DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday on what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault October 1, officials said. There is no immediate information on damage in the Islamic Republic.



The attack, threatened for weeks by Israel, comes amid fears of a regional war erupting more than a year after an initial attack by the terrorist group Hamas on Israel. 



In the time since, Israel has launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and an invasion of neighboring Lebanon, targeting terrorists long armed and aided by Tehran.



Israel’s military described the attack Saturday as “precise strikes on military targets in Iran,” without immediately elaborating.



“The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since Oct. 7 … including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” an Israeli military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said in a prerecorded video statement. “Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond.”



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcset="https://wp.nysun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/barrage-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://wp.nysun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/barrage-300x200.jpg 300w, https://wp.nysun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/barrage-144x96.jpg 144w, https://wp.nysun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/barrage-768x512.jpg 768w, https://wp.nysun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/barrage-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://wp.nysun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/barrage-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" class="wp-image-239257" alt="Missiles launched from Iran towards Israel are seen at the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday." src="https://wp.nysun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/barrage-1024x683.jpg" height="683" width="1024" loading="lazy" decoding="async"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Missiles launched from Iran towards Israel are seen at the West Bank city of Nablus, October 1, 2024. AP/Majdi Mohammed</figcaption></figure>



At Tehran, the Iranian capital, the sound of explosions could be heard, with state-run media there initially acknowledging the blasts and saying some of the sounds came from air defense systems around the city.



A Tehran resident said that at least seven explosions could be heard, which rattled the surrounding area. The resident spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.



International flights began diverting around western Iran as news of the strikes broke, flight-tracking data showed. Beyond a brief reference, though, Iranian state television offered no other details and even began showing what it described as live footage of men loading trucks at a vegetable market at Tehran in an attempt to downplay the assault.



Meanwhile, Syrian state news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official, reported “barrages of missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan and Lebanese territories targeted some military sites in the southern and central regions” of Syria early Saturday. It said that Syria’s air defenses had shot some of the missiles down. There was no immediate information on casualties.



Iran has launched two ballistic missile attacks on Israel in recent months amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that began with the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

On October 26, 2024, an Israeli military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, announces strikes on military targets in Iran. 

Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Iran After Tehran’s Missile Barrage Earlier This Month

Iranian state television offers few details and even airs what it describes as live footage of men loading trucks at a vegetable market at Tehran in an attempt to downplay the assault.

Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Iran After Tehran's Missile Barrage Earlier This Month | The New York Sun

Home

Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Iran After Tehran&#8217;s Missile Barrage Earlier This Month

The New York Sun

https://wp.nysun.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/the-new-york-sun-og.jpg

A Boeing aircraft that President Trump toured amid concerns about delays of the new Air Force One takes off from Palm Beach International Airport on February 16, 2025.

Qatargate: Now an Ultra-Luxurious Jumbo Jet for President Trump’s Use

For more than an hour on 'The View' on May 8, President Biden defended his record and his decision to run for re-election. 

Biden, Dreading Tell-Alls on His Faculties, Reaches for an Outdated Playbook

Speaker Johnson leaves the House chamber at the Capitol at Washington, April 9, 2025. 

House Republicans Slug It Out Over Tax Cuts, Price Tag in Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews.

White House and China Announce Tariff Reduction Plan Ahead of Trump’s Four-Day Trip to Arab Gulf States

A woman holds a banner during a rally against the breakup of the country back in 2014.

Crimea, Exhausted by Conflict and Being Used as Political Football, Is Focusing on What It Wants From Its Future

(L-R) Brigham Buhler, Jillian Michael and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Big Pharma Is Winning the Price War Over Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic: Will RFK Jr. and His MAHA Allies Push Back? 

Sean 'Diddy' Combs, right, turns around and looks at the audience during jury selection at Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. 

‘There Was Mutual Violence in Their Relationship’: Defense in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial Will Claim Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Was an Aggressor, as Opening Arguments Begin

Morgan C. Jones as James Joyce in 'The United States vs. Ulysses.'

James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ Is on Trial Once More — in a New Play About the 20th Century’s Greatest Novel

Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Iran After Tehran’s Missile Barrage Earlier This Month

To continue reading, please select:

Enter your email to read for FREE

Join the Sun for a PENNY A DAY

Sections

More

Sign in or create a free account

A login link has been sent to