Haley: Iranian drone that entered Israel an ‘egregious and unprompted escalation’

US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, criticizes Iran for launching a drone into Israeli territory over the weekend, calling the unprecedented incursion an “egregious and unprompted escalation” in the region.

In remarks delivered at the Security Council’s briefing on the situation in Syria, Haley defends Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iranian military installations in Syria in response to the drone

“Earlier this week, Iranian-backed militias in southern Syria launched a drone into Israeli territory,” Haley says. “It was an egregious and unprompted escalation.”

“Iran was once again doing what it does – risking conflict and testing the will of its neighbors and opponents to resist its aggression,” she says. “Israel rightly took action to defend itself.

“The United States will always stand by our ally when confronted with provocations from Iran, Hezbollah, or the Assad regime,” Haley adds.

She warns member states that the Assad regime has become a front for the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah, which has an “irresponsible and dangerous agenda for the Middle East.”