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The Israeli military assured that “all rockets were intercepted or hit open space.” The basketball match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem was interrupted, and the fans urgently left the sports hall.
There are currently no reports of people being harmed by the attacks.
Israel announced that it will “react decisively” to Iranian missile attacks, Israeli commanders said. The statement said that Israel “cannot allow a situation in which Iran fires on Israel,” reports The Times of Israel. “Tonight Tehran must burn!” — wrote Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli Minister of Internal Security.
Iranian commanders said the attacks on Israel were a “warning” of a broader response that would target all U.S. and Israeli targets in the region “if aggressions are repeated,” The Times of Israel reported.
People flooded the streets of Kermanshah, located in western Iran. Missiles flying towards Israel flew over their heads. The Iranians cheered at this.
Rallies in support of the actions of the Iranian army are also held in other cities. The Iranian Red Crescent has put more than 110,000 people on alert. humanitarian aid workers across the country due to the escalating conflict in the region.
The authorities of Iraq have closed the airspace over their territory, over which Iranian missiles are flying.
Israel shells Lebanon, Iran threatens retaliation
Iran's attack is intended to be a response to Israel's aggressive actions a few hours earlier. Israeli forces attacked the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday, targeting Hezbollah “command centers,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. Two people were killed and 11 were injured. Iran threatened a “decisive and painful response,” The Times of Israel reported.
The number of victims or injured in the attack on a densely populated suburb may change, AP warns, because the numbers given are the result of preliminary findings by the Lebanese Press Agency. According to the Israeli government's press service, the attack was a response to the shelling of northern Israel by Lebanese Hezbollah.
As reported by The Times of Israel, Iranian MP Ebrahim Rezaei wrote on the X platform that Tehran “will give the Zionist regime a decisive and painful response to the attack on the suburbs.”
“Watch the skies over the occupied territories this evening,” Rezaei added. The portal explained that Tehran considers all of Israel to be occupied territories.
