International
Iran launches missiles against Israeli territory and alarms sound throughout the country
Iran launched a missile attack against Israeli territory on Tuesday afternoon, confirmed the military spokesman in Arabic, Avichay Adraee, activating anti-aircraft alarms throughout the country.
“Recently, missiles have been launched from Iran towards the State of Israel. They are asked to remain alert and follow precisely the instructions of the Internal Front Command,” the Israeli Army said in a statement.
In Jerusalem, in addition to the sound of the alarms, which continue at this time, it was also possible to see missiles intercepted in the sky and the noise they made when they exploded.
This fulfills the warning that the United States had launched minutes earlier. A US government official warned that Iran would be preparing an imminent attack with ballistic missiles.
“We have indications that Iran is preparing an imminent launch of ballistic missiles against Israel,” he said.
“The United States is actively supporting defense preparations to defend Israel against this attack,” the source told EFE.
“Serious consequences” for Iran in case of attack
Likewise, the White House official warned Iran of “serious consequences if it decides to attack with direct military attack.”
An attack with ballistic missiles would complicate interception by the Israeli anti-aircraft defenses, since the projectiles follow a ballistic trajectory after reaching great heights, sometimes reaching the outermost layers of the atmosphere.
According to a US official told CNN, the US expects the Iranian attack to have a similar scale and objectives to the attack with hundreds of drones and missiles on April 13.
Israel foresaw large-scale attack
The spokesman for the Israeli Army, Daniel Hagari, had warned that the retaliatory attack with ballistic missiles from Iran could have a “large-scale” character.
“We are following the threat seriously. We ask the public to follow the guidelines of the Interior Front Command. Iran’s fire could be on a large scale,” Hagari said at a press conference, in which he asked the Israelis to take refuge in bunkers in case the anti-aircraft sirens are activated.
Hagari confirmed that the United States had informed Israel that Iran was preparing to attack in the coming hours, after the murder on Friday of the top leader of Hezbulah, Hassan Nasrala.
“We have faced this type of threat before and we will do it now too,” Hagari said in a previous message, which urged the Israelis to act “responsibly as they have done throughout the war” and recalled that air defense systems are prepared.
Iran already attacked Israel in April
This Monday, when Israel began an incursion into southern Lebanon, the United States had not yet detected the movement of military equipment in Iran, although this could change due to the Iranian ability to mobilize quickly, according to US sources told NBC.
This would be Iran’s first attack on Israel since April, when Iran attacked two Israeli air bases on the Negev with missiles and drones and reached points of the occupied territory of the Golan Heights, although Israel, the United States or Arab countries over which they flew managed to intercept most of the Iranian projectiles.
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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