Of them were shot down. The attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct Military Assault on israel. We will be live injerusalem shortly. But first, lets bring you up to speed. Take a look at this video. Sirens what you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. What you can see is israels air defence system, the iron dome, in Operation Flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. A coalition of israels allies, including the us and uk has helped shoot down some iranian drones and misiles before they reached israeli territory. This is footage of that happening overjordan. Similarly, this video is from the Skies Over Damascus in syria. You can see objects being hit in the sky. And again, in the skies over iraq. More drones and missiles being intercepted as they travelled towards israel. You can see the wide front of attack or being pushed back against by israel and its allies. So heres what we know so far. Iran has attacked israel with around 200 dro
Welcome to bbc news. Israel is warning that it will retaliate after iran fired a huge barrage of drones and missiles at israel. The israelis say that 99 of the projectiles were shot down, with Military Support from the united states, the uk and other countries. Its believed nobody was killed, but a seven Year Old Girl is said to have been critically wounded in one attack. In total, more than 300 missiles and drones were launched. Its the first time that iran has directly targeted israel from its own soil. Iran says its actions were in response to a Missile Strike earlier this month in syria that killed several of its military commanders. Irans Foreign Minister has said it has no intention of prolonging what it described as defensive operations, but that it wouldnt hesitate to safeguard its own interests. It has warned against an israeli retaliation. But benny gantz, a member of the israeli war cabinet, promised to build a Regional Coalition, and exact a price from iran at a time right
To travel outside of tel aviv, jerusalem and beersheeva. The us embassy said it had made the order out of an abundance of caution, due to fears about a possible attack by iran. Earlier the Israeli Defence minister, yoav gallant, has told his us counterpart that israel will respond appropriately if it is directly attacked by iran. Washington continues to try to dissuade iran from launching a retaliatory strike following the attack on its consulate in syria last week. Lets speak to our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, in jerusalem. Heightened sense of alert. What more can you tell us . Can you tell us . Four days we have been talking can you tell us . Four days we have been talking about can you tell us . Four days we have been talking about those can you tell us . Four days we have been talking about those warnings | been talking about those warnings that have come from american officials saying the iranian response is a matter of when and not if. Ithink response is a matter of
Israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed to Crush And Destroy Hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry says more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen has been reflecting on six months of the war, and sent us this special report. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israels siege. The un calls it a betrayal of humanity. Kibbutz nir oz, right on israels border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of the 7th Of October. Hamas broke in at dawn. They killed and took Hostage A Quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived h
In other developments, a hamas delegation is expected to attend ceasefire talks in cairo on sunday, following an invitation extended by egyptian mediators. Israels war cabinet is reportedly set to discuss whether to send a delegation, whilst a British Royal navy ship is sailing to the Eastern Mediterranean to support the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip. Our first report this hour is from hugo bachega injerusalem. In tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. It has been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. People are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their Prime Minister to go. He should resign after what happened. Six months ago the war start, and hamas and everything. He claimed that he wants to go to war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. For one israeli family, the hope is over elad k