Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel. Sirens sounded across the country as dozens of missiles are seen over the cities of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa.
The attack was in response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and others, according to Iranian state media, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Earlier, the US said it believed Iran was preparing an imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel, following Israel’s launch of a ground operation in southern Lebanon targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Israeli officials described the ground offensive in Lebanon as “localized raids,” saying there would be “no long-term occupation” of Lebanon. Israel also said it has been conducting cross-border raids inside Lebanon since last year.
The Iranian Mission to the United Nations said Tuesday afternoon that Tehran’s response has “been duly carried out,” following a barrage of missiles launched at Israel.
“Iran’s legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime—which involved targeting Iranian nationals and interests and infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran—has been duly carried out,” the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations said in a post on X.
The mission said that if Israel should “dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue.”
The mission added that “regional states and the Zionists’ supporters are advised to part ways with the regime.”
