World leaders urge restraint after Iran launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel late on Saturday in response to an April 1 attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
In a statement following a video meeting, the leaders of the Group of Seven powers said they "unequivocally condemn in the strongest terms Iran's direct and unprecedented attack against Israel". / Photo: Reuters / Photo: APThe United States has said it will not join any Israeli attack on Iran, with US President Joe Biden warning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to"think carefully" about any escalation.
Türkiye's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin and CIA Director William Burns recently spoke on the phone, and discussed the escalation between Iran and Israel as well as the situation in Gaza, security sources said. Israel's chief military spokesperson said earlier on Sunday that France was among the countries involved in defending against the Iranian attack.The Israeli war cabinet has concluded a meeting to discuss ways to respond to Iran's attack.
Turkish diplomatic sources say they engaged with both Iran and US before and during Tehran’s retaliatory attack to IsraelThe United States had contact with Iran through Swiss intermediaries both before and after Tehran's retaliatory attack on Israeli territory, a senior Biden administration official said.
The Iran-aligned group added in a statement that Tehran had exercised its legal rights despite"threats, intimidation and pressure".Israeli ministers have called for a response after Iran fired drones and missiles on Israel, in retaliation for an April attack on its embassy in Damascus that killed several military commanders.
“To create deterrence in the Middle East, we must respond with madness,” Ben-Gvir, who is the leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, said in a recorded statement broadcast on X.Israel has an opportunity to form a strategic alliance against Iran after its mass drone and missile attack was jointly repelled, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said.
"Such missile and drone attacks had the potential to cause significant harm beyond military targets and put civilians at risk," Volker Turk said in a statement."This only adds fuel to the fire in the whole region."Israel has stressed that Iran"must pay a price for its aggression" after Tehran launched an overnight retaliatory attack targeting Israeli territory.
"Iran's actions threaten the entire region and the world, just as Russia's actions threaten a larger conflict, and the obvious collaboration between the two regimes in spreading terror must face a resolute and united response from the world," he wrote on social media platform X.
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