After Iran's attack on Israel, UN Secretary General Guterres urgently calls for de-escalation. Meanwhile, the tug of war over the hostages in Gaza continues.
Israel's representative to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said Iran has “crossed every red line” The Israeli war cabinet has not yet made a decision on this after more than three hours of deliberations, reported the Times of Israel newspaper. The heads of state and government of the seven leading democratic industrialized countries (G7) strongly condemned the major Iranian attack and reiterated their full support for Israel's security. The U.S. President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to carefully consider a possible retaliatory strike against Iran and its consequences. The USA, as Israel's most important ally, had helped repel Iran's major attack against Israel. Iran's National Security Council warned Israel against a military response. “If the Zionist regime wants to continue its viciousness against Iran, it will receive a response at least ten times greater than the recent attack,” the council statement said.