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Iran launches missile attacks against Israel
Iran on Tuesday launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel in retaliation for its recent killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and an Iranian commander in Lebanon.
The attack came on the heels of Israel‘s deployment of ground forces into south Lebanon, escalating its offensive on Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group.
Most of the nearly 200 missiles were intercepted by Israeli and U.S. defenses, and there were no known fatalities in Israel from the attack.
“In response to the martyrdom of Martyr Haniyeh, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Martyr Nilforoushan, we have targeted the heart of the occupied territories,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said in a statement after missiles began appearing in the skies over Israel.
“Should the Zionist regime respond to Iran’s operation, it will face crushing attack,” said the group, Iran’s paramilitary organization.
Abbas Nilforoushan was an Iranian Revolutionary Guard deputy commander, …