Iran fires missiles into Israel, Tel Aviv says no casualties reported
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country would retaliate against Iran, which he said ‘made a big mistake’.
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Iran on Tuesday launched at least 180 missiles into Israel, raising fears of an all-out war in West Asia, reported AP.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the missile attack was in response to the killing of its commander Abbas Nilforoushan and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Al Jazeera reported, citing Tehran’s Fars news agency.
The attack, which targeted “three military bases” in the Tel Aviv area, also came in retaliation against the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, a leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps stated.
Lebanon-based Hezbollah is an ally of Hamas. Both organisations are backed by Iran.
“Our action is concluded unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said early on Wednesday. “In that scenario, our response will be stronger and more powerful.”
He added: “Israel’s enablers now have a heightened responsibility to rein in the warmongers in Tel Aviv instead of getting involved in their folly.”
Israel’s air defences intercepted many of the incoming Iranian missiles, Israeli Army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said, reported AP. He said that a few landed in central and southern Israel.
There were no reports of casualties due to the attacks, Hagari added, according to Al Jazeera. He said that the Army did not see “any more threats in our...
