Israel vows to 'exact a price' after unprecedented Iranian attack while world leaders call for restraint [View all]

Source: CNN

Israel vows to ‘exact a price’ after unprecedented Iranian attack while world leaders call for restraint

By Rob Picheta, CNN
5 minute read
Updated 1:54 PM EDT, Sun April 14, 2024

(CNN) — Israel pledged that it will “exact a price” from Iran as the country weighs its response to an unprecedented overnight barrage of drone and missile strikes while facing international pressure to de-escalate.

The overnight attack – which saw Tehran launch a series of strikes at Israel over a five-hour period – threatens to tip the crisis in the Middle East into an untempered regional war.

Israel’s war cabinet has been authorized to respond to the attack and met on Sunday, with one of its members, Benny Gantz, saying the “event is not over.”

He cited the need to “build a regional coalition and exact a price from Iran, in a way and at a time that suits us.”

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