Israel has 'right to protect itself' after Iran attack

Israel 's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country reserved the right to protect itself after Iran 's unprecedented attack, and that it alone would decide how to do so.

Mr Netanyahu told the visiting ministers that Israel"will reserve the right to protect itself," his office said. Iran has vowed to hit back if its arch-foe Israel responds to last Saturday's attack, which itself was launched after a deadly strike on Iran's Damascus consulate building earlier this month that was widely blamed on Israel.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi warned after the attack of"a fierce and severe response" to any retaliation, and yesterday his country celebrated its annual Army Day with a parade featuring various attack drones and long-range missiles. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Brussels was also working to expand sanctions against Iran, including its supply of drones and other weapons to Russia and to proxy groups around the Middle East.

Talks toward a truce and hostage release deal have stalled, said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, despite months of effort also involving US and Egyptian officials. The militants also took about 250 hostages, of whom Israel estimates 129 remain in Gaza, including 34 who are presumed dead.

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