Israel Iran War Live Updates: Israel retaliates with missiles and drones on Iran

Israeli missiles struck a location in Iran late on Thursday, following Iran’s drone attack on Israel in retaliation for an assault on the Iranian embassy in Syria, according to ABC News, citing a US official.Iran’s Fars news agency reported an explosion at an airport in the city of Isafahan, but the cause was not immediately clear. Isfahan province is home to several Iranian nuclear facilities, including the Natanz uranium enrichment center.Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country reserved the right to protect itself after Iran’s unprecedented attack, and that it alone would decide how to do so. Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend in an attack that caused little damage after most of the projectiles were intercepted. The Israeli military has vowed to respond, prompting a diplomatic flurry aimed at calming the Middle East. Israel’s allies in Washington and Brussels have pledged to ramp up sanctions against Iran, while British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock became the first Western envoys to visit Israel since the attack. Netanyahu told the visiting ministers that Israel “will reserve the right to protect itself,” his office said. The pair offered “all kinds of suggestions and advice” during a meeting, Netanyahu said. “However, I would also like to clarify: we will make our decisions ourselves.” For his part, Cameron said “we’re very anxious to avoid escalation and to say to our friends in Israel: It’s a time to think with head as well as heart.”