Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles and
drones on Saturday and during the early hours
of Sunday, targeting Israel in retaliation for last
week’s suspected Israeli strike on its consulate
in Damascus that killed 13 people.


Here is what happened, and what analysts say
could happen next.

What happened in Israel and when?

Iran launched a massive aerial attack on
Israel, two weeks after a suspected Israeli
strike on its consulate in Syria. This marks
the first-ever direct attack by Iran on Israeli
territory from Iranian soil. Iran called the
attack Operation True Promise.
The attack began on Saturday night around
20:00 GMT. It lasted approximately five
hours, according to US officials.
During the attack, explosions were heard in
cities across Israel, including Tel Aviv. The
explosions were also heard in Jerusalem, and
air raid sirens sounded in more than 720
locations as Israeli forces sought to shoot
down the projectiles.
Israel’s chief military spokesman, Daniel
Hagari, said Iran’s attack involved more
than 120 ballistic missiles, 170 drones, and
more than 30 cruise missiles, according to a
report by The Associated Press news agency.
The Israeli military also said that the vast
majority of the projectiles were intercepted
outside the country’s borders, with help from
the United States, the United Kingdom and
France. Jordan also shot down some of the
missiles aimed at Israel as they were flying
through Jordanian airspace.
Israel’s military added that a “small number
of hits were identified”. In a base located in
southern Israel, “minor damage occurred to
the infrastructure”.
A seven-year-old girl was also severely
injured by missile fragments, while other
patients sustained minor injuries and some
were treated for anxiety.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on
Saturday that the US also intercepted
“dozens” of missiles and drones launched at
Israel from Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Where exactly did the attacks take place?
During the attack, Israel’s military ordered
residents in the northern Israeli-occupied
Golan Heights – near the Syrian and
Lebanese borders – and in the southern
cities of Nevatim, Dimona and Eilat to
remain near bomb shelters.
Nevatim is the site of an Israeli airbase,
while Dimona has a nuclear reactor on the
outskirts. Eilat is Israel’s southern Red Sea
port, which has suffered from a sharp
decline in operations because of repeated
attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on ships passing
through the waterway.


Why did Iran attack Israel?
Iran’s attack is a retaliation for a suspected
Israeli strike that killed an Iranian military
commander, Major-General Mohammad
Reza Zahed, in Damascus on April 1. He was
killed along with six other Iranian nationals,
including another general. At least six Syrian
citizens were also killed.
“It seems that Iranian leaders are
determined to take action, but also [be] seen
to take action,” David Des Roches, an
associate professor at the National Defense
University in Washington, DC, told Al
Jazeera.
“What that indicates to me is that there are
considerations of pride and prestige that are
divorced from strategy and tactical utility
that may indicate a more dangerous era than
we thought,” he added.
Hezbollah, a Lebanese armed group backed
by Iran, and the Israeli military have been
trading attacks across the Lebanon-Israel
border since October 8, the day after the
Hamas-led attack in southern Israel and
Israel’s brutal retaliation on the besieged
Gaza Strip. Since then, more than 330 people
in Lebanon have been killed in Israeli
attacks, including at least 66 civilians.
Hezbollah attacks have killed at least 18
people on the Israeli side, 12 soldiers and six
civilians.
On Saturday, Iranian state media announced
that the the country’s armed forced had
seized an Israel-linked container ship near
the Strait of Hormuz.


What is the Israeli government saying?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
said his country “will win”, in a tweet after
the attacks. Earlier, he spoke to the nation,
stating that the military was prepared for
any scenario.
“Citizens of Israel, in recent years, and
especially in recent weeks, Israel has been
preparing for a direct attack by Iran,”
Netanyahu said.
“Our defensive systems are deployed; we are
ready for any scenario, both defensively and
offensively. The State of Israel is strong. The
[Israeli army] is strong. The public is strong.”
He also thanked his allies, including the US
and UK, for “standing alongside” Israel.
“We have determined a clear principle:
Whoever harms us, we will harm them. We
will defend ourselves against any threat and
will do so level-headedly and with
determination,” he added.
After the attack was over, Israeli Defense
Minister Yoav Gallant said that the attack
had been “blocked”.
“The Iranian attack was blocked in the most
impressive way, together with our partners,
the Americans and others… The entire world
saw today who is Iran – a country of terror,”
Gallant added.


What is the Iranian government saying?
Iran warned Israel of any response. The
Iranian armed forces chief of staff, Major-
General Mohammad Bagheri, told state TV
that if Israel retaliates, Iran’s response would
be “much larger” than the overnight
bombardment, according to a Reuters report.
Iran also warned Washington that backing
Israeli retaliation would lead to the targeting
of US bases.
Earlier, Iran’s mission to the UN cited the UN
Charter provision for self-defence, under
Article 51, and said that the country
considered “the matter … concluded”, its
permanent mission at the United Nations
said on X.
“The matter can be deemed concluded.
However, should the Israeli regime make
another mistake, Iran’s response will be
considerably more severe. It is a conflict
between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime,
from which the US MUST STAY AWAY!”
President Ebrahim Raisi issued a statement
hailing the “brave men” of Iran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who
“taught a lesson to the Zionist regime”.


What is the latest on the ground?
There has been a downgrading of the Home
Front Command’s alert level for Israelis
around the country, telling them they no
longer have to be around shelters. The Home
Front Command said the immediate danger
had passed.
In Tehran, hundreds of supporters of the
government gathered in the middle of the
night to celebrate the strikes according to
state media. They gathered at Palestine
Square and outside the UK embassy.
Mehrabad airport in Tehran, along with
airports in various other Iranian cities, have
cancelled domestic flights until Monday
morning, the semiofficial Mehr News Agency
reported. The Israel Airports Authority said
the country reopened its airspace as of
7:30am (04:30 GMT).
On Sunday, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon
reopened their airspace after having closed it
late on Saturday.
Airlines based in the United Arab Emirates,
including Emirates, Etihad Airways and
flydubai, cancelled some flights and rerouted
others following Iran’s attacks. Swiss
International Air Lines also suspended
flights to and from Tel Aviv.
Russia’s Aeroflot announced that it had
diverted its Saturday evening flight from
Moscow to Tehran. The flight instead landed
in Makhachkala in Russia’s Dagestan region.

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