Iran's massive attack on Israel has even brought Donald Trump onto the scene. The former US president spoke about Iran's massive drone and missile attacks against Israel at his campaign event for the 2024 US election in Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump attacks the incumbent US President Joe Biden. If Trump had remained in office, Iran would not retaliate against Israel, the ex-president claims. Israel will not shy away from a retaliatory strike against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has said. Israel was given full international legitimacy today to attack Iran with unprecedented force, Culture Minister Miki Zohar said, according to a Times of Israel report. Two senior Iranian generals and five other officers died earlier this month in an air attack on the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus. Israel's defense minister Joav Gallant said the first major wave of Iranian drone and missiles attacks was repelled. But the confrontation is not over yet, he said in a video message. Meanwhile, concerns are growing about a conflagration that could take the war in the Middle East to a new level of escalation. Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote on the online service X that it was impressive so far.