Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first comments Sunday regarding Israel’s attack, stating that it “should neither be exaggerated nor downplayed.”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei did not call for retaliation in his careful statements about the Israeli attack on his country. “The evil actions of the Israeli regime two nights ago should neither be exaggerated nor minimized,” Khamenei said. “The miscalculations of the Israeli regime must be destroyed. It is essential to make them understand the strength, will and initiative of the Iranian nation and its youth.”
Your comments suggest that Iran is carefully weighing its response to the attack. The Iranian military has already stated that a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip or Lebanon takes precedence over any retaliatory attack against Israel, although Iranian officials have also said they reserve the right to respond.
There are satellite images that show the precise Israeli attacks on Iranian bases and factories.
Trump and Harris respond at rallies
Former President Donald Trump and his election opponent Vice President Kamala Harris briefly responded to the attack at their respective rallies, although their tones were very different.
“Israel is attacking: we have a war going on and she’s partying,” he said Trump at a rally in Michigan on Friday, while Harris held a rally with Beyoncé in Texas. While, Harris He asked “to de-escalate and not escalate activities in that region.”
“I firmly believe, we as the United States firmly believe, that Iran must stop what it is doing in terms of the threat it represents to the region and we will always defend Israel against any attack by Iran in that regard,” he told reporters in Michigan.
Israeli attacks continue in northern Gaza
Israeli strikes on northern Gaza late on Saturday have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, according to Palestinian officials, as the Israeli offensive in the hard-hit and isolated north entered its third week. and aid groups described a humanitarian catastrophe.
The Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service said 11 women and two children were among the 22 killed in attacks on several homes and buildings in the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahiya. He said that 15 other people had been injured and that the death toll could increase. He listed the names of the deceased, most of whom belonged to three families.
The Israeli military claimed that it had carried out a precise attack against militants who were in a structure in Beit Lahiya and that it had taken measures to avoid causing harm to civilians. He refuted what he said were “figures published by the media,” without providing further details or providing evidence for his own version.
Israel and its constant air strikes against Hamas
Israel has been waging a massive air and ground offensive in northern Gaza since October 6, claiming that Hamas militants have regrouped there. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to Gaza City in the latest wave of displacement in the year-long war.
Aid groups have warned of a catastrophic situation in northern Gaza, which was the first target of the Israeli ground offensive and had already suffered the greatest destruction of the war. Israel has severely limited the entry of basic humanitarian aid in recent weeksand the three remaining hospitals in the north – one of which was raided over the weekend – say they have been overwhelmed by waves of wounded.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Saturday that continued Israeli evacuation orders and restrictions on the entry of essential supplies into the north have left civilians in “horrible circumstances.”
“Many civilians are currently unable to move, trapped by fighting, destruction or physical limitations, and now lack access to even basic medical care“he stated.