Officials said four Iranian air defence personnel were killed in the strikes, which were in retaliation for the country's October 1 attack
| | | Israel struck several military facilities in Iran on Saturday, marking the latest exchange in the hostilities between the two long-standing adversaries in a conflict that has simmered for months. | THE DAILY QUIZ The world’s largest lake is fed by 130 rivers. Its name comes from the ancient people who lived near it and thought it was a sea. Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkmenistan share its coastline. Now it’s rapidly shrinking. Remember high school geography and name it. a. Arabian Sea
b. Caspian Sea
c. Dead Sea
d. Red Sea TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | THE BIG STORY Israel hits Iranian military sites in ‘retaliatory’ strikes Officials said four Iranian air defence personnel were killed in the strikes, which were in retaliation for the country’s October 1 attack, when Tehran fired about 200 missiles at Israel. Saturday’s attacks were the first time Israel’s military has openly attacked Iran, but avoided the country’s the most sensitive oil and nuclear facilities. The risk of a wider conflagration between heavily armed Israel and Iran has convulsed a region already on fire with warfare in Gaza and Lebanon, but Tehran’s initial response appeared muted. Israel’s military said scores of jets had completed three waves of strikes before dawn against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, and warned its heavily armed arch-foe not to hit back. Iran’s foreign ministry said it considers itself “entitled and obligated to defend against foreign acts of aggression”, even as leaders across the world urged Tehran to resist a retaliation. Read more. | | THE BIG QUESTION What did Indian govt tell social media platforms about bomb hoax threats? Social media companies must remove hoax bomb threats from their platform within the prescribed legal time frame, report them to the government agencies concerned, and share information about such posts and users with the authorised agencies within 72 hours, or they could be treated as abettors and be held liable for consequential actions under Indian laws, the ministry of electronics and information technology said in an advisory issued on Friday, following a spate of hoax bomb threats that hit the aviation sector earlier this month. It also said that they must provide all information under their control to authorised government agencies within 72 hours so that the agencies can identify the perpetrators and begin proceedings against them. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | | | | PHOTO OF THE DAY Diljit Dosanjh's "jam session" near JLN Stadium | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Abhirup Sengupta. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
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