This Tuesday, Iran launched a massive attack on Israel. The Hebrew authorities have reported that they have fired about 200 missiles from Iran and anti-aircraft alerts are sounding throughout the country while the civilian population has been ordered to take refuge in anti-aircraft bunkers.
Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagarihas stated that the air defense systems are working at full capacity to intercept the Iranian missiles, although he has warned that the fall of some of them on the ground is not ruled out and has urged the population to comply with the instructions of the authorities. .
Likewise, he has announced that several explosions will likely be heard in the next few minutes, either due to the impact on the ground of a missile or due to their interceptions in the air.
The Israeli army has revealed a map of possible missile targets and announces that They can reach a potential population of 10 million people. The total population of Israel.
This is Iran’s second direct attack against Israel in recent months, since in mid-April it already launched hundreds of missiles and drones in response to the bombing of its Consulate in Damascus. Tehran had warned that it reserved the right to respond to the assassination on Iranian soil of the former Hamas leader, Ismail Haniye, at the end of July.
The United States Government had warned just a few hours ago of a new “imminent” attack by Iran, in a context also marked by the intensification of fighting in Lebanon, where Israel began a ground offensive this Tuesday morning, and when The conflict in the Gaza Strip is still open.
After the bombing, the United States has assured that Iran’s missile attack against Israel has been “ineffective” and has reported that there are no deaths in Israeli territory and no damage to strategic military weapons has been reported.
“This has been, above all, thanks to the professionalism of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), but largely due to the skilled work of the US Army and the meticulousness of the IDF,” said the Security Advisor. White House National, Jake Sullivanat a press conference.
Although there have been no victims in Israeli territory for the moment, Sullivan has assured that there are reports of a dead Palestinian civilian as a result of the fall of fragments from a missile in Jericho, in the West Bank.
Sullivan has detailed that Iran has launched nearly 200 missiles against Israel. “US naval destroyers joined Israeli air defense units to fire interceptors to shoot down incoming missiles,” he said.
