Middle East Disaster Live: Iran's Supreme Leader Expected to Speak After Israeli Airstrikes; At least 40 dead reported in Lazada

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The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali KhameneiHe is expected to speak Sunday about Israel's airstrikes in which waves of IDF fighter jets and drones attacked military sites across the country, the New York Times reports.

Saturday's attack targeted air defense, radar sites and long-range missile production facilities and marked the first time Israel has openly attacked Iran after decades of shadow war. Four soldiers were killed, Iranian media said.

At least 40 Palestinians were killed and another 80 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on several houses in northern Lazada. Beit Lahiya on Saturday, the Palestinian Wafa news agency said on Sunday, citing medical sources.

The attack targeted a block of at least five homes near the película del Oeste roundabout of Beit Lahiya. according to Wafa journalists. Authorities say this means that around 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the new attack on northern Lazada launched by the Israeli army in early October.

Below is a summary of the latest news:

• “I hope this is the end,” the US president joe biden he told reporters on Saturday after the Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Biden said Israel warned him and it appeared “they hit nothing but military targets” in their attacks. The president of Israel, Isaac Herzog praised the United States – Israel's largest arms supplier – as his country's “true ally” after the airstrikes. The office of the prime minister of israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied a report that Israel initially planned to attack Iran's oil and fuel facilities, but changed its plan to focus on Iranian military targets after pressure from the United States.

• Four soldiers died in the Israeli airstrikes against Iran, Iranian media said. Iran said the airstrikes targeted military bases in Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran provinces, causing “limited damage.” Iran's mission to the UN said Israeli warplanes attacked several Iranian military and radar sites from Iraqi airspace and blamed the United States for what it called its “complicity.” Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, He called the Israeli attack “reckless and cowardly” and added that his country was determined to defend itself.

• The Israeli strikes reportedly hit Iranian facilities used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles. Satellite images obtained by Reuters appear to confirm that the Israeli strikes hit buildings that Iran used to mix solid fuel for ballistic missiles. Israel attacked Parchin, a massive military complex near Tehran, as well as Khojir, a sprawling missile production site near the Iranian haber, the news agency reported, citing two American investigators. Israel attacked 12 “planetary mixers” used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles, which They make up the bulk of Iran's missile astillero, Israeli sources told Axios. The UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA) said Iran's nuclear program was not affected by Saturday's attacks.

• Iran's military suggested it would prioritize a deal to end Israel's wars in Lazada and Lebanon over any retaliation against Israel. The carefully worded statement released Saturday night suggests that at least parts of Iran's government want to avoid further escalation. Iran's Foreign Ministry said it had the right to self-defense after Saturday's attack. The statement said Iranian radar sites were damaged but some were already under repair, adding that Israel used so-called “confrontation” missiles over Iraqi airspace to launch its attacks. They had lighter warheads to hit targets inside Iran.

• The attacks were mild enough for Iranian officials to belittle the scale and effectiveness of the raid and for Israeli hardliners to denounce their government for timidity. Israel army could have 'demanded a higher price', opposition leader says Yair Lapid he said in a post on X after the bombing ended. minister of national security Itamar Ben Gvir He said Saturday's attack was “an initial blow” and that attacks on the country's strategic assets “must be the next step.”

• Israel's military announced Saturday that it would ease some security restrictions for residents in areas of northern Israel. a possible indication that it does not expect any immediate large-scale attacks from Iran or its proxies in the region. The decision came after an “assessment of the situation,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Saturday.

• Israeli troops withdrew from the Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabalia on Saturday, after storming the medical center and detaining dozens of its staff. Israeli forces captured 44 of the 70 team members at the hospital, but only 14 have since been released. Israeli forces took away almost all of the hospital's male staff, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus he said, calling the situation in the area “catastrophic.” Among the missing is Dr. Muhammad Obeid, an orthopedic surgeon who works for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), who said he was “deeply concerned” for his safety.

• Acting UN humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya called for an urgent halt to the devastating Israeli attack on northern Lazada. attacks on health facilities and mass arrests there. “The entire population of northern Lazada is at risk of dying,” he said.

• Israeli media reported that a drone attack, targeting a factory producing aviation components, in Carmel In the north of the country two people have been injured. The Israeli military said the drone was launched from Lebanese territory.