Iran fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday, where warning sirens sounded throughout the territory around 6:30 p.m. French time. Just before, the army had called on the population to prepare for a “large-scale” attack.
The first alert came in the afternoon. It comes from an American official: Iran is preparing to carry out an imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel, specifying that such an attack “would lead to serious consequences” for Tehran. A few tens of minutes later, the first sirens rose in Tel Aviv, the largest city in Israel where some 4 million inhabitants live together. Before quickly spreading across the entire territory. Very quickly, the Israeli army addresses the population, urging them to prepare for an attack “on a large scale” and to protect themselves. Tehran, through its official press agency, then announced a salvo of “missiles on Tel Aviv”without any other details.
In Jerusalem, dozens of detonations resonate at the same time, the sky is shot through with explosions. The Israeli army quickly fired interceptor missiles over the city against projectiles coming from the east visible in their light trails, according to journalists. Barely ten minutes after this first salvo of bombs launched, the Guardian signals a second wave of missiles. Reuters reports that nearly 200 missiles were launched from Iran toward Israel, according to Israeli Army Radio.
Results of this brief attack lasting about an hour: two minor injuries, according to emergency services. “We made a lot of interceptions. There were some impacts in the center and others in the south of the country.reported Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israeli army, in an initial overview. According to him, it does not seem “for now”there will no longer be a missile threat from Iran. And to add that this Iranian attack “will have consequences”. Traffic at Ben Gurion Airport was completely disrupted. Israel announced the closure of flights to and from the country. Iraq, located east of Jordan, also closed its airspace.
At the same time, without any link being established at this stage, two men opened fire in Jaffa, in Greater Tel Aviv. At least six people were killed, the two terrorists were “neutralized”, according to Israeli police.
After the devastating blow to Hezbollah with the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed Friday in an Israeli strike in Beirut, and after a week of Israeli strikes that left hundreds dead in Lebanon, Israel warned that the war was not over against the Lebanese movement. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said the death of Hassan Nasrallah “will not be in vain” and Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref warned that it would lead to «destruction» of Israel.
