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Israel says it intercepted 99% of Iranian launches

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By Deutsche Welle

Apr 14, 2024, 09:46 AM EDT

The Israeli army stated on Sunday (04/14/2024) that managed to “thwart” Iran’s attack against its territory, by intercepting 99% of the drones and missiles launched.

“The Iranian attack was thwarted,” said Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari in a television message.

Iran fired more than 200 drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday in retaliation for a bombing of its consulate in Damascus, marking the first direct military attack by the Islamic Republic against Israeli territory, despite decades of enmity.

The Israeli army assured that Iran launched more than 200 drones and missiles against it, although he indicated that the majority were intercepted without serious consequences. A military base was hit in the south, but suffered only “minor damage,” according to a military spokesman.

In parallel, Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, both allies of Iran, carried out their own attacks against Israel. The first fired rockets against the Golan plateau, occupied by Israel, and the second launched drones towards Israeli territory.

The Revolutionary Guards, ideological army of the Islamic Republic, They announced that they had also launched missiles against Israel as part of this operation in retaliation for the bombing of their consulate in Damascus on April 1.in which two of his generals died and which he attributed to Israel.

The Iranian attack was launched “in response to the numerous crimes committed by the Zionist regime, including the attack on the consular section of the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus and the martyrdom of a group of commanders and military advisors of our country in Syria,” Iranian state television reported, citing the Guardians’ public relations department.

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