Here is Israel’s reaction to Iran’s attack
Israel reacted to Iran's attack last Saturday, hitting the city of Isfahan. All updates
Israel's reaction to the attack launched by Iran last Saturday began before dawn. All the international media reported it around 4.30 am Italian time.
Israel's attack
The always informed Barak Ravid of Axios at that time issued a statement which, quoting a senior US administration official, reported the strike which the same official commented by saying he was "not surprised".
Ravid then reported the launch of the Iranian Fars news agency – affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, the same ones who launched the attack on the Jewish state on Saturday – according to which "some explosions were heard in the city of Isfahan, in the center of Iran, near an Iranian air force base."
Ravid himself then reported that Tehran state TV had just broadcast the news that in Isfahan "numerous drones were shot down by air defenses", and that the authorities had closed the airspace in the western part of the country.
Another Iranian press agency, the state one called IRNA, was then recalled by Ravid, underlining that the air defense systems had been activated during the night in numerous points of the country.
Updates
This news quickly went around the world until it was also relaunched by the Italian media, whose home pages now feature headlines about the Israeli attack everywhere.
Citing statements made by an airport company official to the state broadcaster Mehr TV, Agenzia Nova recently reported that the Iranian authorities have suspended all direct flights to Isfahan but also to Tehran and Shiraz. All operations at airports in the West, North-West and South-West have also been suspended.
In a subsequent update, Nova itself reported the news of the shooting down of at least three suicide drones, clarifying that one of the targets of the attack would be a military radar installation.
Citing Iranian sources, the agency also informed that the ongoing attack would not be a large-scale attack and that the nuclear facilities in Isfahan province are "completely safe".
Last minute
A very recent launch by " ABC News " has just reported the declarations of another US government representative according to which missiles struck Iran. According to ABC itself, explosions also occurred in Syria and Iraq, but were not confirmed by the American official.
In the meantime, Forbes published a launch which reported the post on X by the spokesperson of the Iranian space agency according to which numerous drones had been "successfully shot down by the country's air defenses". But the spokesman denied the missile attack "for now".
Forbes also explained how the site of the attack, Isfahan, hosts numerous military bases and research facilities linked to the Islamic Republic's missile and drone program. But Isfahan, the same newspaper clarified, is the same place where those F-14 Tomcats are housed which, despite their venerable age, represent the most advanced examples of fighters supplied to the Iranian air force.
Finally, a very fresh update from the Guardian reported the statements made on state TV by a senior Iranian commander, Siavosh Mihandoust, according to which the Israeli attack would not have caused any damage.
(piece updated at 7.30 am)
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/israele-risposta-attacco-iran/ on Fri, 19 Apr 2024 05:39:56 +0000.