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<h1>Iran launches missile attack against Israel</h1><div class="gmail-responsive-image"><img src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-10-01T172111Z_1734428691_RC2TBAATN69I_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-LEBANON-1727803728.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80" alt="Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon" width="394" height="262" style="margin-right: 25px;"></div>Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon [Amir Cohen/Reuters]<div class="gmail-article-info-block"><div class="gmail-article-b-l"><div class="gmail-article-dates"><div class="gmail-date-simple gmail-css-1yjq2zp"><span class="gmail-screen-reader-text">Published On 1 Oct 2024</span><span aria-hidden="true"> -<font size="1"> </font></span><font size="1"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/1/israel-says-iran-launches-missile-attack-warns-residents-to-shelter">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/1/israel-says-iran-launches-missile-attack-warns-residents-to-shelter</a></font></div></div></div><div class="gmail-social-share-buttons"><div class="gmail-update-reading-list"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-update-reading-list"><span class="gmail-update-reading-list__tooltip" role="tooltip"></span></div><a class="gmail-social-share-button gmail-fbc-has-badge gmail-fbc-UID_2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.io%2Ft530k8"></a><a class="gmail-social-share-button" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Iran%20launches%20missile%20attack%20against%20Israel&source=sharethiscom&related=sharethis&via=AJEnglish&url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.io%2Ft530k8"></a><a class="gmail-social-share-button gmail-copylink" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Copy link" href="https://aje.io/t530k8"></a><p class="gmail-p1">The Israeli military says Iran has <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/1/israel-attacks-lebanon-live-israelis-launch-ground-operation-in-lebanon">launched a missile attack at Israel</a>, as air raid sirens sounded across the country and Israelis rushed for shelter.</p>
<p>Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said there are no reports of
casualties from Tuesday’s attack, and that the army does not see “any
more threats in our airspace”. He said people are safe to leave the
shelters in a televised press conference.</p>
<p>Israel’s emergency services said at least two people sustained light injuries “from shrapnel in the Tel Aviv area”.</p>
<p>The military had earlier warned that any ballistic missile attack
from Iran was expected to be widespread and told the public to shelter
in safe rooms.</p>
<p>Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the missile attack 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,
Iran’s Fars news agency reported.</p>
<p>“In response to the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah and
[IRGC Guards commander] Nilforoshan, we targeted the heart of the
occupied territories,” the IRGC said in a statement.</p><p>It said Iran had launched tens of missiles at Israel, and that if
Israel retaliated, Tehran’s response would be “more crushing and
ruinous”.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">Iran’s state television said 80 percent of the missiles launched at Israel hit their targets.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">The Israel military meanwhile, said a “large number” of missiles had been intercepted.</p>
<p>Speaking to reporters, Hagari said the attack was serious and will have consequences “in a timely manner”.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">A senior Iranian official told Reuters news agency that
the order to launch missiles at Israel was made by the country’s Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei remains in a secure location,
the senior official added.