Escalation in the Middle East: Iran: "The operation achieved all of its objectives" – Hamas welcomes attack with drones and rockets

Iran has fired drones and missiles at Israel. The Revolutionary Guards speak of retaliation for a suspected Israeli air strike on Iran’s embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus. The most important developments in star-News blog.

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The essentials in brief:

  • For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic, Iran is directly attacking its arch-enemy Israel.
  • According to the Israeli army, Iran has fired more than 100 drones towards Israel.
  • The Iranian military also fired a first wave of ballistic missiles at Israel, according to state media.
  • On Sunday night, Israeli Homeland Security initially gave the all-clear.

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