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Iran attacks Israel to avenge Nasrallah's assassination: What we know so far

In an apparent attempt to avenge Israeli military action against its proxies, Iran A barrage of missiles, including ballistic ones, were fired on Tuesday Rocketsnear Tel Aviv, which comes amid Israel's unabated airstrikes against Tehan-backed forces Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Iran's retaliatory action to avenge Hezbollah chief Hassan NasrallahThe attack was imminent even though the USA had warned Israel about it Khamenei regime could attack it.
Israel has now activated its Iron dome to prevent damage from Iranian missiles and urged its citizens to hide in bomb shelters as sirens blared across the Jewish land.
The Shiite theocratic state's direct engagement with Israel has heightened fears of further escalation in the Middle East region, already rife since the attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on October 7 last year that sparked an ongoing war in Gaza abyss stood.
Here are the top developments

  • There were dozens of explosions across Jerusalem on Tuesday evening Air raid sirens sounded. The explosions came shortly after the military announced that Iran had launched a missile attack on Israel.
  • In the two-front attack led by Hezbollah and Iran, both nations fired over 100 rockets into Israel.
  • The Israeli army says the Iranian attack “continues” as sirens wail.
  • US President Joe Biden said the US was “ready to help Israel defend itself against Iranian attacks”.
  • The Israeli military said Tuesday that Iran fired missiles into Israel and air raid sirens sounded across the country as residents were ordered to stay near bomb shelters. Israel and the United States have warned that an attack by Iran would have serious consequences.
  • Israel said about 10 million civilians were targets of Iranian projectiles.
  • Also, amid Iran's vigorous response, Israeli police confirmed a shooting attack in Jaffa that resulted in several deaths. The police officer suspects that it is a terrorist attack.
  • Iran's Guards forces said the attack on Israel was in response to the killing of Guard commanders and militant leaders.
  • Iran has said it is prepared to take any retaliatory measures after rockets were fired at Israel.

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