Iran retaliation attack against Israel. What is known so far:

The weapons

🔶 The Iranian attack involved drones, cruise and supersonic missiles, according to Iranian and Israeli officials and media reports

🔶 For the first time Iran used missiles with separable warheads to break through Israel's air defenses, according to IRGC

🔶 Iran used more than 200 rockets and drones, according to the statement by IDF. Anonymous Israeli officials claimed to Ynet that 99% of Iran's projectiles were intercepted.

🔶 The US and UK reportedly helped shot down some of the drones in the skies of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria

The damage

🔶 An airbase, from which the plane that attacked the Iranian consulate in Damascus had taken off, came under fire, IRGC reported

🔶 Hezbollah stated it struck Israeli air defense complexes in the Golan Heights with rockets and Israel stated it struck Hezbollah infrastructure facilities in Lebanon in response

🔶 The IDF base in the Negev desert was reportedly hit by 7 missiles and 7 rockets hit Ramon Air base in southern Israel

🔶 10-year-old boy from Bedouin village was reportedly wounded as a result of Iranian attack

The reaction

🔶 IRGC stated that the operation was a “success” and Iran's mission to the UN said the attack was a response to aggression against diplomatic facilities, citing the right to self-defense of UN Charter Article 51

🔶 The Iranian attacks were labeled as "unprecedented and blatant violation of Israel's sovereignty," by Israel in a letter to the chairman of the UN Security Council

🔶 Iran promised to double its next reaction if Israel will try to response, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency

🔶 The US Navy dispatched the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight Eisenhower towards Israel as UK Air Force's dispatched its Voyager KC2 refueling aircraft the same way

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⚔️The attack on Israel, which was carried out by Iran in response to a strike on its consulate in Syria, happened today. These are the key points:

🌏 Israel has repelled Iran's attack, Netanyahu announced.

🌏 Biden said that with the US help, Israel managed to shoot down almost all missiles and drones launched by Iran.

🌏 An urgent UN Security Council meeting on the attack is scheduled for 8 pm GMT on Sunday.

🌏 Joe Biden will meet with G7 leaders Sunday “to coordinate a united diplomatic response" to Iran’s attack, according to a statement released by the White House.

🌏 Iran fired 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles toward Israel with military bases, airfields and government facilities were the key targets. The damage to Israel was "relatively small" given the scale of the attack.

🌏 Israel has so far responded to the attack with artillery attacks on Lebanese border settlements and rocket attacks on southern Lebanon. The further response will be coordinated with its allies, The New York Times reported.

🌏 US facilities or forces in the Middle East, according to Biden, were not affected by Iran's attack on Israel.

🌏 US president made it clear to Netanyahu that the US will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran, CNN reported.

🌏 Iran said it was not seeking escalation or conflict in the region, but the country would respond more forcefully if Israel decided to retaliate. Tehran said that the UNSC allowed Israel to violate the basic principles of international law when it failed to condemn the Israeli strike on Iran's diplomatic consulate in Syria.

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