Iran has launched dozens of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack.
It is the first such direct clash between the two enemies, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Iran using proxy forces.
The Israeli military said Israel and other countries had intercepted dozens of cruise missiles and drones, mostly outside Israeli airspace.
US President Joe Biden said “we helped Israel take down nearly all” of them.
Iran and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel,” he said, expressing strong condemnation.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attack was aimed at “specific targets”.
