📹 Iranian missiles reportedly strike an Israeli offshore gas platform near the coastal city of Ashkelon, according to a video circulating social media

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❗️Israel has reopened its airspace following the wave of rocket attacks from Iran, Israel Hayom reports

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❗️US troops illegally stationed in Syria’s Homs province attempted to intercept Iranian missiles heading to Israel — Sputnik’s correspondent

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❗️Iranian media claims that the missile attack destroyed 20 Israeli fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets and a “large number” of Israeli tanks in the Gaza Strip

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📹 CNN admits that Israel’s Mossad headquarters is located in a densely populated area

Israel has previously justified attacks on residential areas of Gaza and Beirut by claiming that it was targeting nearby Hamas and Hezbollah military assets.

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What is known about Iran's missile attack on Israel?

Iran fired some 400 ballistic missiles into southern and central Israel, according to Jerusalem post.

In an official statement Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that the attack is a response to Israel's killing of chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian Brig. Gen. Abbas Nilforoshan, an IRGC commander.

The IRGC warned that if Israel responds to the attack, it would be followed by more destructive strikes. The strike itself was ordered by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameni, according to Reuters.

▪️Siren’s sound was heard in all Israeli cities: Tel Aviv, Ashdod, Haifa, Beersheba, West Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip after rockets were launched from Iran towards Israel.

▪️Israel closed its air space amid the Iranian retaliation strike, Iraq and Jordan also shut their airspaces, according to the Israeli media.

▪️A second wave of Iranian missile attack on Israel followed the first one, Iranian ILNA news agency reported.

❗️Aftermath

▪️Two people were lightly wounded by shrapnel in Tel Aviv in the wake of the missile strike, Israeli medics reported.

▪️Iran’s Fars News claimed that 80% of missiles in Iran’s first wave attack hit their targets, citing unnamed informed sources.

▪️Iranian missiles hit gas platforms in Israel's Ashkelon, according to Iranian news agency Tasnim.

❗️Reactions

▪️President Joe Biden directed the US military to provide assistance to the Israeli defense forces amid the Iranian attack.

▪️IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Israel would respond to the Iranian missile attack: "We have plans, and we will act in the time and place that we choose."

▪️Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stated President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris are leading the world to brink of WWIII.

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📹 Iranians gather in the streets to celebrate missile attack on Israel

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❗️Iran warned the US through diplomatic channels about its plans for a missile attack on Israel shortly beforehand, Reuters reported

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📹 Palestinians in Bethlehem organize street party next to Iranian rocket, according to a social media video

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❗️Iranian state radio IRIB claims that Iranian hypersonic Fattah missiles pierced Israel’s anti-missile shield, consisting of Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missiles

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🇾🇪 Yemeni Brigadier General Yahya Saree's statement following Iran's missile barage attack on Israel:

President Al-Mashat blesses the response of the Islamic Republic of Iran with dozens of ballistic missiles that destroyed important Zionist military and security targets in the heart of the occupied territories

- This operation is legitimate for self-defense and to discipline the criminal entity

- We stand with the Islamic Republic in its response to the Israeli enemy, and we affirm that it has the full right to defend itself

- We warn the Americans against playing with fire, as the crimes of the Israeli enemy must not pass without response and punishment

- We are ready to deter the Americans if they decide to commit any foolishness

- We will not leave the Americans and the Israelis to isolate any of the sons of our nation

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❗️The IDF after the Iranian attack: "The Air Force will attack tonight throughout the Middle East"

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❗️ The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the name of today's military operation against Israel - “Honest Promise 2”

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Iran did not notify the United States about its intention to strike Israel but issued a "serious warning" following the attack, the Iranian mission to the United Nations said

"No notice was given to the United States prior to our response; however, a serious warning was issued afterwards," the Iranian mission said in a statement.

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Iranian state broadcaster IRIB publishes footage of the first scenes of a rocket attack on Israel, showing the use of various types of ballistic missiles

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🇮🇷 “Based on legitimate rights and with the aim of peace and security for Iran and the region, a decisive response was given to the aggression of the Zionist regime,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote in a statement published on the social media platform X

"This is only a fraction of our power. Do not engage in conflict with Iran," the president added.

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“Our extensive sanctions on Iran remain in place and we certainly will continue to enforce them,” the White House claimed

The US intends to further tighten its sanctions regime against Iran White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, commenting on possible consequences of Tehran's retaliatory missile strike on Israel.

“We have not lifted a single sanction,” Jean-Pierre boasted at a press briefing.

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Iran did not give the United States an early warning of its planned missile strike on Israel, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said

"That is absolutely false. We had no kind of warning from the government that they were going to launch such an attack," Miller said during a press briefing.

Reuters reported earlier, citing a senior Iranian official, that Iran had given the United States a notice ahead of time before it launched its retaliatory missile strike on Israel.

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Israeli Envoy calls Iran a ‘terrorist state’ after Iranian attack

"The Islamic regime in Iran has now shown the world its true face. It is a terrorist state," Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon stated during a press briefing.

Israel's response to Iran’s latest missile strikes will be painful, Danon claimed.

“Iran will soon feel the consequences of their actions. The response will be painful,” Danon said at the UN Security Council stakeout.

Earlier in the day, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi said that the decision to launch retaliatory strikes and launch surprise attacks now rests with Israel.

"We will decide when to charge and prove that we can launch pinpoint strikes and surprise attacks as directed by the country's leadership," Halevy said.

In an official statement Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that the attack was a response to Israel's killing of chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian Brig. Gen. Abbas Nilforoshan, an IRGC commander.

The IRGC warned that if Israel responds to the attack, it would be followed by more destructive strikes. The strike itself was ordered by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameni, according to Reuters.

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