The White House just released a statement slamming Iran for their reckless attack against Israel and fully supporting Israel’s right to self-defense:
BREAKING: White House condemns Iran after rocket attack on Golan Heights, `strongly supports' Israel's right to self-defense.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 10, 2018
White House releases statement condemning Iran strikes from Syria against Israelis and supports "Israel's right to act in self-defense." https://t.co/xJ6Gyb73Sz pic.twitter.com/JVBu3iqZGO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 10, 2018
In case you can’t read that, here’s what the statement says in full:
The United States condemns the Iranian regime’s provocative rocket attacks from Syria against Israeli citizens, and we strongly support Israel’s right to act in self-defense. The Iranian regime’s deployment into Syria of offensive rocket and missile systems aimed at Israel is an unacceptable and highly dangerous development for the entire Middle East. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bears full responsibility for the consequences of its reckless actions, and we call on the IRGC and its militant proxies, including Hizballah, to take no further provocative steps.
The United States also calls on all nations to make clear that the Iranian regime’s actions pose a severe threat to international peace and stability.
It’s so wonderful to see the Trump administration strongly standing with Israel like this. If it were still the Obama administration, the statement would have been much more mediocre with condemnations for both countries, which would have been preposterous.
On a related note, Russia is saying that Israel used 28 aircraft and 70 missiles in their attack yesterday on Iranian bases in Syria.
MOSCOW (@AP ) — Russian military says Israel struck Iranian sites in Syria with 70 missiles, half of them downed. @Russia
— Mike Stewart (@MikestewartAP) May 10, 2018
#Russia: #Israeli strikes used 28 planes, fired 70 missiles https://t.co/tkKufgdFt8 pic.twitter.com/ilLN0sNlRm
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 10, 2018
It was the largest attack by Israel in decades, which included more than 50 targets!
Israel’s Syria strikes on Thursday were its largest-scale “since the (1973) Yom Kippur War”. https://t.co/svAMuBq76C
— Dan Williams (@DanWilliams) May 10, 2018
#IDF: #Israel carried out the largest operation in decades, with several planes attacking more than 50 targets at the same time. It will take #Iran a long time to rehabilitate the infrastructure that was destroyed overnight.
— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) May 10, 2018