</p><div style="display:block;min-width:0px;max-width:770px"><div class="gmail-video-player-facade-container"><div class="gmail-aj-video-player gmail-in-article-bc-video-player gmail-aj-parsed-component"><span class="gmail-video-js gmail-vjs-paused gmail-vjs-controls-enabled gmail-vjs-workinghover gmail-vjs-v8 gmail-vjs-user-active gmail-vjs-layout-medium gmail-bc-player-6tKQRAx7lu_default gmail-bc-player-6tKQRAx7lu_default-index-0 gmail-vjs-mouse gmail-vjs-ad-controls gmail-vjs-ima3-html5 gmail-vjs-plugins-ready gmail-pause-controller gmail-vjs-player-info gmail-vjs-contextmenu-ui gmail-vjs-viewability gmail-vjs-errors gmail-vjs-quality-menu gmail-vjs-hide-controls" id="gmail-vjs_video_9393" tabindex="-1" lang="en" role="region" aria-label="Video Player"><div class="gmail-vjs-poster" aria-disabled="false"><span class="gmail-vjs-poster" tabindex="-1"><img alt="" src="https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/665003303001/81c0f40c-d959-4761-9540-7d24b5d1e7c8/cdf8d278-d536-4c29-805c-1eef5a7eecfb/1920x1080/match/image.jpg" width="394" height="222" style="margin-right: 0px;"></span></div><div class="gmail-vjs-text-track-display"><div style="margin:1.5%"></div></div></span></div></div></div><div class="gmail-aj-video-player gmail-in-article-bc-video-player gmail-aj-parsed-component"><span class="gmail-video-js gmail-vjs-paused gmail-vjs-controls-enabled gmail-vjs-workinghover gmail-vjs-v8 gmail-vjs-user-active gmail-vjs-layout-medium gmail-bc-player-6tKQRAx7lu_default gmail-bc-player-6tKQRAx7lu_default-index-0 gmail-vjs-mouse gmail-vjs-ad-controls gmail-vjs-ima3-html5 gmail-vjs-plugins-ready gmail-pause-controller gmail-vjs-player-info gmail-vjs-contextmenu-ui gmail-vjs-viewability gmail-vjs-errors gmail-vjs-quality-menu gmail-vjs-hide-controls" id="gmail-vjs_video_9393" tabindex="-1" lang="en" role="region" aria-label="Video Player"></span></div><div class="gmail-video-duration__brand-bar"><span class="gmail-screen-reader-text">Video Duration 1 minutes 45 seconds </span><span aria-hidden="true" class="gmail-video-duration__duration">1:45</span></div><ul class="gmail-playlist-horizontal-container gmail-in-article-brightcove-playlist" id="gmail-playlist-container"><li tabindex="0"> <div class="gmail-playlist-item-image-container"><span class="gmail-playlist-item-showing-now" title="Now Playing">Now Playing</span><div class="gmail-video-item-duration-container gmail-playlist-item-duration-container"></div></div></li></ul><div style="display:block;min-width:0px;max-width:770px"><div class="gmail-video-player-facade-container"><ul class="gmail-playlist-horizontal-container gmail-in-article-brightcove-playlist" id="gmail-playlist-container"><li tabindex="4"><div class="gmail-playlist-item-image-container"><div class="gmail-video-item-duration-container gmail-playlist-item-duration-container"><span class="gmail-screen-reader-text">Video Duration 06 minutes 27 seconds </span><span aria-hidden="true" class="gmail-video-duration__duration">06:27</span></div><div class="gmail-responsive-image"><img class="gmail-playlist-item-image" src="https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/665003303001/15847162-0a64-4101-9450-ab10a1ee4b13/aa295a27-d9d9-49a7-bc3a-f22b6d281aae/426x240/match/image.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80" alt="Israel, Lebanon telling ‘their versions’ of truth about ground offensive: Analysis" width="394" height="222" style="margin-right: 25px;"></div></div><h3 class="gmail-playlist-item-title" title="Israel, Lebanon telling ‘their versions’ of truth about ground offensive: Analysis"> Israel, Lebanon telling ‘their versions’ of truth about ground offensive: Analysis</h3></li></ul></div>
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<p class="gmail-p2">The US said its forces are ready to provide “additional
defensive support” to Israel after helping protect it from the Iranian
missile attack.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2">“Our forces remain postured to provide additional
defensive support and to protect US forces operating in the region”
after “defending against Iranian-launched missiles targeting Israel,” a
US defence official said on condition of anonymity.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">The firing of missiles came after Israeli troops launched a
ground raids into Lebanon, in the biggest escalation of regional
warfare since fighting erupted in Gaza a year ago.</p>
<p>Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabari, reporting from the Lebanese capital Beirut, said people are celebrating.</p>
<p>“We’ve heard over the last 20 minutes Iran’s unprecedented attack on
Israel. Non stop gunfire and fireworks being set off across the
capital,” Jabari said.</p>
<p>In neighbouring Jordan, the civil aviation authority said air traffic was temporarily suspended following the attack.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the “broadening conflict in the Middle East”.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">Slamming “escalation after escalation” in the region,
Guterres said in a statement: “This must stop. We absolutely need a
ceasefire.”</p><li tabindex="4"><br> <div class="gmail-playlist-item-image-container"><div class="gmail-video-item-duration-container gmail-playlist-item-duration-container"></div></div></li></div>