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French President Emmanuel Macron, who on Friday defended Israel's right to protect itself, spoke by phone to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a spike in diplomatic tensions, the Ely
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Israel had the right to defend its existence and the safety of its citizens but urged Israel and Iran not to take steps that further escalate the situation. Iran's nuclear program presents "a serious threat to the entire region,
The Begin Doctrine, created after Israel's strike against Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981, commits Israel to preventing any enemy state from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sworn to take ... Those of us who believe that Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself must therefore ask: what sort of control does this mean ...
June 13, 3 p.m. EDT The Islamic Republic News Agency confirmed the “wave of hypersonic missile strikes,” on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, calling Israel’s attack “unprovoked,” whileIRNA also reported Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed new military officials the same day of Israel’s attack.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is calling for de-escalation after Israel targeted Iran's nuclear sites and killed Iranian military leaders with a barrage of airstrikes early Friday.
Israel launched strikes against Iran early Friday, hitting its nuclear programme and targeting its long-range missile capabilities. Iran Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami has been killed in the attack.
After Israel struck around 100 targets in Iran, President Emmanuel Macron published an English-language statement calling for all parties to 'exercise maximum restraint,' and later spoke by phone with Benjamin Netanyahu.