LIVE – Iran’s attack on Israel: Emergency meeting of the UN Security Council this Wednesday

The Israeli military announced that Iran fired around 180 missiles toward the country during its attack Tuesday evening. The UN Security Council is due to meet urgently on Wednesday to discuss the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East.

Emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday

The UN Security Council will meet urgently this Wednesday to discuss the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, the Swiss presidency of the Council announced to the press on Tuesday. “We have scheduled a meeting” at 10 a.m. New York time (4 p.m. in Paris), said the presidency.

Israel ‘proved’ its ability to ‘prevent the enemy from succeeding’

Israel has proven its ability to “prevent the enemy from succeeding,” Israel’s army chief of staff said Tuesday after Iran’s massive missile attack on the country.

“We have proven our ability to prevent the enemy from succeeding, through the combination of exemplary civilian conduct and a very strong air defense network,” General Herzi Halevi said in an army statement.

Washington says it wants to “coordinate” a response with Israel after Iran attack

The United States indicated on Tuesday that it wanted to “coordinate” with the Israelis a response to Iran after its missile attack on Israel.

“Of course, this attack must have consequences for Iran. I’m not going to dwell on those consequences today, but there are things that we will coordinate on with our Israeli counterparts,” he told State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told the press.

Iranian attack on Israel ‘ineffective,’ says White House

Iran’s attack on Israel proved “ineffective” and was “defeated” by Israeli forces, supported by the United States, American national security adviser Jake Sullivan ruled on Tuesday.

Stressing that at present Washington was “not aware of any deaths in Israel”, but was seeking information on the death of a Palestinian civilian in the occupied West Bank, Jake Sullivan estimated that it was a question of a “significant escalation on the part of Iran”.

Airspace reopened in Israel after attack

Israeli airspace was reopened Tuesday evening, the country’s airport authorities announced, after the massive Iranian missile attack fired at the country.

Guards claim to have struck ‘three military bases’ around Tel Aviv

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday they had struck “three military bases” around Tel Aviv in a missile attack on Israel in response to the assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. “We targeted three military bases around Tel Aviv” during the operation, the Guards said in a statement relayed by the ISNA agency.

Hamas hails Iran’s ‘heroic’ attack

Hamas “welcomes the heroic missile strikes carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran against large swathes of the occupied territories” (Israel), the Palestinian movement said in a statement, specifying that these strikes were “revenge for our heroic martyrs.

West Bank: Palestinian killed by missile fragments during Iranian attack, local official says

“A Palestinian worker in Jericho was killed after being hit by pieces (of a missile) falling from the sky,” the governor of Jericho, a city in the occupied West Bank, Hossain Hanayel, told AFP.

Tehran International Airport suspends flights

Tehran International Airport announced it had suspended flights after a missile attack launched by Iran against Israel in response to the assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, local media reported Tuesday.

“For now, we have suspended incoming and outgoing flights from Tehran International Airport until the flight permit is issued,” the head of Tehran International Airport told ISNA. the Iranian capital, Saïd Chalandari.

Israel will retaliate against Iran attack ‘where and when’ it chooses

Israel will retaliate for an Iranian missile attack on the country on Tuesday, the army spokesman said, adding that it would respond at a time and place of its choosing.

“This attack will have consequences. We have plans and we will act where and when we decide,” Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said.

Lebanon closes airspace after Iranian attack on Israel

Lebanon announces the closure of its airspace and the suspension of air traffic for at least two hours, shortly after Iran launched a missile attack against Israel.

“Due to regional developments, the airspace will be closed for two hours,” said the Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamié, on the X platform, adding that “the resumption of flights will be evaluated later.”

United States ready to provide “additional defensive support” to Israel

The United States is ready to provide “additional defensive support” to Israel after Iranian missile attacks targeting Washington’s ally, a US defense official said on Tuesday.

“Our forces remain in position to provide additional defensive support and protect U.S. forces deployed in the region” after participating in the “defense against missiles fired from Iran against Israel,” the official said on condition of anonymity. .

UN chief ‘condemns widening conflict’ after Iranian fire targeting Israel

“I condemn the widening of the conflict in the Middle East,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a statement after Iranian missile attacks targeting Israel. “This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire,” added the UN boss, deploring “escalation after escalation”.

IDF announces that the threat is over “for the moment”

The Israeli army announced that the Iranian threat was over “for the moment”, while promising a “response”

Iraq closes its airspace for “security” reasons

Iraq’s transport ministry on Tuesday ordered the closure of its airspace for “security” reasons after Iran launched missiles at Israel, according to comments reported by the official Iraqi news agency. The ministry also ordered “the temporary cessation of air traffic at all Iraqi airports.”

Air traffic suspended in Jordan

Jordan announced on Tuesday the suspension of air traffic after a missile attack from Iran towards Israel. According to a civil aviation press release, “Jordanian airspace is temporarily closed” and all departures and arrivals are suspended.

A Defense and Security Council convened by Emmanuel Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron convenes a Defense and Security Council devoted to the situation in the Middle East.

Attack in Tel Aviv: 4 dead and 7 injured according to new police report

Four people were killed and seven others injured Tuesday in Tel Aviv in an automatic weapons attack perpetrated by two shooters, who were “neutralized,” Israeli police said after initially reporting seven injured. According to surveillance camera images broadcast by Israeli television, the two shooters opened fire while getting off a tram at the Sderot-Yeroushalaïm stop, in the Jaffa district. “The two terrorists were neutralized on the spot,” the police said in a press release.

Attack on Israel is a response to the deaths of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders

The Revolutionary Guards say the ongoing attack on Israel is a response to the deaths of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.

“Missiles were fired from Iran towards Israel”

The Israeli army issued an alert claiming that “missiles” had been fired “from Iran towards Israel”. Interceptor missiles were fired over Jerusalem on Tuesday evening against projectiles coming from the east visible in their light trails, minutes after the Israeli army announced that missiles had been fired from Iran towards Israel , noted AFP journalists. Dozens of detonations were heard and explosions visible in the sky before the sirens sounded again.

Anti-aircraft warning sirens sounded on Tuesday in central Israel, the army said the day after the launch of its ground offensive against positions of the armed Islamist movement Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. “Sirens sounded in central Israel,” the army said in a statement, before indicating that they were activated throughout the territory.

Iran fired “missiles at Tel Aviv” in Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday, without further details. This announcement comes after the Israeli army reported missile launches from Iran.