{"id":2223852,"date":"2024-04-18T04:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-declares-israel-will-defend-itself-amid-calls-for-restraint\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T04:18:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:18:11","slug":"netanyahu-declares-israel-will-defend-itself-amid-calls-for-restraint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-declares-israel-will-defend-itself-amid-calls-for-restraint\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu asserts Israel&#8217;s commitment to self-defense amidst appeals for moderation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-declares-israel-will-defend-itself-amid-calls-for-restraint%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister Benjamin \u2062Netanyahu dismissed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">calls<\/a> for restraint\u200d in\u200b the conflict with Iran, emphasizing Israel&#8217;s commitment to self-defense. Amid\u2062 mounting international pressure,\u200b Israel faced\u2062 allegations \u200bof attacks \u200bon Iran.\u2063 In response, Iran carried out Operation True Promise, met with strong Israeli defense resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyu-professor-if-youre-black-youre-not-safe-in-u-s-schools\/\" title=\"NYU Professor: \u2018If You\u2019re Black, You\u2019re Not Safe In U.S. Schools\u2019\">minimal impact<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-u-s-investors-may-have-exposure-to-russian-stocks\/\" title=\"How U.S. Investors May Have Exposure to Russian Stocks\">conflict highlights<\/a>\u2062 the ongoing tensions between the two nations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Israel Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> brushed aside calls for restraint in its conflict with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\" title>Iran<\/a> and declared that Israel would prioritize defending itself, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-allies-plan-more-iran-sanctions-israel-war-cabinet-meet-again-2024-04-17\/\">reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make it clear \u2013 we will make our own decisions, and the State of Israel will do everything necessary to defend itself,\u201d Netanyahu said. <\/p>\n<p>The statement comes amid pleas from countries from around the world for Israel not to retaliate after a tumultuous April for the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s embassy in Damascus, Syria, was hit with an airstrike on April 1. Sixteen people were killed in the attack, including Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers, according to reports. Tehran claimed Israel was behind the attack, and multiple news publications from around the world also blamed Israel. The Israeli government declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Iran retaliated against Israel with Operation True Promise on April 13 in a series of drone and missile strikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOperation True Promise was a limited and not a comprehensive measure. If we had carried out a stronger operation, nothing would then have been left out of Israel,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/497302\/Iran-hails-Operation-True-Promise-on-National-Army-Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that 300 drones and missiles were deployed in Iran\u2019s response. Nearly all of them were intercepted and neutralized causing only minimal damage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idf.il\/192307\" title>according to Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A young girl under ten years old was \u201cseverely injured by shrapnel\u201d stemming from the attacks, said Hagari. No other additional victims were reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranian threat met the aerial and technological superiority of the IDF, along with a strong fighting coalition \u2014 which together intercepted the overwhelming majority of the threats. 99% of the threats launched towards Israeli territory were intercepted \u2014 a very significant strategic achievement,\u201d Hagari said.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the increase in hostilities tensions, leaders of countries from around the globe have urged restraint from both Iran and Israel. Several leaders have called for Netanyahu to help defuse the situation by standing down. <\/p>\n<p>Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, and David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs for Great Britain, traveled to Israel to meet with Netanyahu in an attempt to cool tensions in the region, Reuters reported. Their objective was to persuade Netanyahu not to retaliate. <\/p>\n<p>Previously, Cameron voiced his concern that Israel would retaliate for Operation True Promise. He warned against such a strike, saying it would not be beneficial in any way. Cameron claimed that it would \u201cserve no one, not Israel\u2019s security, not the many dozens of hostages still in the hands of Hamas, not the suffering population of Gaza, not the many people in Iran who are themselves suffering under the regime,\u201d Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, the Middle Eastern country located between Iraq and Israel, also urged for diplomacy, warning that escalation could lead to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/jordan-says-israeli-retaliation-iran-strikes-risks-wider-regional-war-2024-04-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cdevastating\u201d<\/a> full-blown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe risks are enormous. That could drag the whole region into war, which would be devastating to us in the region and have very, very serious implications for the rest of the world, including the U.S.,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-allies-plan-more-iran-sanctions-israel-war-cabinet-meet-again-2024-04-17\/\" title>said Ayman Safadi<\/a>, Jordan\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. \u201cThe situation is too dangerous. The chances of regional explosion are real, and that has got to stop.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to make sure there\u2019s no further escalation,\u201d Safadi said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, dismissed calls for restraint in the conflict with Iran. Reuters reported his firm stance on prioritizing Israel&#8217;s defense. &#8220;I want to make it clear \u2013 we will make our own decisions, and the State of Israel will do everything necessary to defend itself,&#8221; Netanyahu stated unequivocally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2223853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1626461_sd_661af14cc7ff4_1713041740-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1626461_sd_661af14cc7ff4_1713041740-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}