The Israeli military said it expected the drones to take hours to arrive, and said intelligence said a number of drones launched.
The army's spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said it would take several hours for the aircraft to arrive. He said Israel was prepared. He spoke Saturday evening.
Iran has promised to retaliate, and U.S. President Joe Biden cut short a weekend trip to his beach house in Delaware to return to the White House and monitor the situation. Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip has inflamed decade-old tensions in the Middle East, and any new attack threatens to escalate that conflict into a wider regional war.
A crew member can be heard saying:"Don't come out." He then tells his colleagues to go to the ship's bridge as more commandos come down. One commando can be seen kneeling above the others to provide them potential cover fire. Iran"is a criminal regime that supports Hamas’ crimes and is now conducting a pirate operation in violation of international law," Katz said.
The U.S., Israel’s main backer, has stood by the country despite growing concerns over Israel's war on Gaza killing more than 33,600 Palestinians and wounding over 76,200 more. Israel’s war began after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw some 250 others taken hostage.
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