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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, said that Iran will pay after it fired around 200 missiles towards Israel.

Iran said the barrage was retaliation for the assassinations of leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas.

America's National Security Advisor said that the attack was defeated with American help and that there were so far no reports of deaths in Israel.

One Palestinian man was reportedly killed in the West Bank.

Earlier at least six people were killed and nine injured in a shooting attack in Jaffa.

Israeli police said that two gunman had been, quote, neutralized.

Oil prices briefly spiked by as much as 5% or $75.40 a barrel following Iran's missile attack on Israel.

Brent Crude, the Global Benchmark, closed the day at $73.56 a barrel, a 2.6% rise compared with the previous day.

Iran exports roughly 1.7 million barrels a day.

The country is a member of OPEC, a group of oil producers.

Mark Ruta took office as the new Secretary General of NATO, the 57-year-old was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands for

almost 14 years and was one of Europe's longest serving Democratic leaders.

He is tasked with steering the alliance through several difficulties,

including the war in Ukraine and a potential Trump administration.

France's Prime Minister, Michelle Barnier, delayed a target to bring the country's budget deficit within the EU's limit of 3% of GDP.

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