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Israel says Iran has begun
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By Virginia Pietromarchi, Edna Mohamed and Nils
Adler
13 Apr 2024
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps says in a
statement that it has begun an attack on Israel
using “dozens of drones and missiles”.
The Israeli army says Iran has launched several
drones against Israeli territory, nearly two weeks
after an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in
Syria. The military says the drones will take hours
to arrive.

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6m ago (21:25 GMT)

Iran has launched a direct attack from Iranian soil:

Israeli military

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari has issued a statement Sofa Beds for
in which he said, “We are closely monitoring Iranian killer drones Cheap
that are en route to Israel sent by Iran”.
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“This is a severe and dangerous escalation. Our defensive and offen-

sive capabilities are at the highest level of readiness ahead of this
large-scale attack from Iran”.

10m ago (21:20 GMT)

Netanyahu has convened Israeli war cabinet

The office of the Israeli prime minister says that the war cabinet has
convened at military headquarters in Tel Aviv.

This comes shortly after Iran said that it has begun an attack on Is-
raeli territory with drones and cruise missiles.

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15m ago (21:15 GMT)

Syria puts its ground-to-air defence systems around

capital, major bases on high alert: Report

Reuters, citing army sources, reports that Syria has put its Russian-
made Pantsir ground-to-air defence systems on high alert around the
capital, Damascus and major bases in the event of Israeli strikes.

The sources said they expected Israel would retaliate to any attack
from Iran by targeting army bases and installations where pro-Iran-
ian militia were based.

31m ago (21:05 GMT)

The IRGC has released a statement

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released a state-

ment saying:

“We launched an operation using drones and missiles in response to

the Zionist entity’s crime of targeting the Iranian consulate in Syria”.

“The operation was carried out with dozens of missiles and drones to
strike specific targets in the occupied territories”, the statement read.

47m ago (20:49 GMT)

Jordan’s air defence ready to shoot down any Iranian

aircraft that violate its airspace

Reuters, citing two regional security sources, reports that Jordan’s

air defences are ready to intercept and shoot down any Iranian
drones or aircraft that violate its airspace.

The sources said the army was also in a state of high alert, and that
radar systems were monitoring drone activity.

53m ago (20:43 GMT)

Iraq closes its airspace

Iraq’s Transport Ministry has announced that the country’s airspace

is now closed.

The management of Erbil International Airport also confirmed in a

news statement that the decision to close Iraqi airspace also included
the Iraq’s Kurdish region.

56m ago (20:40 GMT)

Israeli airspace set to close

Israeli airspace will be closed to arrivals and departures as of 22:30

GMT, according to the national airports authority.

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57m ago (20:39 GMT)

Iran has launched extensive drone strikes against Israel:

Iran’s Press TV

Iranian press TV says Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard has launched

extensive drone attacks against targets in Israel.

The English-language media outlet cited Iranian sources.

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54m ago (20:36 GMT)

White House says Iran has begun airborne attack

against Israel

Washington says Iran has begun an airborne attack against Israel

that is likely to unfold over a number of hours.

National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a

statement that President Joe Biden is regularly updated by his na-
tional security team and is in constant communication with Israeli
officials, US partners and allies.

56m ago (20:35 GMT)

Most airlines will want to avoid the airspace around

Israel: Expert

Airline safety and security expert Todd Curtis spoke to Al Jazeera

about why countries such as Jordan have closed their airspace due to
the threat of drones headed for Israel.

He said it was out of “an abundance of caution” adding that “the

kinds of aircraft that apparently heading toward Israel aren’t neces-
sarily targeting airliners or their aircraft”.

“However, there are going to be a lot of unknowns in this situation,

including any sort of defensive activity on the part of Israel and oth-
ers,” he said.

He said most airliners and most airline management companies

would want to avoid certain pockets of airspace in the region “simply
because of the hazard that exists” not just from military activity but
also from reported GPS system jamming.

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