Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that Iran's massive missile attack on Israel failed because most of the missiles were intercepted by air defense.
This is reported by Reuters.
"Tonight Iran again attacked Israel with hundreds of missiles. This attack failed. It was thwarted by Israel's air defense system, which is the most advanced in the world. Iran made a big mistake tonight - and it will pay for it. The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to take revenge on our enemies," Netanyahu said.
He emphasized that Iran will soon feel the consequences of its actions.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Israel has warned Iran that in response to any attack on Israeli territory, the country will strike directly at Iranian nuclear or oil facilities.
At the same time, CNN quotes Pentagon spokesman, Major General Pat Ryder, as saying, that the shelling was on a larger scale.
"That's about twice the number of ballistic missiles they launched last time," he said, adding that "you can't launch that many missiles at a target without the intention of hitting something."
He believes that the goal of the Iranians was destruction.
We will remind, about 500 missiles were launched at Israel on Tuesday evening by Iran. Most of the missiles were intercepted, but some hit cities. In this, the Israeli military was helped by American destroyers in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, which destroyed several missiles. There are wounded.
On October 1, the White House called Iran's attack on Israel "imminent", for which ballistic missiles will be used.
On October 1, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that missiles had been launched from Iran towards Israel.
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