G7 threatens further penalties against Iran as the world reacts to Israeli drone strike

The Group of Seven foreign ministers said they might punish Iran with more sanctions for attacking Israel with drones and missiles. They also want Israel and Iran to keep the conflict from getting worse.

At the same time, it seems like Israel attacked Iran with drones. Iranian soldiers shot back to protect an air base and a nuclear site near Isfahan. It came almost a week after Tehran’s surprising drone and missile attack on Israel.

Israel shot a missile at an air defense unit in southern Syria, causing damage. This was reported by the state-run SANA news agency quoting the military statement on Friday.

Israel had promised to react to Iran’s big attack over the weekend, which made people in the area worried that there might be more fighting after months of conflict in Gaza. Allies have told Israel to not react strongly to the attack.

Struggles between neighboring areas have gotten worse since the beginning of the most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas in October. In 2007, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, two militant groups supported by Iran, launched an attack across the border that killed 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others. Israel attacked Gaza and caused a lot of destruction. More than 33,900 people have been killed, according to local health officials.

Italy’s foreign minister said that Israel warned us at the last moment.

The US told the G7 countries that it got new information from Israel about a drone mission in Iran at the last minute.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that the United States gave some information at a meeting, but they had to change it at the last minute to talk about the suspected attack. Tajani said the US told the G7 ministers that Israel informed them about the drones at the last minute. “The US did not share the attack, they just provided information about it. ”

He said all Italians living in Iran were safe and had no issues.

The leader of Germany says that everyone needs to make sure that the situation doesn’t get worse.

German leader Olaf Scholz wants everyone in the Middle East to work together to prevent things from getting worse. But he and his government are not saying much about what happened in Iran last night.

Scholz said at a gathering on the North Sea island of Norderney Friday that there were reports of more “military activity” during the night.

He said, “I don’t want to talk more about it. We all need to make sure the war doesn’t get worse in the near future. ”

Scholz said that Germany will have discussions with “all our friends and allies” about making a situation less tense.

When asked about reports of an Israeli attack, Scholz’s spokesperson, Steffen Hebestreit, said in Berlin that he doesn’t have any information to add.

G7 leaders are talking about imposing more punishment on Iran.

The foreign ministers of seven countries said they might punish Iran for attacking Israel with drones and missiles. They also asked both countries to not make the conflict worse.

Antonio Tajani, the leader of the meeting of rich countries’ ministers, said they had to change the agenda on Friday to talk about the newest things happening.

On Friday, Iran used air defences to protect a big air base and a nuclear site near Isfahan city after seeing drones. They were thought to be involved in an Israeli attack as a response to Tehran’s drone and missile attack on the country last weekend.

Tajani didn’t talk about the incident right away, but he said that G7 ministers were upset by Iran’s attack on Israel and asked both sides to calm down.

“The goal of politics is to reduce tensions,” Tajani said during a news conference at the end of the meeting.