Israel-Iran latest: Netanyahu heckled by relatives of Hamas attack victims as Ayatollah condemns Israel strikes

The UN Safety Council scheduled an emergency assembly for this afternoon at Iran’s request on Israel’s air strikes towards the nation.

Switzerland, which holds the council’s rotating presidency, introduced the assembly yesterday and stated the Iranian request was supported by Russia, China and Algeria, the Arab consultant on the council.

In the meantime, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian stated his nation will reply to Israel “appropriately”, after Israel overtly attacked Iranian army websites for the primary time this weekend.

“We aren’t searching for struggle, however we are going to defend the rights of our nation and nation and can reply appropriately to the Zionist regime’s aggression,” Pezeshkian was quoted by state TV on Sunday as saying.

One civilian was killed in Israel’s assault on Iran, the nation’s officers stated, with out providing any particulars on the circumstances of his demise.

The state-run IRNA information company recognized the useless man as Allahverdi Rahimpour and stated he lived in a suburban space of southwestern Tehran.

Israeli warplanes on Saturday attacked army targets in Iran in response to Iran launching almost 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel earlier this month.

The social platform X has suspended a brand new account of Iran’s supreme chief Ali Khamenei that posted messages in Hebrew.

The account was suspended early this morning with a notice appended to it saying: “X suspends accounts which violate the X Guidelines.”

It wasn’t instantly clear what the violation was. The transfer got here after Israel overtly attacked Iran for the primary time this weekend.

Mr Khamenei stated in a speech yesterday that Israel’s strikes — in response to Iran’s ballistic missile assault this month — “shouldn’t be exaggerated nor downplayed,” whereas stopping wanting calling for retaliation.

The X account opened Sunday with a message in Hebrew studying: “Within the title of God, essentially the most merciful,” a regular Islamic greeting.

Mr Khamenei’s workplace has maintained a number of accounts for the 85-year-old supreme chief on X for years and has despatched messages in quite a lot of languages prior to now.

A second message corresponded to a speech Mr Khamenei gave yesterday and was despatched on his English account as: “Zionists are making a miscalculation with respect to Iran. They don’t know Iran. They nonetheless haven’t been capable of accurately perceive the ability, initiative, and dedication of the Iranian folks.”

Protesters disrupted a speech by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony yesterday remembering the victims of Hamas’s assault on southern Israel final 12 months.

Individuals shouted “Disgrace on you” and made a commotion, forcing Mr Netanyahu to cease his speech shortly after it started. The speech was broadcast stay.

Many Israelis blame Mr Netanyahu for the failures that led to Hamas’s 7 October 2023 assault and maintain him chargeable for not but bringing dwelling the remaining hostages held by the militant group in Gaza.