JERUSALEM: Israel’s air strikes “hit exhausting” Iran’s defences and missile manufacturing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Sunday (Oct 27), however Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated the harm from Saturday’s attack shouldn’t be exaggerated.
With warfare raging in Gaza and Lebanon, direct confrontation between Israel and Iran dangers spiralling right into a regional conflagration. However a day after the air strikes, there was no signal they’d spark one other spherical of escalation.
Nevertheless, heavy combating in Lebanon between Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which sharply intensified over latest weeks, continued on Sunday with an Israeli airstrike killing eight individuals in a residential block in Sidon, medics stated.
“The air pressure attacked all through Iran. We hit exhausting Iran’s defence capabilities and its skill to provide missiles which are aimed toward us,” Netanyahu stated in a speech, calling the assault “exact and highly effective” and saying it met all its targets.
