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Israeli bases struck, Hezbollah official says

A senior Hezbollah official has told Al Jazeera that the Iranian missile attack was a success and several Israeli military bases were struck as planned.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that the interception rate by Israel’s missile defence systems was “weak”, stressing that there were casualties among Israeli troops.

The Israeli military often censors information about damage caused to its facilities.


There must be ‘consequences’ after Iranian attack: US State Department

The US State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, says that “every nation in the world” must join the US in condemning Iran’s attack on Israel.

During a news conference, he said that “Israel has the right to defend itself, as any nation does”, adding “there must be consequences” for the attack.

“I’m not going to get into what those consequences are today, but there are things on which we will be coordinating with our Israeli counterparts.”


Pentagon says US forces remain ‘well postured’ in Middle East

Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said US forces remain “well postured throughout the Middle East” to protect its personnel and support Israel’s defence. Here’s what else he said:

  • Ryder said he was not aware that Iran had given Washington any prior notice of the attack.
  • He said the attack was “twice the scope” of a previous Iranian attack in April.
  • He declined to respond to reports that Iran had used its Fattah hypersonic ballistic missile for the first time.
  • Ryder said US naval destroyers fired a dozen interceptors during today’s attacks.
  • He said no US personnel or infrastructure were hit.
  • He remained vague on whether the US would join Israel in any further attacks on Iran, although he said there “will be security and economic consequences” for Iranian escalation.
  • He said the attack was meant to cause real damage: “You don’t launch that many missiles at a target without the intent of hitting something.”

Fact check April 14th: Israel’s chief military spokesman, Daniel Hagari, said Iran’s attack involved more than 120 ballistic missiles, 170 drones and more than 30 cruise missiles, according to a report by The Associated Press news agency. Seems to add up to more than 180... Other reports say over 300 drones.


Iran’s IRGC claims 90 percent of missiles hit targets

The IRGC has released a second statement, calling the operation True Promise 2, a follow-up to their attack in April.

The IRGC said:

  • Some “strategic centres” inside Israel were hit with Iranian-made missiles.
  • A number of air and radar bases, “centres of conspiracy and design of assassinations against the leaders of resistance” especially Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC commanders, were hit.
  • Despite protection from the most advanced air defence systems, 90 percent of the projectiles successfully hit their targets, “and the Zionist regime is panicking from the intelligence and operational control” of the IRGC.
  • This operation was carried out within the framework of Iran’s legitimate right to defend itself and based on international law, and any “stupidity” by the enemy will be responded to decisively and destructively.


What have Iranian officials said about the missile attack?

  • The IRGC said it struck “the heart of the occupied territories” to avenge the killing of Hezbollah’s Nasrallah, Hamas’s Haniyeh, as well as its own General Abbas Nilforousha.
  • Iran’s mission to the UN described the attack as a “legal, rational and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime – which involved … infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei shared an illustration of missiles being launched with a Quranic verse promising “divine victory”.
  • Iran’s President Pezeshkian said the missile launch was in “defence of the interests and citizens of Iran”, warning Netanyahu against entering into a conflict with Tehran.