Israeli airspace opened after the attack - no deaths
Israeli airspace has been reopened after the overnight attack by Iran, Israel's airport authority announced, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Military spokesman Daniel Hagari says the attack has been "thwarted". Over 300 robots and attack drones were launched from Iran, but also some from Iraq and Yemen, says Hagari. 99 percent of the projectiles were destroyed and the majority of them never reached Israeli airspace.
The US assisted Israel in shooting down the incoming projectiles. France also participated.
"Together with the United States and other partners, we have succeeded in defending the territory of Israel," says Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a statement.
"The operation is not over yet, we must remain vigilant," he adds.
No one was killed during the night's attack, which according to CNN lasted about five hours, but a girl suffered serious shrapnel injuries.
- Apart from her, as far as we know, no one else has been injured, says Hagari according to Sky News.
A military base in southern Israel was hit and suffered minor damage.
mapGirl seriously injured by shrapnel: "Lie down and sleep"
During the night's attack on Israel, a girl was injured when an Iranian robot was shot down by the Israeli air defense. Mohammed, the girl's father, says shrapnel fell on their home in a Bedouin town near the Jordanian border.
- It fell on our house at two o'clock in the morning. She was sleeping and we took her straight to the hospital, he says according to the Times of Israel.
The seven-year-old girl suffered serious injuries and underwent surgery. Another eight people suffered minor injuries, Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva announced, according to Haaretz.
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Iran warns: Jordan could be the next target
Jordan could become the "next target" for Iran if the country acts to support Israel, a source close to the Iranian leadership says, according to the state news agency Fars.
During the night, the Jordanian air defense shot down some of the more than 300 robots and drones fired at Israel from Iran.
Jordan has previously strongly condemned Israel's war in Gaza.
Iran warns the US to participate in a possible Israeli response to the night's attack:
"The US terrorist government is warned that any support or participation in harming Iran will be followed by firm and serious responses from Iran's armed forces," the Revolutionary Guards wrote in a statement.
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Israel will respond - the only question is how
That Israel would not respond to Iran's attack on the country last night is unthinkable, writes DN's Emma Bouvin. However, much can be determined by whether Israel chooses to escalate further in its response.
"World War III is still a long way off, but the situation is deeply worrying," writes Bouvin.
Political scientist Anders Persson at Linnaeus University also emphasizes in Expressen that Israel at least has the opportunity to respond "significantly, not escalating".
Sky News military analyst Sean Bell says Iran has "saved face" with the retaliatory attack for the attack on the consulate in Damascus. Iran probably hopes that the matter is thus overplayed. That also seems to be Joe Biden's hope.
- The problem is, of course, that Benjamin Netanyahu often turns a deaf ear to advice from America.
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Analysis: Most dangerous moment - could be full-scale war
Iran's attack on Israel is unprecedented, writes Sky News' Mark Stone in an analysis after the night's extensive attack. "Without a doubt, this moment, right now, is the most dangerous yet," he writes.
A region already shattered by the Hamas attack and Israel's response to Gaza is being shaken again. At the same time, the situation puts the American leadership under great pressure.
“This time the consequence of President Biden's trial is full-scale war, or not, in the Middle East. It is the most feared scenario since October 7,” writes Stone.
The BBC's Sebastian Usher writes that Iran's attack is more extensive than many expected. But according to him, it was inevitable that Tehran would take a hard line after Israel's attack on the consulate in Damascus, which Iran saw as a violation of its territory.
"That may have been Israel's aim - to force Iran out of its comfort zone where it allows its regional allies to challenge Israeli and American interests in the region," writes Usher.
Now the ball is in Israel's court and Iran lacks a match for Israel's advanced air defense system.
"Further escalation will indeed take the region into dangerous, uncharted territory," according to Usher.
Hezbollah participated in the attack - targets were fired upon by Israel
Hezbollah says it fired two rounds of rockets at the Golan Heights as part of Iran's attack on Israel during the night of Sunday, writes AFP.
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Source: Israel changed its response after talks with the US
The Israeli war cabinet is to meet at 1:30 p.m. Swedish time to discuss how Israel should respond to the extensive attack from Iran, writes The Guardian.
In addition to observers, the group consists of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Netanyahu's challenger Benny Gantz. The latter took a seat in the war cabinet as minister without portfolio after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October.
Sources tell the New York Times that parts of the war cabinet argued for a retaliatory strike against Iran, but that it should have been ruled out after the night's conversation between Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden. The fact that the attack resulted in only limited damage in Israel is said to have also contributed to the decision.
Iran fired over 300 robots and attack drones at Israel during the night, almost all of which were shot down by Israel with help from the US, France and the UK, among others. No one was killed, but a girl was seriously injured when her house was hit by shrapnel.
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