The United States’ commitment to Israel’s security and defense must be ironclad as they prepare for Iran’s response,” Schumer said. “The Iranian regime’s stated policy has long been to destroy Israel and Jewish communities around the world.
Iran described it as the beginning of its “crushing response” to Israeli attacks on the country on Friday.
The Air India flight was carrying 242 people when it crashed into a medical college hostel moments after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday. Just one person survived, the airline has said.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed “severe punishment,” and President Masoud Pezeshkian warned Israel would face serious consequences.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed fierce retaliation, saying Israel would be left “helpless.”
Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst was forced to flee live on air as Iranian missiles rained down on Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday night.
Mossad smuggled drones and missiles into Iran before Israel’s deadly airstrike.
Indian officials say double-counted remains led to a revised death toll of 265 in the Air India Flight AI171 crash.
Referring to past failed diplomacy, Trump said, “I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal… they just couldn’t get it done.”
U.S. forces are repositioned in the Gulf, awaiting orders to join the second wave of attacks.
