Israel-Iran latest: Ayatollah speaks on Israel strikes while one dead and dozens injured as truck hits bus stop
One killed and dozens injured after truck rams bus stop near Tel Aviv
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Iran’s supreme leader has said Israel’s attack “should not be exaggerated nor downplayed”, while stopping short of calling for retaliation.
The remarks from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday are the latest suggesting Iran is carefully weighing its response to the attack.
“It is up to the authorities to determine how to convey the power and will of the Iranian people to the Israeli regime and to take actions that serve the interests of this nation and country,” said Khamenei, who has the final say over all major decisions in Iran.
Israel claimed the attack, launched in three waves in the early hours of Saturday, was a “precise and targeted” response to the Iranian missile attack on the country on 1 October.
The comments come as one person was killed and dozens injured after a truck rammed into a bus stop at a major intersection near Tel Aviv on Sunday, in what police said they suspected was a terrorist attack.
The Israeli military, meanwhile, killed at least 36 Palestinians in a series of attacks in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
One killed after truck rams into bus stop near Tel Aviv
One person has now died after a truck rammed into a bus stop at a major intersection near Tel Aviv, in what police said they suspected was a terrorist attack.
Israeli police said about 40 people were injured to varying degrees, including some seriously, and were taken to nearby hospitals.
Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv said one of the victims succumbed to his wounds. Nearly Sheba Medical Center said it treated eight civilians and soldiers.
The attack, in which a truck ran into a bus stop close to a military base, took place around 10 am local time, police said, noting the driver - who had Israeli citizenship - was “neutralised” by gunfire from a nearby civilian.
“All investigative directions are being examined with an emphasis on the suspicion that this is a terror attack,” police said.
“Initial investigations suggest that the truck driver, who was traveling near the Glilot base (north of Tel Aviv) from north to south, veered off course and hit a bus and people waiting at the stop with the truck.”
Israeli media reported that the attacker was an Israeli Arab from Qalansawe in central Israel.
Gaza strip death toll increases to 45 as ceasefire talks resume
Israeli military strikes killed at least 45 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday as efforts to secure a ceasefire in the more than year-long war resumed in Qatar.
The directors of the CIA and Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency will meet with Qatar’s prime minister on Sunday in Doha, an official briefed on the talks told Reuters.
The negotiations will seek a short-term ceasefire and the release of some hostages being held by Hamas in exchange for Israel’s release of Palestinian prisoners, the official said.
The talks aim to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a halt in fighting for less than a month in the hope it would lead to a more permanent ceasefire.
‘Shame on you’ Israeli protesters interrupt Netanyahu memorial speech
Protesters disrupted a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony Sunday remembering the victims of Hamas’ attack on southern Israel last year.
People shouted “Shame on you” and made a commotion, forcing Netanyahu to stop his speech shortly after it began. The major commemorative event is being broadcast live around the country.
Many Israelis blame Netanyahu for the failures that led to Hamas’ October 7, attack and hold him responsible for not yet bringing home the remaining hostages held by the militant group in Gaza.
36 killed in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian health officials say
Israeli military strikes have killed at least 36 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian health officials said.
Twenty people were killed following an airstrike on houses in Jabalia, the largest of the Gaza Strip’s eight historic refugee camps, medics and the Palestinian official news agency WAFA said.
An Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Shati camp in Gaza City also killed four people and wounded 20 others, many in critical condition, medics said.
Two killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon's Sidon, ministry says
At least two people have been killed by an Israeli strike on Sidon in southern Lebanon, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday.
A further 11 people were been wounded in the attack.
Truck rams into bus stop in Israel - pictures
Israel’s defence minister briefs US over Iran strikes
Israel’s defence minister and the US defence secretary have spoken about Israel’s recent strikes on Iran.
Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant’s office said he had briefed Lloyd Austin on the strikes and discussed “strategic opportunities”.
“Gallant discussed initial assessments regarding the success of the strikes against missile manufacturing facilities, surface-to-air missile arrays and Iranian aerial capabilities,” it said.
“Minister Gallant also discussed the strategic opportunities that have risen as a result of operational achievements, in both the northern and southern arenas,” the statement said, referring to fighting in Lebanon and Gaza.
Dozens injured as truck strikes bus stop in central Israel
Dozens of people have been injured after a truck struck a bus stop at a major intersection in central Israel, with the circumstances around the incident on Sunday being investigated.
Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service said it was treating dozens of people at the site, at least four of them with serious injuries.
Israel tells residents of 14 Lebanese villages to move north of Awali River
The Israeli military has told residents of 14 villages in southern Lebanon on Sunday to evacuate immediately and move north of the Awali river.
Iran’s defence capability hit hard, Netanyahu says
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has Iran’s defence and ability to produce missiles has been hit hard following airstrikes on Saturday.
“The air force attacked throughout Iran. We hit hard Iran’s defence capabilities and its ability to produce missiles that are aimed at us,” Netanyahu said in a speech.
“The attack in Iran was precise and powerful, and it achieved all its objectives,” he said.
Tehran said its air defence intercepted most of the incoming drones and missiles and that the attack caused “limited damage”, although four of its soldiers were killed.
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