Why we fired missiles at Israel –Iran

Iran on Tuesday gave reasons for launching a barrage of missiles at Israel.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said the missile attack on Israel was a response to the killing of Hezbollah chief, Hassan Nasrallah and the IRGC commander, Abbas Nilforoushan last week, as well as that of the Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh earlier this year.

“In response to the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah and Nilforoushan, we targeted the heart of the occupied territories,” the IRGC said in a statement.

It said its missile attack targeted “three military bases” in the Tel Aviv area.

Iran fired the missiles late Tuesday as alarms sounded across Israel and explosions could be heard in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during the attack.

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The attack sent Israelis rushing to bomb shelters and raising fears of all-out war in the region.

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari, in a video message, said there were no reports of casualties and that the army does not see “any more threats in our airspace”. He added that people in Israel were safe to leave shelters.

Israel’s emergency services said at least two people sustained light injuries “from shrapnel in the Tel Aviv area”.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing the civil defence, said a 38-year-old Palestinian man died from shrapnel wounds in Jericho in the eastern occupied West Bank.

“A Palestinian worker in Jericho was killed when pieces of a rocket fell from the sky and hit him,” Jericho governor Hussein Hamayel said.

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