World leaders urge Israel not to retaliate for the Iranian drone and missile attack
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Jerusalem (AP): World leaders are urging Israel not to retaliate after Iran launched an attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told the BBC on Monday the UK does not support a retaliatory strike, while French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris will try to “convince Israel that we must not respond by escalating.”
The Iranian attack on Saturday, less than two weeks after a suspected Israeli strike in Syria that killed two Iranian generals in an Iranian consular building, marked the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity dating back to the country's 1979 Revolution.
An Israeli military spokesman said that 99 per cent of the drones and missiles launched by Iran were intercepted.
Israel and Iran have been on a collision course throughout Israel's six-month war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli offensive in Gaza has caused widespread devastation and killed over 33,700 people, according to local health officials.
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23-year-old man shot dead in Jharkhand's Chatra
Chatra (PTI): A 23-year-old man was allegedly shot dead in Jharkhand's Chatra district, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened near Dhamdhama village on the Chatra-Simariya Road on Friday when the deceased, identified as Karamjeet Kumar alias Vikas Saw, was returning home from court after recording his statement in a case, they said.
"Four rounds were fired, two of which hit him," said Awadhesh Kumar Singh, the in-charge of the Sadar police station.
Efforts are being made to identify those behind the shooting, he said.
