The Iranians have said very specifically said that the missile attacks on Israel is revenge for these assassinations [of Larijani and Soleimani].
In the last hour, sirens sounded over central Israel following a new strike. The exact damage is not yet clear. A previous strike in the same area did cause damage, in Tel Aviv and its suburbs, including Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan, where two people were killed – a couple in their 70s.
A neighbour told Israeli media that a hole was blown in the middle of their living room. “The strike was direct. They have a safe room, but they didn’t have time to get there.”
There were also injuries reported in the Sharon area and Bnei Brak, and one of Tel Aviv’s central train stations was damaged. Rail travel across the country was temporarily suspended.
More generally, about a hundred rockets a day are coming over to northern Israel from Hezbollah. Then we have these Iranian missiles coming in too. Often they are coordinated, so they arrive at the same time. It’s a strain on Israel’s air defence system.
Most projectiles are intercepted, but some get through. In some cases, it is the interceptors themselves that cause the damage. There is suspicion that this was the case in Ramat Gan, and an investigation is ongoing into a separate incident from a few days ago where an interceptor, rather than an incoming rocket, is believed to have caused the damage.[aljazeera]
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The Channel 12 broadcaster is reporting the sound of explosions in the Gush Dan area in central Israel after the Israeli military sent out an alert about incoming missile fire from Iran.
ReplyDeleteThe outlet said at least one missile was intercepted, while some bombs from a fragmenting warhead made impact.
It added that there are reports of damaged vehicles in the city of Holon, with some of them on fire.
Larijani’s killing ‘undermines Trump’s chances’ of finding exit to war
ReplyDeleteIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has vowed to severely retaliate against those responsible for killing Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
ReplyDelete"We will severely retaliate against all those on whose hands is the blood of innocent but steadfast defenders of Iran," Pezeshkian said in a statement.
Iranian army chief Amir Hatami threatened on Wednesday to launch a "decisive and regrettable" retaliation for the killing of security chief Ali Larijani in an Israeli air strike.
ReplyDelete"Iran's response to the assassination of the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council will be decisive and regrettable," Hatami said in a statement.
Two people were killed near Tel Aviv during an Iranian missile barrage, Israeli medics said on Wednesday, as security services reported that falling munitions had hit multiple sites.
ReplyDeleteThe deaths brought the toll from missiles fired on Israel to 14 and came after another day of another day of heavy Israeli bombardments of targets in Iran and Lebanon.
Το Ιράν προχώρησε σε ακόμη μία ομοβροντία βαλλιστικών πυραύλων, με κεφαλές διασποράς προς το Ισραήλ, ενεργοποιώντας σειρήνες σε όλο το κέντρο της χώρας, την περιοχή της Ιερουσαλήμ, τμήματα της Δυτικής Όχθης και ορισμένες περιοχές στο νότιο Ισραήλ.
ReplyDeleteAli Larijani, the late secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, warned the US and Israeli that killing Iranian leaders would only strengthen the country.
ReplyDeleteLarijani made the comments a week before he was killed in an Israeli strike.