Iran on Saturday launched a number of waves of drones and missiles towards Israel in retaliation for Israel’s assault on an Iranian website in Damascus, Syria, this month. A spokesperson for the Israel Protection Forces stated a “swarm of over 200 killer drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles” had been launched towards Israel. Many have been intercepted, in accordance with the IDF.
Iranian strikes have hit Irbil in northern Iraq and the Arad area in southern Israel. An Israeli air base was additionally hit, inflicting “minor harm to infrastructure,” in accordance with the IDF. Targets had been intercepted in Jerusalem and Dimona on Saturday night.
Iranian missile and drone assaults had been launched at Israel from positions in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen, in accordance with the Iranian state-run Tasnim Information Company. In an announcement, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah stated it had focused Israeli barracks within the Golan Heights, an Israeli-occupied strip of Syria, with a barrage of rockets after midnight native time.
The escalation prompted airspace closures in neighboring nations. Egypt suspended flights to Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, in accordance with Egyptian state TV. The IDF described the wide-scale Iranian assault as a “main escalation.”
