{"id":55495,"date":"2024-04-13T23:08:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T21:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=55495"},"modified":"2024-04-16T07:02:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T05:02:41","slug":"the-israeli-prime-ministers-statement-regarding-irans-attack-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/13\/the-israeli-prime-ministers-statement-regarding-irans-attack-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Israeli Prime Minister's statement regarding Iran's attack on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 22:18 CET, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported the start of an air attack by Iran against Israel.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/12\/the-armament-of-the-air-forces-of-israel-and-iran-for-a-war-between-the-two-countries\/\">The armament of the air forces of Israel and Iran for a war between the two countries<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/13\/israel-and-iran-the-history-of-an-ancient-friendship-broken-by-islamic-extremism\/\">Israel and Iran, the history of an ancient friendship broken by Islamic extremism<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/1779242779182288964\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IDF statement<\/a> reads as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Iran launched UAVs from within its territory toward Israel a short while ago. The IDF is on high alert and is constantly monitoring the operational situation.<\/strong> The IDF Aerial Defense Array is on high alert, along with IAF fighter jets and Israeli Navy vessels that are on a defense mission in Israeli air and naval space. <strong>The IDF is monitoring all targets.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At 22:16 CET, the official Twitter account of the office of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, published a video with<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ IsraeliPM\/status\/1779242295902048407\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a message to the people of Israel in the Hebrew language<\/a>, subtitled in English:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In recent years, and especially in recent weeks, Israel has been preparing for a direct attack by Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Our defensive systems are deployed; we are ready for any scenario, both defensively and offensively. The State of Israel is strong. The IDF is strong. The public is strong. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ykeItV7ZRi\">pic.twitter.com\/ykeItV7ZRi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1779242295902048407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is <strong>the translation of the message into English:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>In recent years, and especially in recent weeks, <strong>Israel has been preparing for a direct attack by Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our defensive systems are deployed; we are ready for any scenario, both defensively and offensively. <strong>The State of Israel is strong. The IDF is strong. The public is strong.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We appreciate the US standing alongside Israel, as well as the support of Britain, France<\/strong> and many other countries.<\/p>\n<p>We have determined a clear principle: Whoever harms us, we will harm them. <strong>We will defend ourselves against any threat and will do so level-headedly and with determination.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citizens of Israel, I know that you also are also level-headed.<\/strong> I call on you to follow the directives of IDF Home Front Command.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Together we will stand and with God's help \u2013 together we will overcome all of our enemies.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Millions of people are with the people and the State of Israel.<\/strong> Our hearts and our prayers are with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>God bless Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.il\/en\/departments\/news\/event-visit110424\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kobi Gideon<\/a>. Netanyahu stands next to an Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter during a visit to Tel Nof Air Base on April 11, 2024.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 22:18 CET, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported the start of an air attack by Iran against Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10373],"tags":[2746,822,21684,95],"class_list":["post-55495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-iran","tag-iran-israel-war-2024","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}