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People in Beirut celebrating Iran’s missile attack at Israel
People here are celebrating. We’ve heard it since the news broke of Iran’s attack on Israel. Nonstop gunfire and fireworks are being set off across the capital.
Supporters of Hezbollah are celebrating Iran’s launch of second attack in the country’s history since the 1979 revolution.
Tracers from firearms fired into the air in celebration for Iran’s missiles barrage on Israel, are seen over Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday
Israeli military says residents can leave shelters
The directive comes about an hour after Israeli residents in certain areas were told to seek safety. The Israeli military instructed residents to continue to monitor the situation and obey future instructions.
Pentagon chief warns ‘severe consequences for Iran’
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has told his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant that Washington had “increased force readiness” in the region in anticipation of the Iranian attack.
The call appeared to have taken place before Iran launched hundreds of missiles towards Israel.
“The Secretary and Minister Gallant discussed the severe consequences for Iran in the event Iran chooses to launch a direct military attack against Israel,” the Pentagon statement said.
Netanyahu ‘pushed Iran to launch this attack’
The last time Iran attacked Israel was April 13, about 12 days after Israel killed five members of Iran’s revolutionary guards in Damascus.
How Iran responded then was very different to what we’re seeing tonight. Iran, through backchannels, warned the US and Western powers ahead of time in April.
Tonight, Israel only started to put out signals from the US an hour or so before it was launched. A very different scenario.
What Iran’s end-game here, other than to show their strength and to draw some red lines, is not clear at the moment. But Israeli officials have already said they are going to respond with force.
What we’ve seen over the past few days, including with Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, is Netanyahu pushing Iran to launch this attack, which then gives him an excuse to do what he has always wanted: launch strikes on Iran’s six nuclear facilities.
For Israel and Netanyahu, the real goal in going after Hamas and Hezbollah has been to get to Iran.
The Dome of the Rock on the Al-Aqsa compound, is seen as projectiles fly through the sky, after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel, as seen from Jerusalem on Tuesday
Israel reopens airspace
Israel has now reopened its airspace after a temporary suspension due to the missile attack.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s transport minister says that the country’s airspace will be temporarily closed to air traffic for two hours.
