NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to make Tehran pay after it launched about 200 missiles Israel.
“Iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay for it,” Netanyahu said hours after the attack, warning: “Whoever attacks us, we attack them.”
The attack comes amid an ongoing crisis in the Middle East that threatens to escalate into a full-scale regional war. As air raid sirens sounded over Israel at night, residents rushed into bomb shelters, where they witnessed the rocket trails lighting up the night sky. Despite the scale of the attack, Israel reported only minor damage and few injuries.

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IDF reports that there were no casualties in the Iranian attack

The Israeli military says it has received no reports of injuries to the Iranian missile attack.
Army spokesman Vice Admiral Daniel Hagari said the country’s air defenses intercepted many of the incoming missiles, although some landed in central and southern Israel.
“This strike will have consequences,” he said.
He urged the public to continue listening to the military’s public safety guidelines.

Khamaeini declares rocket attacks as ‘Victory of God,

Iranian supremo Ali Khamenei took to social media and posted on his social media X profile an illustration of a large underground weapons cache with the caption “Victory of God and a near conquest…”
In another post he said: “The resistance front’s attacks on the exhausted and decaying body of the Zionist regime will be more striking.”

Mossad headquarters targeted

Ballistic missiles also targeted two Israeli military bases and the headquarters of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, told Press TV that the Nevatim air base, the Netzarim military facility and the Tel Nof intelligence unit were hit in Tuesday evening’s attack dubbed ‘Operation True Promise II’.
The Nevtim air base hosts Israeli F-35 fighter jets, according to a report in the Tehran Times, which added that the fighter jets that bombed Beirut on September 27 flew from this military air base. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used hypersonic Fatah missiles in attacking the three locations, the Iranian news channel said.
Meanwhile, Bagheri further said that Iran deliberately failed to attack civilian targets and infrastructure. The ballistic missile attack by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, Bagheri said, was in response to the July 31 assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyah and IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan and the assassination of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on September 27 in Beirut. .

Iran’s top commander warns Israel not to retaliate or risk attacks on infrastructure

A top Iranian military commander has warned that his country will hit Israel’s entire infrastructure if it takes any action against its territory.
The Joint Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Wednesday that the Revolutionary Guards were prepared both defensively and offensively to repeat its missile attack with “multiplied intensity.”
“If the Zionist regime, which has gone mad, does not allow itself to be contained by America and Europe and intends to continue such crimes, or do anything against our sovereignty or territorial integrity, tonight’s operation will be scaled up on a much greater scale. repeated and we will restore all their infrastructure,” he said.
Bagheri said Iran avoided attacking Israeli civilians even though this was “completely feasible.”

The US warns Iran of serious consequences

Commenting on the attack, the US national security adviser said the US military was working closely with the IDF to help defend Israel against Iran, and that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were personally monitoring the attack.
Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that the missile attack was a “significant escalation” by Iran and that “there will be consequences, serious consequences.”
He added that the US is working with the IDF to assess the impact of the attack.

International condemnation

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack, calling for an immediate ceasefire and warning against the spreading conflict in the Middle East. “This has to stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire,” Guterres said in a statement.
As tensions continued to rise, Jordan, Iraq and Israel closed their airspace and suspended flights at Tehran International Airport, Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport and other regional hubs. Neighboring countries including Iraq and Jordan are preparing for further fallout, with Iranian-backed Iraqi militias threatening to attack US bases in the region if Washington becomes involved in the conflict.