Ambassador Azar attributed Israel's success in defending the Iran rocket barrage to advanced air defence systems and its strong partnerships with the United States.
During the Iranian missile attack on Israel yesterday, a Palestinian man was killed in the West Bank town of Nu'eima near Jericho after the falling fuselage of an intercepted missile hit him.
Iran launched over 180 missiles at Israel, prompting retaliation vows from Netanyahu. The US pledged full support as tensions rise, and the UN called an emergency meeting.
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad alleges Mossad infiltrated Iran’s intelligence, including a key unit tasked with countering Israeli espionage, raising concerns about Iran’s security vulnerabilities.
Israel today targeted Houthi stronghold Yemen, hitting Hodeidah port, oil reserves in Ras Issa, Al-Hali power station and Hodeidah International Airport
According to the Israeli military, senior Hezbollah official Nabil Qaouk was killed in an Israel Defense Forces airstrike on Saturday in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Abbas Nilforushan, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ deputy commander, was killed along with Hezbollah leaders in the Israeli operation in Beirut.
Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terror group, rose from Lebanon’s civil war to become a powerful military and political force, but financial sanctions and domestic opposition now threaten its future.