The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted the “vast majority” of “dozens” of drones and cruise missiles launched by Iran against Israel on Sunday morning local time, although a small number hit targets including IDF bases. announced.
Surreal footage of Iranian attack on Jerusalem Temple Mount/Haram Al Sharif pic.twitter.com/NuSvF25HLX
— Emmanuel (Manny) Fabian (@manniefabian) April 13, 2024
The IDF said in a statement:
It was confirmed that dozens of surface-to-surface missiles were fired from Iran and approached Israeli territory. IDF air defense arrays, along with Israel’s strategic allies, used the Arrow air defense system to successfully intercept the majority of launches before they entered Israeli territory. A small number of attacks were confirmed, including on Israeli Defense Force bases in southern Israel, causing minor damage to infrastructure.
Dozens of enemy aircraft and cruise missiles were seen approaching Israeli territory from Iran and were intercepted over the past few hours. Dozens of IAF fighter jets are currently operational to intercept any air threat approaching Israeli territory.
The IDF continues to defend Israeli territory, deployed and prepared on all fronts.
In total, Iran launched more than 200 enemy aircraft, Israeli Defense Forces spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari said.
The footage purportedly shows an Iranian missile earlier landing in the Negev region of southern Israel. pic.twitter.com/WtE4rjtBms
— Emmanuel (Manny) Fabian (@manniefabian) April 13, 2024
Israelis were told to stay overnight near a “safe room” (a room with reinforced walls and doors) in their homes. The order from the Internal Front Command was lifted early Sunday, a sign that Israel believes the Iranian attack is over. The sound of thumping continued in northern Israel.
Throughout the night, the country was filled with the sound of air raid sirens, planes scrambling overhead and the explosions of missile defense systems hitting targets. One injury was reported to a Bedouin Arab child caught in a storm in the Negev desert. Debris.
Residents of Israel’s interior, including Jerusalem, heard air raid sirens and saw missile defense systems flashing overhead.
Another video from #Jerusalem Showing the range of the first wave of ballistic missile attack. #IRGC in the aerospace force #Israel. We see how well the Arrow 2/3 anti-ballistic missile system coped with the first wave and shot down most of the weapons. #Iranian ballistic missile. pic.twitter.com/yft4ZEhbB4
— Babak Taghvaee – Crisis Monitor (@BabakTaghvaee1) April 14, 2024
It is unclear how Israel will react. Israel said last week that it would attack Iran directly if an attack against Israel emanated from Iranian soil, such as Saturday night’s attack.
Israel could launch a full-scale attack not only on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, but also on Iranian regime institutions and Iranian proxies such as Hezbollah that threaten Israel’s northern communities.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with US President Joe Biden. Both governments convened senior officials to discuss the Iranian attack.
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