Iranian mission to UN says response to Israel ‘duly carried out’
Iran suggests that its missile attack against Israel has concluded and warns the Israeli government against carrying out its own retaliation.
“Iran’s legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime- which involved targeting Iranian nationals and interests and infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran – has been duly carried out,” the Iranian mission to the UN said on X.
Iran’s legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime—which involved targeting Iranian nationals and interests and infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran—has been duly carried out. Should the Zionist regime…
— I.R.IRAN Mission to UN, NY (@Iran_UN) October 1, 2024
Iran’s IRGC say attack on Israel response to killing of Nasrallah
Iran’s Fars news agency is reporting that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the missile attack under way on Israel is in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as that of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh earlier this year.
“In response to the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah and [IRGC commander Abbas] Nilforoushan, we targeted the heart of the occupied territories,” the IRGC said in a statement.
Israeli military says Iran launched about 180 missiles
Israel has said that a “large number” of missiles were intercepted.
So far, only two minor injuries in Israel have been reported, although the full scale of the attack was not immediately clear.
Israel asks citizens to shelter in place
These missiles that were launched from Iran came through the skies of Amman and we can hear several explosions in the vicinity.
The Israeli army has released a statement saying that a short while ago missiles were launched from Iran to Israel and is asking people to stay vigilant, telling them to shelter in place. But what has happened is still not over.
There have been at least three different salvoes that we have seen in the skies above Amman and have fallen in Tel Aviv and occupied East Jerusalem.
There have been sirens that have been ringing in Jordan and it’s important to note that this information that the Israelis had through the day, but were not anticipating it to happen in a manner that was so soon.
In fact, Israel’s security cabinet is convening right now in a bunker in West Jerusalem.
US troops in region did not come under attack
The Washington Post is reporting, citing three anonymous Pentagon officials, that American troops in the Middle East were not targeted during the Iranian missile attack in Israel.
Iraqi group linked to Iran have previously fired rockets at military bases housing US soldiers in Iraq and Syria.
Biden orders US military to shoot down Iranian missiles
The White House issued the statement shortly after Iran fired the missiles.
The US, which has increased its military presence in the region, played an instrumental role in shooting down Iranian missiles during Tehran’s last strike on Israel on April 13.
The White House said Biden and Kamala Harris were monitoring from the Situation Room.
Rockets fly in the sky, as seen from Tel Aviv, Tuesday
