Sirens have sounded all across Israel, missiles were launched from Iran towards Israel, the Israeli military says in a statement.
Two interceptions have been heard in Jerusalem.
It comes a short while after the Israeli military said Iran had launched missiles towards Israel.
Iran's state-run news agency IRNA has now confirmed that Tehran's military has started launching ballistic missiles towards Israel.
Iranian state TV has carried a statement from the IRGC (lslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) confirming "dozens" of missiles have been launched towards Israel, and threatening another attack if Israel responds.
The Israeli home front command has sent text messages containing "life-saving instructions" to people in certain areas of Israel, directing them to enter protected spaces.
Iran's attack on Israel is a "legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts," Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York posted on X on Tuesday.
Air traffic was halted at Israel's Ben Gurion airport on Tuesday, a spokesman said, as blasts rocked the country after Iran launched a missile attack.
Iran's missile attack on Israel was continuing on Tuesday, the Israel army said, with blasts heard in Jerusalem and elsewhere.
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ReplyDeleteProjectiles are intercepted by Israel above Tel Aviv on October 1, 2024
ReplyDeleteJordan on Tuesday temporarily suspended air traffic following a salvo of Iranian ballistic missiles fired towards neighbouring Israel, the Jordanian state news agency said.
ReplyDeleteIranian hammer with over 200 missiles against Israel
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ReplyDeleteThe US is intercepting some of the incoming missiles from Iran to help defend Israel
ReplyDeleteIsrael’s military says citizens now permitted to leave protected spaces throughout the country as there are no more threats heading towards Israel from Iran “for now”.
ReplyDeleteThere were no immediate reports of casualties in Israel.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei remains in a secure location after Tehran fired missiles at Israel, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteUnless Iran is planning to launch another salvo of missiles, it seems that tonight’s attack is over.
ReplyDeleteIDF: This attack will have consequences
ReplyDeleteIsrael's military on Tuesday intercepted a large number of missiles fired by Iran at the country, the army spokesman said, adding that there were a few "hits" during the barrage.
ReplyDeleteIsrael says will retaliate against Iran 'at place and time we decide'
ReplyDeleteUS bases would be target if US joins response against Iran, Iraqi armed groups say
ReplyDeleteJordan's Public Security Directorate said Tuesday its air defences intercepted missiles and drones as Iran attacked Israel.
ReplyDeleteIsrael will now be tempted to retaliate against Iran with far greater force than it did back in April.
ReplyDeleteIn an update, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says approximately 180 missiles were fired from Iran towards Israel.
ReplyDeleteAn Israeli security official says most of these missiles were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force in cooperation with the US Air Forces Central Command.
Several hits were identified and the damage from those hits is currently being assessed, they say.
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Tuesday said that he was concerned about an "escalation" in the Middle East, as Iran launched a missile attack on Israel.
ReplyDeleteShortly before the launch of the missiles at Israel, Tehran had informed Moscow and Washington.
ReplyDeleteThis was stated this evening by a high-ranking Iranian official speaking to the Reuters agency.
Ebrahim Azizi, the head of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, says on Iranian state TV that this was the first wave of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' attacks.
ReplyDeleteHe says Israeli “military centres and facilities were our targets, but the attacks might have lead to civilians being hit as well due to possible miscalculations”.
Azizi says if Israel “makes a mistake” again, there is going to be a second wave which will be “even more destructive”.
He adds that according to Iran’s assessments, Israel “cannot retaliate” to Iran’s attack tonight.
If Tehran is attacked, pro-Iranian militias in Iraq will target "all American interests", Iran-backed armed groups said today.
ReplyDeleteThe White House said Tuesday that US Navy destroyers helped shoot down some of the estimated 200 Iranian missiles during an attack on Israel that was “defeated and ineffective.”
ReplyDeleteIsraeli media cited Israel’s military as saying on Tuesday that the air force will continue conducting “powerful strikes” tonight throughout the Middle East, hours after Iran launched a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel.
