Iran fired a series of ballistic missiles at Israel. Explosions were heard in Jerusalem and sirens sounded throughout the country. The falling rockets can be seen on broadcasts from Tel Aviv. The airspace over Israel and Iraq was closed. Iran threatened another strike.
Israeli military radio reported that Iran fired nearly 200 rockets towards Israel. Alarm sirens sounded in cities across the country and residents fled to shelters, Reuters reports. “The target of Iranian attacks is approximately 10 million Israeli civilians,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
Broadcasts from Tel Aviv show rockets falling on the city. The sounds of missile intercepts and explosions could be heard over Jerusalem, AFP journalists reported.
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Reuters reports that some of the Iranian missiles fired by Iran towards Israel were intercepted in the airspace Jordan. Witnesses quoted by Reuters report that loud explosions were also heard in the west of the country.
Iran fired missiles at Israel
Israel Military Radio reported that traffic at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv was suspended. It was later reported that the airspace over the country had been closed. Jordan also temporarily suspended air traffic in connection with the Iranian attack, and the Jordanian army appealed to citizens to stay at home. He also closed his airspace Iraq.
Iran threatens another strike
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards, one of two branches of Iran's armed forces, have warned that if Israel responds to the Iranian attack, it will be attacked again. The statement added that “the next strike will be more crushing and destructive.”
A senior Iranian official told Reuters that the order to attack Israel was personally given by Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme political and spiritual leader. He added that Khamenei “is in a safe place.”
Attack on Tel Aviv
“Iran's attack on Israel is a legal, rational and justified response to terrorist acts,” the Iranian delegation to Israel wrote on Tuesday on the X website. UN. “If the Zionist regime dares to respond or commits further acts of bad faith, there will be another crushing response,” it added.
The US president's reaction
President of the USA Joe Biden he declared that United States stand ready to help Israel defend against Iranian attacks and protect American personnel stationed in the region.
“This morning, Vice President Kamala Harris and I convened a national security team meeting to discuss Iran's plans to launch an imminent missile attack on Israel. We discussed how the United States is prepared to help Israel defend against these attacks and protect American personnel in region,” Biden wrote on the X platform.