Israeli leaders said on Sunday that an international military group helped stop a planned attack by Iran using many drones and missiles. They called the joint response the beginning of a “strategic alliance” against Iran in the region.
Israel’s government officials gathered to deliberate on their next course of action, though they did not come to a conclusion.The world is worried about the situation getting worse.
The United States, Britain,France, and some Middle Eastern countries teamed up to help Israel during its war with Hamas in Gaza. Israel was feeling alone in the fight,but now it has some powerful allies backing it up. The group of countries working together could show other places how to have good relationships with each other after the war is over.
“The Israeli military spokesman said it was the first time a group worked together to fight against the threat of Iran and its allies in the Middle East. “
One thing we don’t know is which of Israel’s nearby countries helped shoot down most of the 350 drones and missiles that Iran launched. Israeli soldiers and an important member of the War Cabinet mentioned more “partners” but didn’t say who they are. When asked, spokesman John Kirby from the White House’s national security team also didn’t say who they were.
But one seemed to be Jordan, and it said it was acting to protect itself.
“It was thought that there was a serious risk of Iranian marches and missiles hitting Jordan, so the military took action to address this danger. “”If Israel is the threat, Jordan will do the same thing,” said Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi in an interview on Al-Mamlaka state television. On Sunday, President Joe Biden talked to King Abdullah of Jordan.
The United States. For a long time, Israel has been trying to make friends with the Arab countries in the region to work together against Iran and strengthen their relationship with each other. The work includes the 2020 Abraham Accords, which made it so Israel and four Arab countries are now friends, and having Israel in the US military’s Central Command, which looks after missions in the Middle East and works closely with the armies of moderate Arab states.
The US was trying to make Israel and Saudi Arabia become friends before October. The war in Gaza started because Hamas attacked Israel. The war has caused many Palestinian deaths and has stopped efforts to make peace because people are very upset in the Arab world. However, it seems that there has been ongoing cooperation behind closed doors, and the White House is hopeful about creating ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia after the war.
Right before Iran’s attack, the leader of CENTCOM, Gen Erik Kurilla, went to Israel to plan a strategy.
Israel’s top military leader,Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, thanked CENTCOM for working together to defend against threats on Sunday. Both Jordan and Saudi Arabia are part of CENTCOM. The Israeli military released a map showing missiles going through the airspace of both Iran and Israel, but neither country admitted to being involved in stopping Iran’s missile launches.
“Arab countries helped Israel stop the attack because they know they need to work together against Iran, or they could be the next target,” Amos Yadlin, a former leader of Israel’s military intelligence, wrote on X, a social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defence minister, said he talked to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about working together to prevent the danger from Iran. They want to create a group of countries to protect against Iran’s threat.
The White House wants to work together with others and has asked Israel to be very careful before attacking Iran. US leaders said Biden told Israel’s leader Netanyahu that the US wouldn’t join in any attacks on Iran.
Israel’s leadership met to talk about how to respond to a possible conflict, but they haven’t made any decisions yet. He talked without saying his name because he was talking about private discussions.
When asked about what he will do in response, Hagari chose not to give a direct answer. “We are ready for anything,” he said.
Benny Gantz, a key member of the War Cabinet, said that we will form a group with nearby countries and make Iran pay for what they did, in our own way and when we want.
Iran attacked because Israel attacked an Iranian building in Syria and killed two Iranian generals.
On Sunday morning, Iran stated that the attack had ended, and Israel allowed flights in its airspace again. Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, said Iran had taught Israel a lesson and warned that if they try anything else against Iran, they will have a stronger and regretful response from Iran.
The enemies have been fighting secretly for a long time, but on Sunday Iran attacked Israel directly for the first time, even though they have been enemies since 1979.
Iran attacked Israeli buildings in the Damascus strike and told the White House that it would be a small operation.
US officials said Iran wanted to “destroy and hurt people” and that if the attacks had worked, they would have caused a big problem that would have been difficult to control. At one time, there were at least 100 missiles flying towards Israel, and they would reach there in just a few minutes, officials said.
Israel stated that they were able to stop more than 99% of the missiles that Iran fired, only a few missiles were able to get through. An Israeli airbase got a little damaged.
Israel has built a strong defense system with help from the US. It can stop different kinds of attacks, like missiles, drones, and rockets.
That system, working together with the US and other countries, stopped a very bad attack from happening. This is important because Israel is already involved in fighting in Gaza and on its northern border with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Iran supports both Hamas and Hezbollah.
Stopping the attack from Iran could make Israel look better after the Hamas attack in October. People in the Middle East and in Western countries will be paying close attention to what the powerful army of Israel does next, as they try to build the coalition they talked about on Sunday.
In Washington, Biden promised to gather friends to come up with a united plan. Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, said that the US will have discussions with its friends. After a sudden meeting, the Group of Seven countries all agreed that they were against Iran’s attack and were willing to take more action if needed.
Israel and Iran have been on a path to conflict during Israel’s fighting in Gaza.