Iran Launches Missiles at Israel After Israeli Strike on Beirut Suburb

Iran launched a wave of missiles at Israel for the first time since the April ceasefire after Israel struck Beirut’s Dahiyeh district, a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon’s southern suburbs. m. when a hotel loudspeaker announced “a rocket in our area” and air raid sirens wailed across Tel Aviv.

Israeli authorities said the missile had been launched by the Houthis in Yemen and was intercepted. m. A taxi driver who collected a passenger arriving from New York after a 10-hour flight said Iran had just launched an attack, the airport was closed, and no taxis, restaurants, schools or people were in the streets.

“We don’t have war three months. Now again,” the driver stated. Dull booms from missile interceptions were heard while driving toward Tel Aviv. Medical staff at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv transferred patients to a protected underground facility.

Hospitals across the city moved patients underground during the alerts. People playing beach volleyball on the Tel Aviv waterfront scrambled toward the boulevard when sirens sounded. ” She added that rockets from Iran sometimes provided more warning time.

One local said he could distinguish incoming fire from outgoing interceptions by sound alone. Schools and workplaces in Israel were ordered to close. An Iranian missile landed near the West Bank city of Jericho.

An interception by Israel’s Iron Dome was photographed from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border. More than 1,200 people were killed, including children, and hundreds were kidnapped during Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, in the Gaza Envelope border area.

Lebanon was pulled into the war in early March when Iran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.