the hours and days ahead.
Here’s what
we know:
The
attacks set off a flurry of diplomatic activity. President Biden said he would
convene a meeting of the Group of 7 leaders on Sunday, and the United Nations
Security Council was scheduled to hold an emergency meeting.
As
Iranians gathered in Tehran to celebrate the attack, Iran’s foreign ministry
described it as a defensive measure, and the country’s Revolutionary Guards
Corps warned the United States against getting involved.
The
Israeli military said its fighter jets struck targets in Lebanon early Sunday
that belong to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia backed by Iran. Hezbollah said
it had fired dozens of rockets on Saturday at an Israeli barracks in the Golan
Heights, a strategic area bordering Syria that Israel controls.
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