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The Israeli military said on Tuesday that missiles were released from Iran contra Israel.
Sirens sounded across the country and Israelis ran for shelter. State television reporters lay on the floor during live broadcasts.
Earlier, the military had announced that any ballistic missile attack from Iran would be widespread and told the population to shelter in place in safe places in the event of an attack.
O Iran has vowed to retaliate after attacks that killed top leaders of its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.
The missile fire came after Israeli troops launched ground attacks in Lebanon, in the biggest escalation of the regional war since fighting began in Lebanon. Gazaa year ago.
Iran is ready for any retaliation
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave the order to launch missiles at Israel, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that the Iranian government “is fully ready for any retaliation.”
Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York published in X that Iran's attack on Israel is a “legal, rational and legitimate response to terrorist acts”, public.
“If the Zionist regime dares to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, there will be a subsequent and overwhelming response. Regional states and Zionist supporters are advised to secede from the regime,” the mission wrote.
UN Secretary-General calls for ceasefire
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, called on Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and for the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity to be respected, said the UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric.
“An all-out war must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs,” Dujarric said in a statement, adding that Guterres spoke to Lebanon’s interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Tuesday, telling him the UN was ready to help those in need.
“The secretary-general will continue his contacts, and his representatives on the ground will also continue their efforts to de-escalate the situation,” Dujarric said.
He later told reporters at a meeting that UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, had seen sporadic incursions by the Israeli military.
“The information they have and have received… is that they have seen sporadic incursions by the IDF,” Dujarric said. “They did not witness a large-scale invasion.”