Iran fired ballistic missiles into Israel on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
Approximately 200 missiles were fired in what could be the first wave of the attack; the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had been expecting a significant strike from Iran, according to Reuters and Axios’ Barak Ravid. Iran has vowed for months to retaliate against Israel for multiple assassinations against the country’s terror proxy leaders, including Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
This is bad — multiple huge ballistic missile impacts around #TelAviv tonight. #Israel will respond hard, that seems inevitable.
Far more than was seen in April. pic.twitter.com/ULopkh0Dhu
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) October 1, 2024
More crazy footage from Israel amid a massive missile attack from Iran pic.twitter.com/CmyThV7ERb
— Faytuks News (@Faytuks) October 1, 2024
“All Israeli civilians are in bomb shelters as rockets from Iran are fired at Israel,” the IDF said in statements on Tuesday. “Approx. 10 million civilians are the targets of Iranian projectiles.”
A Pentagon official told the Daily Caller News Foundation that “our forces remain postured to provide additional defensive support and to protect U.S. forces operating in the region.”
“In accordance with our ironclad commitment to Israel’s security, U.S. forces in the region are currently defending against Iranian-launched missiles targeting Israel,” the official told the DCNF.
Footage from Israel as Iranian ballistic missiles fly overheard pic.twitter.com/3icXBfk387
— Faytuks News (@Faytuks) October 1, 2024
Reported footage showing the launch of multiple ballistic missiles from Iran earlier this evening. pic.twitter.com/YszCVIXRBq
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) October 1, 2024
Another wave of attacks is expected, and Israel and other surrounding Arab states have shut down their airspace, according to multiple reports. The Israeli security cabinet is convening for an emergency meeting in a bunker near Jerusalem, Israeli officials told Ravid.
WATCH: More footage from the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel.pic.twitter.com/9jHaxIGZSZ
— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) October 1, 2024
“Tonight’s Iranian strike against Israel appears to be an attempt to reestablish its deterrence and possibly a desperate move to disrupt Israel’s advances against its key ally, Hezbollah,” former Israeli intelligence official Avi Melamed said in a statement. “However, the scale of the launches has likely escalated tensions to the brink of a regional conflict that Iran may struggle to win.”
Multiple air raid alerts went off throughout Israel at the time of the attack, according to reports. Hezbollah had earlier in the day been firing scores of rockets at Israel. Israel typically intercepts drone and missile attacks through its Iron Dome air defense system, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any Iranian missiles were able to evade interception.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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