Iranian Ballistic Missiles Rain Down On Israel
Iran has begun its latest retaliation against Israel with a barrage of ballistic missiles. Information is only now starting to emerge, but there have been serious concerns that Iran may be poised to strike Israel in support of the Hezbollah militant group, of which it is the main sponsor, as well as in vengeance for the assassination of Hamas’s top political leader in Tehran two months ago. You can get up to date with the situation on the ground in Lebanon leading up to this attack in this previous post.
This is bad — multiple huge ballistic missile impacts around #TelAviv tonight. #Israel will respond hard, that seems inevitable. Far more than was seen in April. pic.twitter.com/ULopkh0Dhu
The Israeli military had announced that missiles launched from Iran were headed toward Israel. Initial reports describe air raid sirens going off across the country.
Earlier today, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had warned Iran against becoming further embroiled in the conflict, saying there would be “serious consequences” were Tehran to launch another direct attack on Israel.
