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| Iran launches drone strike on Israel |
| 2024-04-14 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Iranian military carried out a drone strike on Israeli territory, media reported on the evening of April 13. “Iran carried out a drone strike on Israel,” KAN radio reported. According to The Jerusalem Post, dozens of Iranian drones are flying in the direction of Israel. As Regnum reported, on April 13, the naval forces of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized the commercial ship MSC Aries in the Strait of Hormuz. It was noted that the Portuguese-flagged vessel is associated with the London-based company Zodiac Maritime, which is part of the Zodiac Group of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer. The United States admitted the possibility of an Iranian strike on Israeli territory in the early morning of April 14 in response to the attack on its consulate in Syrian Damascus. Washington expressed deep concern at the prospect of a large-scale attack on the Jewish state. The US Central Intelligence Agency on April 13 warned of a possible Iranian response to the attack on its consulate in Damascus. The intelligence service said that Tehran intends to attack Israeli territory with hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles within 48 hours. After this, Israel put its troops on alert. On April 1, Israeli aircraft launched a missile attack on the Iranian Consulate General in Damascus. The building was completely destroyed. Several people died on the spot, among whom were two generals of the Iranian IRGC Corps - Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haji. In addition, five more representatives of this military formation were killed in the attack. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned Israel's actions against the Iranian consulate. The department called on Israel to stop its aggressive steps. More via former Rantburg mod ryuge
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