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The Israeli army says Iran has launched a missile assault at Israel, as air raid sirens sounded throughout the nation and Israelis rushed for shelter.
The army had earlier warned that any ballistic missile assault from Iran was anticipated to be widespread and informed the general public to shelter in secure rooms within the occasion of an assault on Tuesday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards mentioned the missile assault on Israel is in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah final week, in addition to that of the Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh earlier this 12 months, Iran’s Fars information company reported.
“In response to the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah and [IRGC Guards commander] Nilforoshan, we focused the guts of the occupied territories,” the IRGC mentioned in a press release.
It mentioned Iran had launched tens of missiles at Israel, and that if Israel retaliated, Tehran’s response can be “extra crushing and ruinous”.
A senior Iranian official informed Reuters information company that the order to launch missiles at Israel was made by the nation’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei stays in a safe location, the senior official added.
In the meantime, residents in Tel Aviv say sirens have been sounding for some time.
“We’re not removed from the Ministry of Defence and the Israeli army HQ and we’re nonetheless listening to sirens in Tel Aviv,” Akiva Eldar informed Al Jazeera. “We’re probably not secure so long as struggle continues to be on. There have been clear directions to remain within the secure rooms and bomb shelters, whoever has them of their homes.”
The firing of missiles got here after Israeli troops launched a floor raids into Lebanon, within the largest escalation of regional warfare since preventing erupted in Gaza a 12 months in the past.
Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabari, reporting from the Lebanese capital Beirut, mentioned folks are celebrating.
“We’ve heard over the past 20 minutes Iran’s unprecedented assault on Israel. Non cease gunfire and fireworks being set off throughout the capital,” Jabari mentioned.
