The strike was intended to signal to Iran that Israel had the ability to strike inside the country, an official said. No damage was reported to Isfahan nuclear sites.
The U.S. and Israel are holding another tense meeting on a future Rafah operation Thursday, a sign that Iran’s attack isn’t halting negotiations over Israel’s conduct in the war against Hamas. Both sides are attending a virtual session,
Israel reportedly launched a limited airstrike early Friday against Iran in response to the Iranian attack on Israel April 13, but details of the strike – including the type of weapon or weapons used – remain unclear.
Yellen said the administration’s actions would “degrade and disrupt” the Iranian drone program that targeted civilian populations in Israel. The sanctions also target Iranian steel production, a measure not taken by U.
The strike in the central city of Isfahan appears to have caused no significant damage and the muted way the story was told in both nations pointed to a determination, at least for now, not to further escalate their conflict.
Tensions in the region are high following Iran’s unprecedented assault on Israel — itself in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria.
Israel carried out an attack on Iranian soil on Friday, sources said, days after Iran launched an unprecedented strike on Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles. Here is some reaction to the Israeli military response,
Iran’s first direct attack on Israel demonstrated the advances of its domestic weapons program, analysts said, while also exposing the limits of its arsenal.
Airlines quickly changed flight paths over Iran, diverted to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday in response to airspace and airport closures after an Israeli attack on Iran,
How we pick and research claims | Email newsletter | Facebook page The video was posted online more than a month before Iran's attack on Israel. It shows rockets fired from Lebanon, CNN Türk reported.
Washington plans to impose new sanctions to “degrade Iran’s military capacity” after it fired drones and missiles at Israel, the top U.S. security adviser said.
Israeli warplanes fired missiles on Iran during a retaliatory strike early Friday morning, one Western official and two Iranian officials said, suggesting that the attack included more advanced firepower than initial reports indicated.
By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
President Biden got what he wanted from Israel on Friday—a tempered military response against Iran that did little damage and may not lead to a larger escalation. The mistake would be thinking this is somehow the end of Iran’s long war against Israel and the U.
A day after Israeli fighter aircraft boldly struck an air defense radar site inside Iran, top US and Israeli officials declined to publicly acknowledge the incident.
Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that Israel "must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our interests" as the U.N. secretary-general warned that the Middle East was in a "moment of maximum peril.
By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources said was an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ignored the Israeli missile strikes that hit his country during a speech on Friday, apparently walking back his previous threats of total war.
President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to conduct a large-scale offensive in Rafah to avoid more Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza, where Palestinian health authorities sa
Oil steadied on Friday following an earlier price spike of more than $3 a barrel after Iran played down a reported Israeli attacks on its soil, in a sign that an escalation of hostilities in the Middle East might be avoided.
Israel's military displays what they say is an Iranian ballistic missile which they retrieved from the Dead Sea after Iran launched drones and missiles toward
By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
Israel has been under pressure from the U.S. and Europe to moderate its response and faced the challenge of delivering a blow that would punish Iran for the attack without provoki
The U.S. and U.K. have imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East
The scope of Israel’s military response to Iran’s first-ever direct attack on the country remains murky. Israeli officials have yet to publicly acknowledge responsibility for reported overnight explosions in parts of Iran on Friday.
Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran could review its "nuclear doctrine" amid Israeli threats, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday,
Israeli carried out a "limited" strike against Iran on Friday, targeting the country's Isfahan province, which is where Natanz, one of Iran's nuclear facilities, is located.
Israel reportedly struck back at Iran on Friday morning, hitting a military site in a drone operation that was limited in scale and seemed to cause little damage.
Airlines changed flight paths over Iran, cancelled some flights, diverted others to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday due to airspace and airport closures and security concerns after an Israeli attack on Iran.
Explosions were reported early Friday near a military base in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, according to state-run news, as Israel appears have attacked the Middle Eastern country.
Iran's military has no immediate plans Friday to hit back at Israel following strikes inside the country early Friday near a nuclear facility, a report says.
The pound was little changed on Friday after falling to a five-month low against the dollar in Asian trading hours as investors responded to reports of an Israeli attack on Iran. People familiar with the matter told Reuters that Israel attacked Iran,
The apparent Israeli retaliation comes just days after Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend, most of which were intercepted by Israel’s defen
As Israel maintained official silence on Friday’s reported attack on Iran, its analysts and officials weighed in on whether the scale of the assault was a sign of strength or weakness.