Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised victory after a massive overnight air attack by Iran that marked a sharp escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, while an influential member of his war cabinet said the country will retaliate in the “fashion and time” of its choosing.
“We intercepted, we repelled, together we shall win,” Netanyahu wrote in an April 14 post on X, formerly Twitter.
Meanwhile, centrist politician and retired General Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet and former defense minister, said that “we will build a regional coalition and exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us.”
Israel and its allies intercepted the “vast majority” of hundreds of drones and missiles launched by Iran overnight.
Loud explosions and flashes of light could be seen in the sky above many parts of Israel in the early morning hours of April 14 as the country’s air defenses tried to shoot down incoming drones and missiles that Iran launched just …
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