•Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s campaign against Tehran’s Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.
•Alarms sounded across Israel and explosions could be heard in Jerusalem and the Jordan River Valley after Israelis piled into bomb shelters.
•Iran has vowed to retaliate following attacks that killed the top leadership of its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.
•The firing of missiles came after Israel said its troops had launched ground raids into Lebanon, though it described the forays as limited.
•The IRGC said the attack was “in accordance with the United Nations Charter”. It said it came “after a period of restraint” following an “attack on the sovereignty” of Iran — a reference to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July 2024.
•Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) praised Iran’s missile attack.
•The Pentagon said that two U.S. Navy destroyers fired about a dozen interceptors against the Iranian missiles.