world central kitchen founderjose andres said: the idf also put out a statement saying that it is: concerns over a wider regional conflict continue to grow after syrian officials say at least 11 people were killed on monday in a suspected israeli strike on the iranian consulate building in the capital damascus. iran s revolutionary guards says seven of its officers, including three senior commanders, are among the dead. pictures of the aftermath show a multi story building reduced to rubble. iran s foreign minister says the strike is a breach of all international conventions and has called for a response from the international community. the israeli military has not commented as of yet. but, if it was behind the attack, it would mark a clear ecscalation of the repeated strikes against iranian linked targets in the region. senior us and israeli officials held a two hour virtual meeting on monday to discuss alternative proposals to an israeli military invasion of rafah in the s
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adding that: representatives from the uk and us condemned the attacks by iran on israel but made it clear that they didn t want to see any further escalation, but israel s ambassador rejected the call for the violence to stop. iran and its hegemonic or conditions of global domination must be stopped before it drives the world to a point of no return. to a regional war that can escalate to a world war. this attack crossed every red line and is well with reserves its legal right to retaliate. we are not a frog in boiling water. we are a nation of lions. iran launched an estimated 300 drones, cruise, and ballistic missiles towards israel in its first ever direct attack on israel. iran said it was responding to an israeli strike earlier this month on its consulate in syria s capital damascus that killed several iranian military commanders. speaking at the security council meeting, iran s representative said the response was proportionate . iran s operation was entirely in the ex
us officials say presidentjoe biden told israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to think very carefully about his response after israel vowed to exact a price from iran, at a time of its choosing. the un security council convened an emergency session on sunday to discuss the crisis. opening the meeting, the un s secretary general, antonio guterres, told diplomats, it s vital to avoid any action that could lead to major military confrontations on multiple fronts in the middle east. adding, civilians are already bearing the brunt and paying the highest price . but israel s ambassador rejected the call for the violence to stop saying, this attack crossed every red line and israel reserves the legal right to retaliate. he said it was vital to israel s future to respond to the attack. we are not a frog in boiling water, he said, we are a nation of lions. but iran s ambassador defended his nation s actions have a listen. this concluded action was necessary and
military commanders. us officials say presidentjoe biden told israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to think very carefully about his response after israel vowed to exact a price from iran, at a time of its choosing. the un security council convened an emergency session on sunday to discuss the crisis. opening the meeting, the un s secretary general, antonio guterres, told diplomats, it s vital to avoid any action that could lead to major military confrontations on multiple fronts in the middle east. adding, civilians are already bearing the brunt and paying the highest price . but israel s ambassador rejected the call for the violence to stop saying this attack crossed every red line and israel reserves the legal right to retaliate. he said it was vital to israel s future to respond to the attack. a nation of lions. but iran s ambassador defended his nation s actions have a listen. we are never seeking to contribute to the spread of the conflict contribute