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🔴 Live: Iran launches salvo of missiles against Israel
The Israeli military on Tuesday said that Iran launched a salvo of ballistic missiles against it, hours after US officials had warned that an attack was “imminent”. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said its missile launches on Israel were in retaliation for the recent killing of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders. The threat from Iran came as Israel continued what it described as a “limited” ground incursion in south Lebanon and launched air strikes on Beirut. Read our liveblog for the latest developments in the Middle East.
Issued on: 01/10/2024 – 00:57
Modified: 01/10/2024 – 13:20
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Projectiles are intercepted by Israel above Tel Aviv on October 1, 2024.
Projectiles are intercepted by Israeli air defences above Tel Aviv on October 1, 2024. © Jack Guez, AFP
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Iran launched a missile attack on Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv, state media IRNA news reported Tuesday. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said its missile launches on Israel were in retaliation for the killing of Islamist leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, and Abbas Nilforoushan.
Israel closed its airspace on Tuesday and diverted flights, a spokesman from the airport authority said, as air raid sirens sounded across the country.
The United States earlier on Tuesday had warned that an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel could be imminent and threatened “severe consequences” for Iran should it take place.
Israel earlier said its air defence systems were fully prepared for an attack from Iran, which it expected to occur on a wide scale. Israel’s military spokesman said citizens should shelter in safe rooms.
The Israeli military said its troops were carrying out “ground raids” in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah targets and had launched air strikes on targets in Beirut.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels carried out three operations targeting vessels in the Red Sea, the Iran-aligned group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a televised speech. The attacks are the rebels’ first assaults on commercial shipping in weeks.
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Two ‘light’ injuries in Iran missile attack on Israel, emergency services say
At least two people sustained light injuries during Tuesday night’s missile attack on Israel, emergency services said, when Iran fired a barrage of missiles at the country.
“Currently, there are no reports of injuries from the fire towards Israel, except for two light injuries from shrapnel in the Tel Aviv area and some minor injuries nationwide while moving to safe spaces,” a Magen David Adom emergency service statement said.
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Celebratory gunfire in south Beirut as Iran attacks Israel, official media says
Celebratory gunfire erupted from Beirut’s southern suburbs Tuesday, Lebanese state media said, after Iran launched an attack on Israel in retaliation for the killing of allied figures including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
“Heavy gunfire heard from automatic weapons from areas of the southern suburbs, rejoicing in the missile launch from Iran towards Israel,” Lebanon’s National News Agency said.
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Israel military says Iran missile attack over, citizens can leave shelters
Israel’s military says citizens now permitted to leave protected spaces throughout the country as there are no more threats heading towards Israel from Iran “for now”.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in Israel.
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UN Chief Guterres says escalation of conflict in Middle East ‘must stop’
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Iraq closes airspace for ‘safety’ reasons, state media says
Iraq’s transportation ministry ordered the closure of its airspace for safety reasons on Tuesday after Iran launched missiles at Israel, the official Iraqi News Agency said.
The report said the closure was “to maintain the safety of aerial navigation”, with the ministry also ordering a “temporary halt to air traffic at all Iraqi airports”.
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Iran’s leader Khamenei remains in secure location, says senior Iranian official
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei remains in a secure location after Tehran fired missiles at Israel, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday.
He was moved to a secure location after Israel assassinated Iran’s close ally Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week.
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Biden directed US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles, White House says
President Joe Biden has directed the US military to aid Israel’s defense against Iranian attacks and shoot down missiles targeting Israel, the White House National Security Council said on Tuesday.
Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris are monitoring the attack from the White House situation room and receiving regular updates, NSC spokesperson Sean Savett said in a post on X.
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Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024. Amir Cohen, Reuters
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Projectiles are intercepted by Israel above Tel Aviv on October 1, 2024. Jack Guez, AFP
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Iran attack on Israel ‘legal, rational, legitimate response,’ Iran’s UN mission says
Iran’s attack on Israel is a “legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts,” Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York posted on X on Tuesday.
“Should the Zionist regime dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue. Regional states and the Zionists’ supporters are advised to part ways with the regime,” the mission wrote.
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Jordan temporarily suspends air traffic, state news agency says
Jordan on Tuesday temporarily suspended air traffic following a salvo of Iranian ballistic missiles fired towards neighbouring Israel, the Jordanian state news agency said.
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Israeli foreign ministry releases video of rocket fire over Tel Aviv
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Israel army says Iran attack ‘continuing’ as sirens sound
Iran’s missile attack on Israel was continuing on Tuesday, the Israel army said, with blasts heard in Jerusalem and elsewhere.
“Iran’s attack is continuing. You are requested to remain in a protected space until further notice. The explosions you are hearing are from interceptions or fallen projectiles,” the army said in a statement to Israelis.
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Air traffic paused at Israel airport as Iran fires missiles
Air traffic was halted at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Tuesday, a spokesman said, as blasts rocked the country after Iran launched a missile attack.
“There are currently no takeoffs and landings”, said a spokesman for Israel’s main international airport.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says missile launches on Israel are retaliation
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said its missile launches on Israel are retaliation for the killing of Islamist leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, and Abbas Nilforoushan.
The Guards said they launched tens of missiles toward Israel and warned that if Israel retaliated Tehran’s response would be “more crushing and ruinous”, Iranian state TV reported.
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Air raid sirens sound across Israel again, signaling new wave of missile attacks
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Iran state media says launches missile attack on Israel
Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel”s commercial hub Tel Aviv, state media IRNA news reported Tuesday, without elaborating.
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Biden says US prepared to help Israel defend itself from Iran attacks
US President Joe Biden said the United States was prepared to help Israel defend itself from Iranian missile attacks and to protect American military in the region.
“We discussed how the United States is prepared to help Israel defend against these attacks, and protect American personnel in the region,” Biden said on X about a meeting held with Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House national security team earlier in the day.
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Explosions heard over Jerusalem, journalists say
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Israeli military says Iran has fired missiles at Israel
All Israeli civilians are in bomb shelters as rockets from Iran are fired at Israel.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 1, 2024
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Yesterday’s key developments:
Israel told the US it had begun conducting limited ground operations inside Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, the US State Department said on Monday evening. Earlier Israel declared three communities along its northern border with Lebanon to be a “closed military zone”, restricting access to military forces only.
Lebanon’s army is “repositioning and regrouping forces” away from the border with Israel in response to an apparently imminent Israeli ground invasion, a Lebanese military official told AFP.
United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon have been unable to conduct patrols because of the intensity of Israeli strikes and Hezbollah’s rockets targeting Israel, a UN spokesman said.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
