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Israel is not attacking Iran: security source

  • Israel is not attacking in Iran
Published April 24, 2026 Updated April 24, 2026 12:52am
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JERUSALEM: An Israeli security source told AFP on Thursday that the country was not carrying out airstrikes in Iran, following reports in Iranian state media of blasts over the capital Tehran.

“Israel is not attacking in Iran,” the source said on condition of anonymity.

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Earlier on Thursday, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel was “prepared to resume the war against Iran”, adding that his country was awaiting a green light from the United States to return Iran to “the Stone Age”.