Hezbollah claimed on Tuesday April 16 that it had launched two explosive drones on Israeli positions. The fighters of the Lebanese movement led “an aerial attack with suicide drones (..) on Beit Hillel, hitting the ‘Iron Dome’ launch pads and their personnel”, the pro-Iranian group said, referring to the Israeli air defense system. It thus confirms the announcement of the Israeli army, which affirmed a little earlier Tuesday that âtwo armed dronesâ from Lebanon had exploded in northern Israeli territory. The Upper Galilee Regional Council said three people were injured. Follow our live stream.
An escalation would have âcatastrophic consequencesâ, warns Vladimir Putin. The Russian president called on Israel and Iran to “detention”, during an interview with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim RaĂŻssi on Tuesday. Vladimir Putin warned against âcatastrophic consequences for the entire regionâ of any further escalation, the Kremlin said, after the meeting between the two leaders.
The Israeli army warns that Iran will ânot emerge unscathedâ from its attack. âWe cannot stand idly by in the face of such aggression, Iran will not emerge unscathedâ of its attack, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Tuesday during a press visit to a base in southern Israel. âFiring 110 missiles directly at Israel will not go unpunished. We will respond when, where and how we chooseâhe added.
Tehran reiterates its âwill to restrainâ. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke on the phone with his Iranian counterpart, the official Xinhua news agency reported. He specifies that Tehran has once again expressed its âwill to restrainâ after his unprecedented attack on Israel. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, head of Iranian diplomacy, expressed to Beijing his wish not to aggravate the situation “very sensitive” in the region, warning nevertheless that any new attack against Iran’s interests or security would trigger a response âdecisive, immediate and importantâwarning the United States in particular.