"First Iranian attacks repelled, confrontation not over," says Israel's Netanyahu as he vows victory

Hours after Iran rained 200 missiles and drones over Israel, the latter's Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said that the first attacks were repelled and that the confrontation was not over.

"More than 300 projectiles were fired by Iran at Israel overnight, and over 99 per cent of them were intercepted," the Israeli military said in a statement.


"We intercepted, we repelled, together we shall win," Netanyahu said in a brief post on social media platform X.


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Booms and sirens echoed areas of Israel early Sunday as Iran launched a barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles, drones, increasing worries of a wider, serious conflict in the Middle Eastern region.

The attack by Iran follows a suspected Israeli strike in Syria that led to the killing of two Iranian generals in an Iranian consular building.

This is the first time Iran launched a direct military attack on Israel.

The Israeli military's spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Iran fired scores of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles — with the vast majority intercepted outside Israel’s borders. He said warplanes intercepted over 10 cruise missiles alone, also outside Israeli airspace.

(With agency inputs)