Iran fires 180 ballistic missiles, including hypersonic missiles, at Israel

Photo = Yonhap News Iran launched a large number of ballistic missiles aimed at Israel on the afternoon of the 1st (local time). It has been about five months since the air strikes on mainland Israel with missiles and drones on April 13-14. As Israel also warns Iran of retaliation, the crisis of war in the Middle East continues to increase.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced in a statement that day that it “fired a ballistic missile aimed at important military and security targets in the center of the occupied territories (Israel). About 180 missiles are believed to have been launched by Iran.

Iran’s state-run broadcaster IRIB said Iran’s Fata-1 hypersonic missile was used in the attack. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said that “three Israeli military bases were hit” and that “90% of the missiles hit their targets.”

According to the Israeli military, when a missile was detected from Iran at around 7:30pm on this day, air raid warning sirens sounded throughout Israel and an evacuation order for an air raid shelter was sent. – out Foreign media, citing witnesses, reported that a series of explosions were heard in the Israeli capital Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

Major General Daniel Hagari, Israel’s chief military spokesman, explained in a press release that “a large number of missiles were intercepted, but some hits occurred in central and southern Israel.” “There will be consequences for launching this missile,” he said.

About three hours before Iran launched its missile that day, a senior White House official predicted that the launch of an Iranian ballistic missile aimed at Israel appeared imminent. hand US President Joe Biden ordered the US military to support the defense of Israel and shoot down missiles aimed at Israel. “This attack appears to have failed and appears to have been ineffective,” said White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

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