An Iranian ballistic missile barrage overwhelmed Israel’s defenses — with dozens of strikes seen on Tel Aviv and other population centers Tuesday night.
Nearly 200 ballistic missiles were launched at the Jewish state, authorities said.
Footage of the harrowing barrage shows numerous missiles hitting Israel and exploding in a fiery blaze within the span of 10 seconds, local KANN News reports.
Similar videos on social media showed missiles or shrapnel hitting Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other population centers. Impact sites have been reported in the cities as well as in the south and in Sharon.
Tel Aviv, which houses the IDF’s headquarters and Nevatim Air Base, appeared to bear the brunt of the attack.
The Israeli military said Iran was targeting 10 million civilians in Israel with its attack.
All Israelis were ordered to take shelter in bunkers across the country.
Sirens flared Tuesday afternoon as Iranian missiles targeted central and southern Israel in Tehran’s first direct attack on the Jewish state since April, according to the Israeli military.
The attacks are coming in waves, with reporters from the Guardian reporting a second assault flying overhead in Jerusalem less than 10 minutes after the first set of missile strikes.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday’s attack was in direct response to the recent assassinations of Hezbollah’s top officials, including its chief, Hassan Nasrallah.
“If the Zionist regime reacts to the operation, it will face heavy attacks,” the IRGC warned.
The Iranian Mission to the United Nations defended the attack, saying Tehran’s response over Israel’s airstrikes in the region has been carried out.
“Iran’s legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime — which involved targeting Iranian nationals and interests and infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran — has been duly carried out,” the group said in a statement.
The attack concluded at 8:32 p.m. local time, with the IDF vowing revenge against the Islamic Republic.
“This fire will have consequences,” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said. “We have plans, and we will act in the time and place that we choose.”
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Trump says Iran would have never attacked Israel if he was president, warns US on the ‘brink of World War III’
‘When I was President, Iran was in total check,’ Trump elaborated further in an official campaign statement. ‘They were starved for cash, fully contained, and desperate to make a deal. Kamala flooded them with American cash and, ever since, they’ve been exporting terror all over, and unraveling the Middle East.’
Donald Trump believes if he were president that Iran would have never unleashed missile attacks on Israel and that the globe would not be ‘brink of World War III.’
The ex-president took to his Truth Social app Tuesday to decry the attack on Israel as it was being hit with a hellfire of roughly 180 Iranian missiles.
The Jewish Nation’s conflict with the Lebanon-based Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah has become increasingly dangerous over the past weeks as the two have exchanged attacks.
Escalating the fight, Iranian rockets ignited the night sky and slammed into buildings as air sirens blared across the country just hours after the White House warned an attack was ‘imminent’.
‘Look at the missiles flying right now in the Middle East, look at what’s happening with Russia/Ukraine, look at Inflation destroying the World,’ Trump’s post began.
‘None of this happened while I was president!’
‘When I was President, Iran was in total check,’ Trump elaborated further in an official campaign statement. ‘They were starved for cash, fully contained, and desperate to make a deal. Kamala flooded them with American cash and, ever since, they’ve been exporting terror all over, and unraveling the Middle East.’
It continued: ‘Under ‘President Trump,’ we had no war in the Middle East, no war in Europe, and harmony in Asia, no inflation, no Afghanistan catastrophe.’
‘Now, war or the threat of war, is raging everywhere, and the two incompetents running this country are leading us to the brink of World War III.’
Biden, for his part, released a statement to deter Iran from further action, saying consequences could come if so.
‘The United States is prepared to help Israel defend against these attacks, and protect American personnel in the region,’ the president said.
Videos posted online show frantic scenes as residents rush to bomb shelters and salvos of explosives can be hear imploding off in the distance.
Comments from Daily Mail:
Appalachia, United States 1 hour ago
Well, did we have all these issues? The answer is no. Unless you live in a different reality. Russia wasn’t in the Ukraine, and Israel was not at war on two fronts.
Florida, United States 45 minutes ago
I am amazed that some people refuse to admit those facts – FACTS that cannot be denied unless you are into denial. Russia did not invade Ukraine and Israel was not at war during Trump term.
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