ReplyDeleteLas FDI realizarán esta noche "poderosos ataques aéreos en Oriente Medio"
DeleteIran President Dr Pezeshkian: This is only a part of our ability; do not enter into a conflict with Iran.
ReplyDeleteIran closes the country's airspace while awaiting a response from Israel.
ReplyDeleteWhite House says there have been no deaths in Israel as a result of the Iranian attack
ReplyDeleteFalling shrapnel from an Iranian missile fired at Israel killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the local governor told AFP.
Delete"A Palestinian worker in Jericho was killed when pieces of a rocket fell from the sky and hit him," Jericho governor Hussein Hamayel told AFP.
Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel, firing nearly 500 missiles, The Jerusalem Post reported.
ReplyDeletePreviously, the newspaper said that at least 400 missiles had been fired at Israel.
The Iranian missile attack did not damage the combat capability of the Israeli air force, contrary to Tehran's claims, the Israeli army said, noting that the damage from the missile attack was minimal
ReplyDeleteNational Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament - on a possible Israeli response: If the entity [Israel] makes a mistake in calculating its response, our response will be stronger and more destructive.
ReplyDelete90% of Iranian missiles successfully hit targets in Israel, follows from the IRGC statement.
ReplyDeleteIran did not warn the US about plans to attack Israel, but a "serious warning" was issued afterwards, the Iranian mission to the UN said.
ReplyDeleteLe président iranien Masoud Pezeshkian a déclaré que l'Iran avait donné une «réponse décisive» à Israël en guise d'acte de légitime défense
ReplyDeleteIl portavoce del Dipartimento di Stato USA, Matthew Miller:
ReplyDelete«Il governo iraniano non ci ha avvertito che avrebbe lanciato un attacco del genere.
Israele ha il diritto di difendersi, ma ci coordineremo con loro per definire le modalità di risposta».
Irán no notificó a Estados Unidos sobre su intención de atacar a Israel, pero emitió una "advertencia seria" tras el ataque, dijo la misión iraní ante las Naciones Unidas.
ReplyDelete"No se dio ningún aviso a Estados Unidos antes de nuestra respuesta; sin embargo, después se emitió una seria advertencia", dijo la misión iraní en un comunicado.
Six people were killed and nine others were injured in a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv ahead of the Iranian missile attack - media
ReplyDeleteThe United States, after Iran's strikes on Israel, says it does not want further escalation of the conflict, but Tehran's attack must have consequences, the State Department said
ReplyDeleteThe Pentagon said on Tuesday that two US Navy destroyers fired about a dozen interceptors against Iranian missiles aimed at Israel.
ReplyDeleteIran's Revolutionary Guards said its missile attack Tuesday on Israel targeted "three military bases" in the Tel Aviv area.
ReplyDeleteIsrael's military says it will respond powerfully tonight
ReplyDeleteIRGC announced that its operation was carried out within the framework of the right of legitimate defense and based on the international laws, and any stupidity of the enemy will face a devastating and regretful response.
ReplyDeleteDuring a press briefing, National Security spokesperson Jake Sullivan describes the strikes by Iran as a “significant escalation” and says it appears to have been “defeated and ineffective” without any known damage to Israeli aircraft and strategic military assets.
ReplyDeleteHe says Iran launched around 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel and US naval destroyers helped Israel shoot them down.
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, the Swiss presidency of the Council announced.
ReplyDeleteNetanyahu says Iran made 'big mistake' and 'will pay for it'
ReplyDeleteIranian State media reported that Fattah hypersonic missiles were used in the massive attacks against the Israeli occupation.
ReplyDeleteThe missiles took less than 15 minutes to reach areas
DeleteIranian media claim that Iran's missile attack destroyed more than 20 Israeli F-35s
ReplyDeleteIn the event of an attack by Israel's allies on the Islamic Republic, Iran promised to strike their bases and interests in the Middle East, the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said.
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