Less than 72 hours after Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel, in which more than 300 missiles and rockets were launched without causing any deaths; It is still not clear. EFE
Less than 72 hours after Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel, in which They launched more than 300 missiles and rockets without causing deaths; It is still unclear how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will respond, already facing a war with no end in sight in the Gaza Strip.
“Israel will act with strategic intelligence and respond in the place, time and manner it chooses,” said War Cabinet Minister and Minister Benny Gantz today, who did not doubt the need for a response.
«Iran is a global and regional problem, and also a threat to Israel. Therefore, the world should act militarily against it and impose sanctions.”assured the minister.
However, according to analysts, the Israeli response could not be a direct attack against Iran, but against some of its satellite allies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq or Yemen.
«EThe State of Israel will continue to act against any element that attempts to spread terror throughout the Middle East“The skies are open for air force planes and we know how to hit those who act against us,” said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on his X account.
“It will not be a battlefield”
King Abdullah II of Jordan assured this Tuesday, in the face of these fears, that his country “will not be a battlefield” between Israel and Iran, since any direct attack between Israel and Iran will necessarily have to cross Jordanian or Syrian airspace.
“Jordan will not be a battlefield for either party, and the protection of Jordanians comes above all else.”“said the Hashemite monarch during a meeting with representatives of the northern province of Mafraq, according to a statement from the Jordanian Royal Court.
These statements come after the Government of Amman was criticized by part of its population, the Arab world and Iranian media and authorities, for having intercepted several projectiles launched by Iran against Israel that flew over its airspace last Saturday.
For her part, the German Foreign MinisterAnnalena Baerbock will travel to Israel tonight to express Germany’s “full solidarity” after the Iranian attack, as reported in a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, in which he reiterated that the important thing now is to stop Iran “without encouraging a new escalation.”
More than 33,800 dead in Gaza
While all eyes are looking at Iran, the Israeli Army intensified its offensive in the north and center of the Gaza Strip this Tuesday, April 16, 2024. where more than 33,800 Palestinians have already died in a war that has forced the displacement of more than 82% of the population and left it on the brink of famine.
In new attacks, at least eleven people died today, most of them children, in an attack with an Israeli drone on the Al Maghazi refugee camp, in the central area, a medical source from the Martyrs of al Aqsa hospital, in Deir, told EFE. al Balah.
Another eight civilians were killed in a second Israeli bombardment in the center of Gaza City, which also caused injuries, and three more were killed in an attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp, also in the center, which ground troops invaded five days ago .
While in the city of Beit Hanoun and eastern Jabalia, in northern Gaza, Palestinian families were forcibly displaced, including hundreds taking refuge in a school, as part of a military operation with “bulldozers and tanks”“, as reported by Hamas and the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
“The occupation army established an interrogation center behind the school (Mahdiya Al Shawa) housing hundreds of displaced people and demanded everyone leave at gunpoint,” Hamas denounced in a statement.
«Women were forced to remove their hijab and men stripped naked. All families in Beit Hanoun were forced to leave and several young people were arrested“, critical. EFE