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The Israeli war cabinet will meet for the third time in three days to consider its response to Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend.
Military chief of staff Herzi Halevi had promised that Saturday night’s launch of more than 300 missiles, cruise missiles and drones from Iran into Israeli territory “will be met with a response“, but gave no details.
Iran launched the attack in retaliation for an airstrike on its embassy compound in Damascus on 1 April attributed to Israel, but signalled that it did not seek further escalation.
It comes as Western leaders are urging Israel to show restraint, with US President Joe Biden telling Mr Netanyahu that his armed forces would not participate in an Israeli counter-strike.
Rishi Sunak is also set to urge Mr Netanyahu to show restraint. In a Commons statement, Mr Sunak said he would “express our solidarity with Israel in the face of this attack” and “discuss how we can prevent further escalation”.
Due to the fragile situation in the Middle East, budget airline EasyJet has suspended flights to Israel until 27 October. The company had only recently restarted flights to Tel Aviv following the 7 October attacks.
US to hit Iran with new sanctions in coming days, Yellen says
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that the Washington intends to hit Iran with new sanctions in coming days over its unprecedented attack on Israel, and these actions could seek to reduce Iran’s capacity to export oil.
“With respect to sanctions, I fully expect that we will take additional sanctions action against Iran in the coming days,” Yellen said told a news conference on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings in Washington.
“We don’t preview our sanctions tools. But in discussions I’ve had, all options to disrupt terrorist financing of Iran continue to be on the table,” Yellen added.
She said that the Treasury and State Department have taken previous action to contain Iran’s “destabilizing” behavior by diminishing its ability to export oil.
“Clearly, Iran is continuing to export some oil. There may be more that we could do. I don’t want to preview our actual sanctions activities, but certainly that remains in focus as a possible area that we could address.”
UK to discuss Iran sanctions with French, says Lord Cameron
The UK foreign secretary will discuss further steps on sanctioning Iran with his French counterpart to “discourage” its leaders.
Lord Cameron told the House of Lords that he would be speaking to french counterparts and others about “further steps we can take in order to discourage Iran” which would include possible “further sanctions” as well as “work we do together at the international energy authority”.
He said: “We have sanctioned hundreds of people in Iran, we’ve sanctioned the IRGC in its entirety, and will be discussing with the french and others further steps we can take in order to discourage Iran from this behaviour ... We do need to have clear resolutions when Iran is in breach of promises its made”
Israeli war cabinet to meet for third time in three days
The Israeli war cabinet will meet for the third time in three days to consider its response to Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend.
Military chief of staff Herzi Halevi had promised that Saturday night’s launch of more than 300 missiles, cruise missiles and drones from Iran into Israeli territory “will be met with a response“, but gave no details.
Iran launched the attack in retaliation for an airstrike on its embassy compound in Damascus on 1 April attributed to Israel, but signalled that it did not seek further escalation.
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Iran told Putin that Tehran is not interested in escalating, Kremlin claims
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told Vladimir Putin by telephone that Tehran’s strikes on Israel were limited and that the Islamic Republic was not interested in escalating, the Kremlin claimed.
President Putin expressed hope that all sides would show reasonable restraint and so prevent a fall towards a confrontation that could have “catastrophic consequences for the entire region.”
US will use sanctions to disrupt Iran's 'malign' activity, Yellen says
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Iran’s attack on Israel last weekend and its financing of militant groups in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq threatened stability in the Middle East and could cause economic spillovers.
Yellen began remarks prepared for a news conference by addressing what she called an unprecedented attack on Israel by Iran and its proxies, saying Treasury would use its sanctions authority and work with allies to “continue disrupting the Iranian regime’s malign and destabilizing activity.”
The United States is using financial sanctions to isolate Iran and disrupt its ability to fund proxy groups and support Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Treasury Department said.
Treasury has targeted more than 500 individuals and entities connected to terrorism and terrorist financing by the Iranian regime and its proxies since the start of the Biden administration in January 2021, Yellen said.
Israel must not fall into a trap of retaliation and risk disaster, warns ex top diplomat Alon Pinkas
Downing Street denies being taken for granted by Israel
Asked if the UK was being taken for granted, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “No, I don’t think so. Obviously the PM has spoken multiple times to the Israeli prime minister.
“It’s understandable, well-documented that he is the Israeli prime minister whose country faced a significant attack over the weekend. He has obviously been in discussions with his war cabinet.
“As I said yesterday, the Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary have been speaking to their counterparts.”
The spokesman added: “Our position has been made very clearly. We are now working with allies in the region, including Israel, to de-escalate the situation.”
Downing Street has denied the UK is being “taken for granted” by Israel as time has still not been found for a call between Rishi Sunak and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel faces a Shakespearean dilemma – to retaliate or not to retaliate, that is the question
Israel faces a Shakespearean dilemma – to retaliate or not to retaliate
After Iran’s unprecedented missile attack on Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu must consider his next move dispassionately, says Israel’s leading foreign affairs adviser Alon Pinkas. To return fire would lead almost inevitably to a region-wide conflict – but the shocks would also be felt around the world, from the US to China
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