Live updates: Israel reports light damage after large Iranian strike launched

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Iran launched a massive air attack on Israel on Saturday evening, launching more than 200 drones and missiles in retaliation for a deadly Israeli airstrike in Syria two weeks ago. , and marking a significant escalation of hostilities between the two regional enemies.
The strikes caused only minor damage to a military base Israeli air force, and most of the aerial threats were intercepted, Israeli military officials said. The United States said it helped shoot down some drones and missiles.
But the large-scale attack, targeting targets inside Israel and the territory it controls, has opened a new volatile chapter in the long shadow war between Iran and Israel.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement broadcast on state television that it had launched "dozens of drones and missiles" toward Israel from Iran "in response to crimes of the Zionist regime.” He then said on social media that he had struck military targets in Israel; warned the United States against involvement; and threatened further strikes if Iran or its interests were affected.
Senior Iranian officials and military commanders had pledged to retaliate after an Israeli airstrike on an April 1 Iranian embassy building in Damascus killed seven Iranian officers, including three senior commanders.
Here's what we know:
The only person believed to have been injured in the attacks was a 10-year-old girl from a Bedouin Arab community in southern Israel, said Magen David Adom, an Israeli emergency response service. She was taken to hospital after being hit in the head by shrapnel, the group said in a statement. About 20 other people were treated for anxiety or injuries suffered while rushing to shelter, the group added.
One of the targeted areas was the Golan Heights, a strategic border area with Syria that Israel annexed the country almost 60 years ago. Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia, said it fired dozens of rockets at an Israeli barracks. But it was not immediately clear whether that bombing was part of a broader Iranian attack.
In the hours following the attacks, as the Iranians gathered in Tehran to celebrate, more air Raid sirens sounded across vast swaths of southern Israel, the West Bank and the Golan Heights. The Israeli government has also issued warnings about the possible arrival of missiles in the Negev desert, where several military bases are located. And the airspaces of Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon were

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Live updates: Israel reports light damage after large Iranian strike launched

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April 13, 2024, 11:30 p.m. ET April 13, 2024, 11:30 p.m. ET

Iran launched a massive air attack on Israel on Saturday evening, launching more than 200 drones and missiles in retaliation for a deadly Israeli airstrike in Syria two weeks ago. , and marking a significant escalation of hostilities between the two regional enemies.

The strikes caused only minor damage to a military base Israeli air force, and most of the aerial threats were intercepted, Israeli military officials said. The United States said it helped shoot down some drones and missiles.

But the large-scale attack, targeting targets inside Israel and the territory it controls, has opened a new volatile chapter in the long shadow war between Iran and Israel.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement broadcast on state television that it had launched "dozens of drones and missiles" toward Israel from Iran "in response to crimes of the Zionist regime.” He then said on social media that he had struck military targets in Israel; warned the United States against involvement; and threatened further strikes if Iran or its interests were affected.

Senior Iranian officials and military commanders had pledged to retaliate after an Israeli airstrike on an April 1 Iranian embassy building in Damascus killed seven Iranian officers, including three senior commanders.

Here's what we know:

The only person believed to have been injured in the attacks was a 10-year-old girl from a Bedouin Arab community in southern Israel, said Magen David Adom, an Israeli emergency response service. She was taken to hospital after being hit in the head by shrapnel, the group said in a statement. About 20 other people were treated for anxiety or injuries suffered while rushing to shelter, the group added.

One of the targeted areas was the Golan Heights, a strategic border area with Syria that Israel annexed the country almost 60 years ago. Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia, said it fired dozens of rockets at an Israeli barracks. But it was not immediately clear whether that bombing was part of a broader Iranian attack.

In the hours following the attacks, as the Iranians gathered in Tehran to celebrate, more air Raid sirens sounded across vast swaths of southern Israel, the West Bank and the Golan Heights. The Israeli government has also issued warnings about the possible arrival of missiles in the Negev desert, where several military bases are located. And the airspaces of Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon were