Israel’s strikes on Iran draw condemnation, calls for de-escalation [Video]

Iran reported that Israeli airstrikes in the country killed four soldiers early Saturday but said the attack caused only ‘limited damage’ otherwise. Israel said its attack was in retaliation for the barrage of missiles Iran fired at the country earlier this month — itself a response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon and Hamas chairman Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.

Israel unleashed pre-dawn airstrikes against military sites in Iran on Saturday.

The attack risks pushing the arch-enemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiralling 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 early Saturday strikes on Iran were in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault on Oct. 1, Israeli officials said. Iran says the Oct. 1 volley was in itself a retaliation for Israeli killings of Hezbollah leaders and aggression in Lebanon, including the use of pagers and walkie-talkies as …

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