Iran on Tuesday launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel in retaliation for its recent killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and an Iranian commander in Lebanon.
The attack came on the heels of Israel's deployment of ground forces into south Lebanon, escalating its offensive on Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group.
Most of the nearly 200 missiles were intercepted by Israeli and U.S. defenses, and there were no known fatalities in Israel from the attack.
"In response to the martyrdom of Martyr Haniyeh, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Martyr Nilforoushan, we have targeted the heart of the occupied territories," Iran's Revolutionary Guard said in a statement after missiles began appearing in the skies over Israel.
"Should the Zionist regime respond to Iran's operation, it will face crushing attack," said the group, Iran's paramilitary organization.
Abbas Nilforoushan was an Iranian Revolutionary Guard deputy commander, who was killed with Nasrallah in a bombing by Israel last Friday in Beirut.
Ismail Haniyeh was the political commander of the Hamas terror group, who was killed in July by an Israeli strike on Tehran, the capital of Iran. Israel has been engaged in a brutal war against Hamas since the group launched the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel from Gaza.
Israel Defense Forces reported some hits from the missiles, whose damage was being assessed, according to an Israeli security official.
Waldo_Wadlo on October 1st, 2024 at 17:06 UTC »
Fresh video from Israel.
Complete_Design9890 on October 1st, 2024 at 17:06 UTC »
Terrorist attack before the barrage. 100-300 ballistic missile barrage with no drones or advanced warning. Seems like Iran is actually serious this time. The videos show plenty of direct hits. Israel is going to have to directly strike Iran. I guess we just walked into an Israeli Iranian war.
Edit: Second terrorist attack at the hotel was denied by Israeli police
AravRAndG on October 1st, 2024 at 16:55 UTC »
Submission statement Iran launched missiles toward Israel, the Israeli military said.
The announcement by the Israel Defense Forces came hours after a White House official told NBC News that the United States had seen indications that Iran is preparing to “imminently” launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel on the heels of Israel’s ground incursion into south Lebanon.
The White House official warned that any direct attack on Israel by Iran “will carry severe consequences for Iran.”
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 250 points, spurred by a surge in the cost of WTI crude oil, on fears of heightened tensions in the petroleum-rich Middle East.