344: Iran Targets Israel With More Than 180 Missiles - PM Netanyahu Reaction: "Big Mistake" + IDF Cross-Border Raids into S. Lebanon + US Destroyers Intercept Iranian Missiles + New NATO Secretary General + More

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1. Iran Targets Israel With More Than 180 Missiles - PM Netanyahu Reaction: "Big Mistake".
At a security cabinet meeting in the aftermath of the attack, PM Netanyahu warned that Tehran had made a “big mistake tonight” and vowed that “it will pay for it.”
2. Iran celebrates missiles attack on Israel.
Iran’s IRGC boasted of its ballistic missile attack on Israel and threatened to carry out “crushing attacks” against the Jewish nation if it retaliates.
3. IDF Cross-Border Raids into S. Lebanon.
The IDF said Special Forces have carried out more than 70 small raids, destroying numerous Hezbollah positions, tunnels and thousands of weapons. The IDF said the sites were located both inside Lebanese villages and in forested areas.
4. US Destroyers Intercept Iranian Missiles.
USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) and USS Cole (DDG-67) fired a dozen interceptors as part of the US response to Iranian missiles launched at Israel, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
5. US augments forces in Middle East with additional troops and warplanes.
The US Central Command announced Tuesday that three additional squadrons of warplanes were arriving in the region, while one was already present.
6. New NATO Secretary General.
Mark Rutte, the former Dutch prime minister, officially took charge of NATO today, succeeding longtime leader Jens Stoltenberg as the alliance’s new secretary general.
7. Netherlands will collaborate with Naval Group (France/Thales) to develop new submarine to replace the current Walrus-class.
Naval Group is set to deliver the first two of the four submarines by 2034, with the new vessel a conventionally-powered variant of the Barracuda class.