Fears of a wider Middle East conflict have grown as Israel plans its response to the Oct. 1 missile attack carried out by Iran after Israeli airstrikes on Iranian-allied terrorists.
Netanyahu signals to US willingness to strike Iranian military targets, avoiding nuclear sites.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Wang Yi that his country didn’t want to see the already existing regional conflict expand, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Amir-Saeed Iravan told the UN Security Council on Thursday afternoon that Israel is “now a serious threat to international peace..."
The phrase “all options are on the table” is a familiar one: It was used often by President Barack Obama when he was shaping the 2015 sanctions relief for nuclear rollback deal with Iran.
Gallant had been asked by Netanyahu to postpone his trip.
Social media users said they heard the sound of an explosion at around 2 o’clock on Tuesday morning in Isfahan.
Iran has been seeking to prevent an Israeli retaliation, at least any kind of retaliation that would be large or visible, by making new threats.
An Israeli military spokesman said on Saturday that Israel would retaliate, following last week's missile attack by Tehran, "when the time is right."
IDF Chief Spokesperson Daniel Hagari also addressed the IDF's response to Iran, saying, "The IDF will respond to Iran in the time and manner that it sees fit."
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