Iran has launched a large scale missile attack on Israel.
According to reports, over 100 missiles were fired into the country.
The Israeli military announced on Tuesday the beginning of “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” against the militant Hezbollah in Lebanon.
In a statement the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran’s missile strrike was a response to the Israeli killings of Hamas, Hezbollah and IRGC leaders.
“In response to the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and the martyr Nilforoshan, we struck at the heart of the occupied territories,” the IRGC said in a statement released about 30 minutes after the first missiles struck.
“If the Zionist regime responds to our attack, our next strikes will be more destructive,” the statement added.
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RT reports: Iran has launched missiles at Israel, the IDF has announced, instructing civilians to “remain alert” and proceed to bomb shelters when they hear sirens.
“A short while ago, missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel,” IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a video message.
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Khairy, reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, told Al Jazeera Arabic that dozens of missiles could be seen in the sky heading towards Israel.
“The missiles are going almost non-stop. The sirens are still going off. Until this moment, they can be heard over large areas in Israel,” he said.
IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari has said an anticipated missile attack from Iran is likely to be large in scale.
“We ask the public to follow the Home Front Command guidelines. The fire from Iran could be wide in scope,” he told a press conference. He warned that when a siren sounds, citizens are asked to enter a protected area until notified otherwise.
Earlier reports suggested that the White House had warned Israel that Tehran was preparing for an “imminent” attack.
