Israel hits Iran Live Updates: Hamas and Hezbollah are no longer ‘effective’ proxies for Iran, Israeli Defense Minister says

Live updates on Israel’s war with Hezbollah: Israel announced on Saturday it would begin “precision strikes” on military targets in Iran in response to recent attacks attributed to Iran. According to Israeli military statements, the strikes are in response to “months of continuous attacks by the Iranian regime on the State of Israel.”

Iranian state media reported several explosions around Tehran, and Iranian state television confirmed that “strong explosions” were heard across the capital, although the cause of the explosions was not specified.

Israel vowed to retaliate following Iran’s October 1 missile attack. Following the attack by Iranian-backed Hamas on October 7, 2023, Israel began to intensify operations in the Gaza Strip and expanded its focus into Lebanon, seeking to secure its northern border amid repeated border crossings. -border aggression by Iran-backed Hezbollah. “Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized,” the Israeli military said, while its spokesman Daniel Hagari urged citizens to remain “vigilant and vigilant.”

The United States described the Israeli strikes as a “self-defense exercise,” citing Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier this month. National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said the strikes were a direct response to that aggression. Syrian state news agency SANA also reported that Syrian air defenses intercepted “hostile targets” near Damascus, while explosions were heard around the Syrian capital, although the source of these explosions remains unclear.

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