2024-04-17 00:34:00
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The US government also announces new sanctions against Iran
2:34 a.m.: After the Iranian attack on Israel, the USA will impose new sanctions against Iran. This was announced by US President Joe Biden’s security advisor, Jake Sullivan, on Tuesday evening (local time) in Washington. The sanctions are therefore directed against the Islamic Republic’s missile and drone program, against supporters of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and against the Iranian Ministry of Defense.
The steps would be coordinated with allies and allies, including the G7 countries, as well as with the leaders of Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress, the statement said. The Pentagon and the US regional command Centcom continued to work on strengthening defense capabilities in the region.
Iran attacked Israel on Sunday night with hundreds of drones, rockets and cruise missiles, but these were almost completely intercepted – also thanks to the support of the US military. The attack was in response to a suspected Israeli-led airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus that killed two generals from the influential Revolutionary Guard earlier this month.
British Prime Minister calls on Netanyahu to be calm
12:10 a.m.: After Iran’s first direct attack on Israel, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appealed to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to “keep a cool head.” An escalation is in no one’s interest and would only increase uncertainty in the Middle East, Sunak said in a phone call with Netanyahu on Tuesday, according to Sunak’s office. This is a moment in which “prudence should prevail,” emphasized Sunak.
Sunak also reiterated Britain’s “unwavering support for Israel’s security and stability in the region.” “The prime minister said Iran had badly miscalculated and was increasingly isolated on the world stage, and the G7 was now coordinating a diplomatic response,” it said.
Sunak also expressed concern about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and called for Israel to open additional routes as soon as possible so that the population can be supplied with relief supplies.
Anti-Semitic incidents in the USA have risen to a record
0.05 a.m.: According to the Jewish organization Anti-Defamation League, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the USA increased by 140 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year. The Anti-Defamation League said there were a total of 8,873 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism. This is a record since records began in 1979. More than 5,200 incidents were reported after the radical Islamic Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
UN: More than 10,000 women killed in Gaza Strip
8:49 p.m.: According to the United Nations, more than 10,000 women have been killed there since the war began in the Gaza Strip around six months ago. Around 6,000 of them were mothers, which has resulted in around 19,000 children being at least partially orphaned, says the UN women’s organization UN Women. More than a million women and girls in the Gaza Strip currently have almost no access to food and clean water.
EU plans new sanctions against Iran
7:58 p.m.: Iran faces new EU sanctions after its missile and drone attack against Israel. After a video link from the foreign ministers of the member states, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell announced that he would ask his team to prepare for further punitive measures. According to Borrell, among other things, trade restrictions are to be expanded to make it more difficult for Iran to build missiles. It is also planned to target the delivery of drones and missiles to allies in the region.
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