Iran launched retaliatory airstrikes at Israel on Friday night, with explosions heard in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the country's two largest cities, following Israel's biggest-ever military strike against its longstanding enemy.
Iran has launched retaliatory strikes against Israel late on Friday, firing “hundreds” of ballistic missiles at the country, Iranian state media has reported. Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed the attacks.
The IRGC has confirmed it has begun retaliatory strikes against Israel. The military action is dubbed Operation True Promise III, a name that seemingly refers to strikes previously launched by Tehran in response to Israel’s actions.
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps… has executed its decisive and precise response against tens of targets, military centers and airbases of the usurping Zionist regime in the occupied territories,” the IRGC said in a statement carried by Iranian state media.
Numerous videos circulating online show multiple incoming missiles in the skies over Israel. The city of Tel Aviv appears to be one of the prime targets for the Iranian strikes, footage suggests. Videos purport to show Israeli anti-aircraft systems deployed inside the city firing at the incoming projectiles. Some of the Iranian missiles appear to make it through and strike in the immediate vicinity of the Israeli anti-aircraft positions.
Several buildings were struck in the attack including an apartment block in a residential neighbourhood in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv. Another building in central Tel Aviv was also struck, causing significant damage to multiple floors.
Iran retaliated late Friday by unleashing scores of ballistic missiles on Israel, where explosions flared in the skies over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and shook the buildings below.
In a second round of attacks early Saturday, sirens and a round of explosions, possibly from Israeli interceptors, could be heard booming in the sky over Jerusalem. The Israeli military urged civilians, already rattled by the earlier wave of missiles, to head to shelter.
In a second round of attacks, sirens and explosions, possibly from Israeli interceptors, could be heard booming in the sky over Jerusalem early Saturday. The Israeli military urged civilians, already rattled by the earlier wave of missiles, to head to shelter.
Hours later, an Iranian missile struck near homes in the central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion, wounding 13 people, according to Israel’s paramedic service Magen David Adom.
One person was in critical condition, while another was in severe condition, according to the paramedic service. Eli Bin, director of the Magen David Adom, told Israel’s Channel 12 that several people were still trapped.
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