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'Major escalation': EU leaders rally against Iran's attack on Israel
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https://www.euronews.com/2024/04/14/major-escalation-eu-leaders-rally-against-irans-attack-on-israel
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Writing on X, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “I strongly condemn Iran‘s blatant and unjustifiable attack on Israel.
Tehran launched some 300 drones, ballistic and cruise missiles against Israel between Saturday and Sunday, though Israeli air defences intercepted the vast majority.
The attack was in retaliation to a suspected Israeli strike on an Iranian consular building in Syria earlier this month that killed 12 people.
G7 leaders are due to meet on Sunday via video call to discuss their response to the attack - the first time Iran has ever directly struck its arch-regional rival.
In a statement sent to Euronews, Julien Barnes-Dacey, Director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations said: “Iran felt compelled to respond to Israel’s attack on its consulate in Syria in an escalatory fashion and direct Iranian attacks on Israel are an unprecedented step in a steadily deepening and ever more direct regional war.”
This was about demonstrating a firm response and yet holding it sufficiently in check to avoid provoking direct war, which is still Iran’s core aim.”
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