On April 14, the Pentagon said that American forces had shot down over 80 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and at least six ballistic missiles that were headed toward Israel from Yemen and Iran.
In an official X statement, the U.S. A ballistic missile on its launching truck and seven unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that were destroyed on the ground in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen with Iranian support were among the interceptions, according to Central Command (CENTCOM).
According to CENTCOM, U.S. Destroyers from European Command assisted them in eliminating the danger on April 13 and the early hours of April 14.
“Iran’s continued unprecedented, malign, and reckless behavior endangers regional stability and the safety of U.S. and coalition forces,” said CENTCOM, which is part of the Department of Defense and is responsible for U.S. military operations in 20 nations in the Middle East.
“CENTCOM remains postured to support Israel’s defense against these dangerous actions by Iran,” it added. “We will continue to work with all our regional partners to increase regional security.”
In what has been called its first direct strike on Israeli soil, Iran launched hundreds of missiles and one-way attack UAVs against Israel late on April 13 and early on April 14.
Iran has stated that the attack, which was primarily carried out from within the Islamic government, was a response to an Israeli strike that killed seven members of Syria's Revolutionary Guard Corps early in April during an attack on a Syrian compound.
With assistance from the US, UK, France, and Jordan, Israel's Iron Dome defensive system knocked down over 99 percent of the incoming bombardment.
An Israeli army spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, told The Associated Press that one missile injured a 7-year-old child and another caused minor damage to an air base.
President Joe Biden announced in a statement on April 13 that Israel had received assistance from the US military in destroying almost all of the Islamic regime's missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Additionally, President Biden disclosed that prior to the historic strike, the US had already dispatched planes and ballistic missile defense warships to the area.
“Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles,” he said.
Israel has threatened Tehran that it will "exact the price" from the Islamic dictatorship in punishment for the flurry of missile attacks it conducted on the Jewish state, even though the US has said it will not participate in a counteroffensive against Iran.
“We will build a regional coalition and exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us,” centrist minister Benny Gantz said ahead of a war cabinet meeting on April 14, noting Israel’s retaliatory campaign “is not over.”
The nation's war cabinet is scheduled to convene once more on Monday to discuss possible responses to Iran's extraordinary strike.
Iran threatened Israel and the US on April 14 that if any nation reacted against Tehran's drone and missile attack, it would launch a more extensive strike, putting US military installations at risk.
“Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel retaliates against Iran,” armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri told state-run media, saying that Iran warned the United States that any support of an Israeli counterattack against Iran would lead to American bases being targeted.
Since threats of open warfare erupted between the arch Middle East foes, the United Nations (U.N.) has called for an “immediate cessation of these hostilities.”
“I am deeply alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation. I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any action that could lead to major military confrontations on multiple fronts in the Middle East,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement issued late on April 13, calling for an end to the hostilities.
Mr. Guterres added that his office has “repeatedly stressed that neither the region nor the world can afford another war.”
