The early hours of Saturday to Sunday open a new chapter in the War in the Middle East. Iran kept its promise and launched more than 200 drones and missiles against Israelwhich with the help of the United States and the United Kingdom has repelled the attacks with hardly any damage reported.

“Iran has just launched unmanned aerial vehicles from its territory and into the territory of the State of Israel.” This is how the spokesman for the Israeli Armed Forces, Daniel Hagari, communicated the beginning of the Iranian attacks in the first launch of missiles against Israeli soil.

As reported by the Netanyahu government, more than 200 drones and missiles have been launched in several waves and then throughout the night joined by missiles launched from Lebanon and Yemen by the Iranian allies of Hezbollah and the Houthis. This in turn led Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon to close their airspace.

So, Iran confirmed its attack in “legitimate defense” on the Israeli attack on its embassy in Damascus: “Carried out on the basis of Article 51 of the United Nations Charter relating to self-defense, Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic facilities in Damascus. The matter can be dismissed as concluded. However, If the Israeli regime makes another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe.. “It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue regime in Israel, from which the US must stay away!”

According to the statement released by Iran, the conflict is “concluded” after the launch of hundreds of missiles and drones against Israel. However, the Government of Iran has also warned that it will not hesitate to take “more defensive measures” to protect its interests against military actions, after launching a missile and drone attack against Israel. “If necessary, the Islamic Republic of Iran will not hesitate to adopt further defensive measures to protect its legitimate interests against any aggressive military action and illegal use of force,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Israeli Army, in collaboration with the United States and the United Kingdom, has managed to repel “99%” of all attacks without reporting hardly any damage.. According to Daniel Hagari, a military base suffered slight damage in the south of the country, in the Negev region, after being hit by “Iranian missiles”, and for the moment, only one Bedouin girl, 10 years old, has been injured seriously in the head due to a shrapnel impact. There are no deaths from the attacks, and according to the spokesman, most of the interceptions have occurred outside Israeli borders, thanks to the help of “Israeli (anti-aircraft) systems” and those of its partners.

International condemnation of the attack

Since the beginning of the Iranian attack, many political leaders have condemned the offensive launched by the government in Tehran. The most active has been the president of the United States, Joe Bidenwhich kept a phone call with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to stay abreast of the situation, in addition to assembling his national security team.

Biden has reiterated US support to Israel against the Iranian offensive during the conversation that both have had after the attacks and has assured that this Sunday will convene his G7 counterparts to coordinate a common diplomatic response. The president confirmed in his statement that the United States mobilized its forces in the region last week and maintained that thanks to that deployment it has helped Israel shoot down “almost all incoming drones and missiles.”

Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN, has “strongly” condemned through ‘X’ the serious escalation represented by the large-scale attack launched against Israel by Iran: “I call for an immediate cessation of these hostilities. Neither the region nor the world “They can afford another war.” In addition, the UN Security Council will meet this Sunday, at the request of Israel, to discuss the attack and make a joint decision on the matter.

Other political leaders have also condemned the events. The presidents of the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain, Rishi Sunak, Olaf Scholtz and Pedro Sánchez respectively, used their ‘X’ accounts to charge against an “unjustifiable” attack.