Israel Says US, Allies Got here Collectively For First Time To Counter Iran

“Collectively we thwarted Iran’s assault… This was the primary time that such a coalition labored collectively.”

Jerusalem:

Israel’s military mentioned Sunday Israel, the USA, Britain, France and different allies had come collectively as a “coalition” for the primary time to counter Iran’s unprecedented assault.

Iran launched a wave of missiles and assault drones in opposition to Israel in a single day Saturday to Sunday within the first ever direct assault on its arch foe.

“Collectively we thwarted Iran’s assault… This was the primary time that such a coalition labored collectively in opposition to the specter of Iran and its proxies within the Center East,” mentioned army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari in a televised assertion.

“Iran launched over 350 threats, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, rockets and suicide drones in direction of Israel and likewise different international locations within the area might have gotten that menace on the way in which.”

Tehran’s assault got here in retaliation for a lethal air strike extensively blamed on Israel that destroyed its consular constructing in Syria’s capital early this month.

In a separate assertion, Israel’s International Minister Israel Katz mentioned he had instructed his British and French counterparts that “Iran should pay a value”.

“I instructed them — it is your time to weaken the Iranian regime, to proscribe the IRGC (Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) as a terrorist organisation, and to impose crippling sanctions on the Iranian missile venture.”

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