Iran says it has launched ballistic missiles as part of its attack targeting Israel.
The Israeli military says Iran has launched ballistic missiles at Israel. President Joe Biden has been briefed on the attack. Iran ian demonstrators wave a Palestinian flag during their anti- Israeli gathering at the Felestin Square in Tehran, Iran , early Sunday, April 14, 2024. The attack marked the first time Iran had ever launched a direct military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity dating back to the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
In a statement carried late Saturday by Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged launching "dozens of drones and missiles towards the occupied territories and positions of the Zionist regime." The statement did not elaborate. Israel has a multilayered air-defense network that includes systems capable of intercepting a variety of threats including long-range missiles, cruise missiles, drones and short-range rockets.
"The United States will stand with the people of Israel and support their defense against these threats from Iran," National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported heavy Israeli airstrikes and shelling on multiple locations in south Lebanon following Iran's launch of drones. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it launched "dozens" of Katyusha rockets at an Israeli military site in the Golan Heights early Sunday. It was not immediately clear if there was any damage.
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