US Israeli Strikes
Such operations could take place within the coming week.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty communicated Egypt’s position during phone calls on Saturday with the foreign ministers of Germany, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, in addition to European Commission officials.
Israeli health authorities said on Sunday 116 people were injured in the city of Arad and 64 in Dimona city after missiles hit the towns on Saturday evening, causing heavy damage to several buildings.
“We express our deep concern about the escalating conflict,” read the statement, signed by 15 European countries, two Gulf nations, four Asian nations, and Canada.
Meanwhile, coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes since Saturday have killed at least 201 people and injured 747 more, according to the Iranian Red Crescent.
“The Islamic Republic considers avenging the perpetrators of this historic crime, and those who issued the orders to carry it out, both a duty and a legitimate right, and will pursue this responsibility with full force,” Pezeshkian said, according to Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim.
The remarks come amid US and Israeli strikes on critical targets in Iran on Saturday and subsequent Iranian attacks on several countries in the Middle East, including Iraq, targeting US military presence.
Netanyahu’s remarks came after satellite imagery showed apparent damage to Khamenei’s compound in Tehran.
In a phone call with King Abdullah II of Jordan, El-Sisi expressed Egypt’s full solidarity with Jordan in the wake of an Iranian attack that targeted the Jordanian soil.
El-Sisi emphasized that military solutions will not serve the interests of any party and risk plunging the region into a cycle of violence, instability and bloodshed.
