'Punished from four directions': This is how Iranian, Arabic media covered the attack

• Published date: 14 April 2024
• Author: SETH J. FRANTZMAN
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Tasnim news said "in this attack, a combination of hundreds of drones and a large number of missiles of different types have been used. More importantly, this attack did not come from Iran only, and this regime is being punished from four directions." Iran claimed that it attacked Israel from Yemen, from Lebanon and Iraq, as well as from Iran itself

Fars News in Iran noted that the "lslamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement on Sunday it has launched massive missile and drone strikes against the occupied territories in response to the Zionist regime's terror attack against Tehran's diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital Damascus which resulted in martydom of seven military advisors."

Tasnim News in Iran called the attack "massive" and also said it involved drones and missiles. Tasnim also said that the missiles "hit targets" in Israel. However there was no evidence of this when Tasnim initially reported it. The report also claimed Hezbollah carried out an attack with dozens of missiles.

Al-Ain media in the UAE covered the Iranian attack with numerous articles. It wrote about how Israel might respond. The report wondered whether Israel would actually respond to the attack and noted Israel had scrambled aircraft and air defenses in response. Al-Ain also quoted Israeli media and noted that Iran had launched drones in an attack. The reports also covered the fact Israel had closed schools and cancelled large gatherings. These reports illustrated how interesting

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