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Your Back. This

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is the Times Daily Briefing for Sunday 14th April. Israel's

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military claims it successfully intercepted 99% of more

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than 300 drones and missiles

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launched by Iran overnight in

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an unprecedented attack. A

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small number did strike Israeli territory

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in Iran's anticipated retaliation for this

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month's deadly airstrike on the Iranian

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embassy in Syria, something Israel has

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not officially acknowledged. The US President

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Joe Biden has told Israel's Prime

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Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that America's commitment

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to the security of Israel is

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ironclad and has convened a meeting

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of G7 leaders. Mr Netanyahu

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has since convened a war cabinet.

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The Israel Defense Force spokesman is

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Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. Together with

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our allies and partners across the

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region, we are operating at

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this very moment to defend Israel

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from Iran's attack. So

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far, we have intercepted a vast

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majority of incoming missiles.

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The Ministry of Defense has confirmed British

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fighter jets were deployed to shoot

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down some drones fired at Israel

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from Iran. The Defense Secretary Grant

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Shapps said additional RAF jets have

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been deployed to the region and

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Rishi Sunak has condemned what he

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called the Iranian regime's reckless attack

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against Israel. Overnight, Iranians

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celebrated outside the British embassy

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in Tehran. Iran

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says its operation has now conquered. concluded,

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although the country's defense minister is

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warning that Tehran will firmly respond

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to any nation that opens its

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airspace or territory for attacks on

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Iran. But diplomatic sources have

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told the Times that Iran says

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it would now de-escalate. Samir al-Atrush

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is the Middle East correspondent for

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the Times. He said it's likely

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there'll be some domestic political upside

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for Benjamin Netanyahu, including a unification

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of the Israeli people behind their

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prime minister. We've seen similar barrages

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fired by Iran at Saudi Arabia in

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2019, a similar one in 2019,

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that completely knocked out half of their oil production. In

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this case, you know, they barely

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scratched Israel. So I think, especially

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after their failure on October 7

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to anticipate and properly defend against

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Hamas' attack, this restores, you know,

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the deterrence in the minds of

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many Israelis. And Israel

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has announced it has reopened its

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airspace. The family of

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a woman who died while attempting to

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save her nine-month-old baby during Saturday's stabbing

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attack in Sydney have said she was

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a beautiful human being. The family

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of Ashley Good, who was 38, say

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her daughter Harriet is doing well as she

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recovers in hospital. The attacker, who

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killed six people in the attack at Bondi

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Junction before being shot dead by a police

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officer, has been identified as

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40-year-old Joel Corchi from

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Queensland. There's more on all

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of these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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