Unprecedented attack by Iran, massive explosions across Israel, sirens sounding
Last Updated on April 14, 2024 4:32 am
Iran has launched an unprecedented attack on occupied Israel by launching dozens of drones, cruise missiles and high-speed ballistic missiles. There are massive explosions in Israel. Air raid sirens sound across Israel, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
In response to the recent attack on the Iranian consulate in the capital of Syria, Tehran launched a direct attack on Israel late Sunday night.
Air raid sirens sound across Israel, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The Israeli military ordered residents of high-risk areas to stay close to bomb shelters.
Al Jazeera reported this information on Sunday.
Iran has launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, and air raid sirens and explosions can be heard in cities across Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, the media said.
Meanwhile, Jordanian forces are also working with Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom to shoot down the missiles and drones launched from Iran.
Tehran said it carried out the attack in response to an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria. The country also said the matter can now be “considered closed”.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military ordered residents of high-risk areas to stay close to bomb shelters.
The Israeli military issued a warning, saying residents of the occupied Golan Heights, Navatim, Dimona and Eilat should stay “close to defensive positions until further notice”.
Nevatim is the location of an Israeli airbase. Israel has a nuclear reactor on the outskirts of Dimona. Eilat is Israel’s southern port city on the Red Sea. The city has been repeatedly attacked by Yemen’s Houthis during the ongoing war in Gaza.
On the other hand, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has requested an urgent meeting of the organization’s Security Council. Al Jazeera reports that Israel’s UN ambassador, Gilad Erdan, has formally written to the president of the Security Council for an emergency meeting on Iran’s drone strikes against Israel.
In the letter, Erdan said, “Iran’s attack is a serious threat to world peace and security and I hope the Council will use all means to take strong action against Iran.”
In this situation, the UN Security Council meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon. Malta, the current president of the United Nations Security Council, said that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday at 4 pm local time in New York.
The meeting was called shortly after a formal request by the Israeli envoy to the United Nations for an emergency meeting on Iran’s drone strikes against Israel.
It should be noted that Iran launched hundreds of drones targeting Israel in retaliation for the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, the capital of Syria.
On Sunday night, the soldiers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) started firing drones one after another at the occupying Israel. These drones rushed towards Israel one by one.
Israeli media The Times of Israel reported that their air force detected more than a hundred drones. Which are being monitored. After the drone, Iran has also reportedly launched a missile attack.