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    Iran says it will target Israel after weekend attack

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    Tensions in the Middle East showed no signs of easing on Monday, with a senior Iranian military official vowing that Israel would face “painful and unimaginable consequences” for its territory. Attack on military targets over the weekend killed at least four Iranian soldiers.

    Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Major General Hossein Salami said the attack showed Israel’s “miscalculation and frustration on the battlefield” in Gaza and Lebanon. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei echoed Salami’s statements and said that Iran “will use all available tools.” “To respond to Israel’s attack.

    Baghaei said the Islamic Republic was “obliged to respond harshly” despite diplomatic efforts aimed at defusing tensions in the region. Iran has been underestimated before Israeli air strike on SaturdayHe said it caused only limited damage. The US warned Iran not to escalate the conflict.

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of all Israel military objectives achieved. The Israeli army said that it seriously damaged factories producing long-range ballistic missiles and destroyed air defense batteries.

    The attacks were used in retaliation for Iran’s October 1 missile bombardment, which did little damage to Israel. This attack was made in response to the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran, which Iran blamed on Israel.

    Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said on Sunday that the Israeli attack should not be “exaggerated or underestimated” and asked government officials to postpone the decision to retaliate. President Masoud Pezeshkian said only that Iran would respond “with an appropriate response.”

    Developments:

    ∎ The UN Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss Israel’s attack on Iran. The Swiss UN mission said the meeting was requested by Iran with the support of Algeria, China and Russia. Iraq complained to the UN about Israel’s use of its airspace in the attack.

    ∎ Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said the number of Palestinians has exceeded 43,000 and more than 100,000 people have been injured since Israel’s occupation of Gaza.

    Israel retaliated against Iran: The USA says it is not involved

    Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said in a social media post that the Israeli army had withdrawn from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza and completed the raid on the “terrorist headquarters established by Hamas” in Jabaliya.

    Shoshani said weapons, cash and intelligence documents were seized in and around the hospital. The army surrounded the hospital last week and broke in over the weekend. Some militants barricaded the hospital and about 100 people were arrested, including some who the military said tried to escape during the evacuation of civilians.

    Gaza’s Ministry of Health denied any militant presence in the hospital. The ministry accused the Israelis of detaining all male medical staff at the hospital and locking the women in hospital rooms without food or water. World Health Organization President Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the situation in northern Gaza as a “catastrophe”.

    According to reports in Lebanese and Israeli media, Israeli planes struck Lebanon’s ancient city of Tire on Monday after the army called for evacuation for parts of the coastal area. Previously, a barrage of approximately 30 rockets had been fired from Lebanon into Israel.

    Despite the intensifying air attacks between Israel and Iran-backed Lebanon-based Hezbollah, Tire was considered safe until recently. But Israeli airstrikes this week have shattered building facades, left piles of rubble in the streets and raised concerns that the city is unsafe. As a result, tens of thousands of residents fled.

    Contributed by: Reuters

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