Israel strikes Iranian capital 이스라엘 이란 수도 테헤란 공습

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Israel strikes Iranian capital

​이스라엘 이란 수도 테헤란 공습

이스라엘, 이란에 공격전 언질 줬다…"표적 미리 알려"

제3자 통해 "재보복 말라" 전달

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October 25, 2024

In this image taken from video released by the Israel Defense Forces early Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, Israeli military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari announces that the IDF is conducting strikes on military targets in Iran. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel pounded Iran with a series of airstrikes early Saturday, saying it was targeting military targets in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier this month. Explosions could be heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, though there was no immediate information on damage or casualties.

The attack risks pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed by Iran – including Hamas in Gaza, and Hezbollah in Lebanon – are already at war with Israel.

The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched “precise strikes on military targets” and, according to two Israeli officials, it was not targeting nuclear or oil facilities. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the ongoing operation with the media.

“The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since Oct. 7 … including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a prerecorded video statement early Saturday. “Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond.”

Initially, nuclear facilities and oil installations all had been seen as possible targets for Israel’s response to Iran’s Oct. 1 attack, but in mid-October the Biden administration believed it had won assurances from Israel that it would not hit such targets.

Iran’s state-run media acknowledged blasts that could be heard in Tehran and said some of the sounds came from air defense systems around the city.

But beyond a brief reference, Iranian state television offered no other details and even began showing what it described as live footage of men loading trucks at a vegetable market in Tehran in an attempt to downplay the assault.

A Tehran resident told The Associated Press that at least seven explosions could be heard, which rattled the surrounding area. The resident spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

People in Tehran could see what appeared to be tracer fire light up the sky as the blasts could be heard. Other footage showed what appeared to be surface-to-air missiles launching up to the sky and other detonations.

Iran closed the country’s airspace early Saturday, and flight-tracking data analyzed by the Associated Press showed commercial airlines had broadly left the skies over Iran, and across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.

The White House said President Joe Biden had been briefed and would continue to receive updates.

In Syria, the state news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official,

reported missile fire targeting military sites in the country’s central and southern region. It said that Syria’s air defenses had shot some of the missiles down. There was no immediate information on casualties.

Iran has launched two ballistic missile attacks on Israel in recent months amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that began with the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. That initial attack killed some 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage back to the seaside enclave.

In the time since, more than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to local health officials who don’t delineate between civilians and combatants. The U.N. has said hundreds of thousands of people have been trapped with little food or supplies as Israeli forces close in on the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya, while food and other aid remains scarce in the enclave. Israeli military operations in the West Bank in the time since have killed hundreds more.

Israel also has launched a ground invasion of Lebanon and a series of punishing airstrikes that have rattled that country.

The strike Saturday happened just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was arriving back in the U.S. after a tour of the Middle East where he and other U.S. officials had warned Israel to tender a response that would not further escalate the conflict in the region and exclude nuclear sites in Iran.

White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said in a statement that “we understand that Israel is conducting targeted strikes against military targets in Iran” and referred reporters to the Israeli government for more details on their operation.

Two U.S. officials said the U.S. was notified by Israel in advance of the strikes. They said there was no U.S. involvement in the operation. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing operation.

Israel had vowed to hit Iran hard following a massive Iranian missile barrage on Oct. 1. Iran said its barrage was in response to deadly Israeli attacks against its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, and it has promised to respond to any retaliatory strikes.

Israel and Iran have been bitter foes since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israel considers Iran to be its greatest threat, citing its leaders’ calls for Israel’s destruction, their support for anti-Israel militant groups and the country’s nuclear program.

Israel and Iran have been locked in a yearslong shadow war. A suspected Israeli assassination campaign has killed top Iranian nuclear scientists. Iranian nuclear installations have been hacked or sabotaged, all in mysterious attacks blamed on Israel. Meanwhile, Iran has been blamed for a series of attacks on shipping in the Middle East in recent years, which later grew into the attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping through the Red Sea corridor.

