Israel launched an attack on Iran on Friday in response to Tehran's recent ballistic rocket barrage of 200 rockets aimed at the Jewish state, according to Fox News. The Israel Defense Forces had vowed a 'serious and significant' retaliation to Iran's attack, with Friday night's strike marking a rare and overt direct assault on the Islamic Republic. This Israeli action virtually guaranteed Iran's direct engagement in the ongoing conflict between its terror proxies and the Jewish state, a situation that global leaders fear could escalate into a full-scale war in the Middle East.
US officials, supporting Israel's right to respond to Iran's attack, stated that America had been advising the Jewish state on how to craft a 'proportionate' response. Israel has been engaged in conflict with the Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, and has also been defending against attacks from terrorist allies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthis in Yemen, and Iran.
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