But since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, the battle has increasingly moved into the open. Israel has recently turned its attention to Hezbollah, which has been firing rockets into Israel since the war in Gaza began. Throughout the year, a number of top Iranian military figures have been killed in Israeli strikes in Syria and Lebanon.

Iran fired a wave of missiles and drones at Israel last April after two Iranian generals were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike in Syria on an Iranian diplomatic post. The missiles and drones caused minimum damage, and Israel — under pressure from Western countries to show restraint — responded with a limited strike.

But after Iran’s early October missile strike, Israel promised a tougher response.

Meanwhile Friday, Israeli strikes on residential areas in southern Gaza killed 38 people, including 13 children from the same extended family, Palestinian health officials said.

In northern Gaza, health officials reported that Israeli forces had raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few medical facilities still functioning in the area. Israel has renewed its offensive against Hamas in the north in recent weeks, and aid groups are sounding the alarm over dire humanitarian conditions.

In Lebanon, Israeli strikes on the country’s southeast killed three journalists working for news outlets that are considered to be aligned with Hezbollah.

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이스라엘, 이란에 공격전 언질 줬다…"표적 미리 알려"

송고시간2024-10-26 16:04 이도연 기자 연합뉴스

제3자 통해 "재보복 말라" 전달

26일 이란 공격관련 회의 참석한 베냐민 네타냐후 이스라엘 총리

[이스라엘 정부 제공. AFP=연합뉴스. 재판매 및 DB 금지]

(서울=연합뉴스) 이도연 기자 = 이스라엘이 26일(현지시간) 이란 군사 시설을 보복 공격한 가운데 이에 앞서 이란 측에 미리 표적이 뭔지 알리는 등 언질을 줬다고 미국 인터넷 매체 악시오스가 보도했다.

보도에 따르면 이스라엘은 이날 공격에 앞서 카스파르 펠트캄프 네덜란드 외무장관을 포함한 여러 제3자를 통해 이같은 메시지를 이란에 전달했다고 복수의 소식통이 전했다.

한 소식통은 "이스라엘이 미리 이란에 전반적으로 공격할 대상과 공격하지 않을 대상을 분명히 알렸다"고 말했다.

이스라엘은 또 이란에 이번 공격에 대응하지 말라고 경고했으며, 만약 이란이 보복해 이스라엘 민간인이 숨지거나 다친다면 이스라엘이 더 중대한 공격에 나설 것이라고 강조했다고 다른 소식통들이 전했다.

이스라엘 총리실은 이와 관련한 논평 요청에 응답하지 않았다고 악시오스는 전했다.

제3자로 거론된 펠트캄프 네덜란드 외무장관은 이스라엘의 공격 수시간 전에 자신의 엑스(X·옛 트위터)에 글을 올려 "이란 외무장관과 전쟁 및 역내 긴장 고조에 대해 이야기했다"라고 공개하기도 했다.

펠트캄프 장관은 "모든 당사자는 추가 확전을 막기 위해 노력해야 한다"고 덧붙였다.

이스라엘은 이날 3차에 걸쳐 이란 내 군사 시설에 대한 연쇄 공격을 감행했다.

이는 이란이 지난 1일 팔레스타인 무장정파 하마스의 수장 이스마일 하니예, 레바논 무장정파 헤즈볼라의 수장 하산 나스랄라 등이 살해된 것의 보복이라며 이스라엘에 탄도미사일 약 200기를 발사한 데 대해 25일만에 이뤄진 것이다.

이번 타격 대상은 주로 이란 내 미사일 및 드론 기지, 생산 시설에 집중됐다.

이란 당국은 테헤란과 일람, 쿠제스탄 등 3개의 주에서 이뤄진 이스라엘 공격을 격퇴했다면서, 다만 이로 인해 이 지역에 "제한적 피해"가 발생했다고 발표했다.

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