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[text/qi qian, observer network] on the evening of october 1, local time, iran launched a large-scale missile attack on israel.

iran stated that in retaliation for the death of lebanese hezbollah leader nasrallah, the islamic revolutionary guard corps "aimed at important israeli military and security targets and launched dozens of ballistic missiles." some iranian media revealed that supersonic ballistic missiles were used for the first time in this attack. the israeli military stated that preliminary estimates indicate that iran launched 180 "missiles", which has currently caused at least one death and several injuries.

according to reports from cnn and the times of israel, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu held a cabinet meeting in a security bunker near jerusalem later and gave a video speech, saying that iran had "committed a big mistake, there will be a price to pay.”

"tonight, iran struck again with hundreds of missilesisrael, but failed. "netanyahu told the israeli people, "israel's air defense system is the most advanced in the world and therefore foiled the attack. i congratulate the israel defense forces on their impressive achievements. "he particularly thanked the united states for its support of israel's defense efforts.

netanyahu later warned: "iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay the price for it." he vowed revenge.

he further threatened: "the iranian regime does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and to retaliate against our enemies. but hamas leader sinwar and others did not understand this before, and hezbollah leader nasrallah did not understand this before. a little bit. now, there may be people in tehran who don’t understand this. we will stick to the rules we set: whoever attacks us, we attack him.”

netanyahu called on the "world's forces of light" to unite against tehran and urged them to "stand with israel" and choose "between tyranny and freedom, a blessing and a curse."

netanyahu also talked about the attack in the jaffa district of tel aviv and expressed condolences to the families of the victims. "like the missile attack, there was a murderous murderer behind this attack, and it came from tehran," he said.

while iran launched air strikes and alarms were sounded across israel, on the evening of the 1st local time, an attack occurred near a light rail station in tel aviv, the capital of israel. the local israeli police said that two "terrorists" shot and stabbed civilians, resulting in at least 7 deaths and 9 injuries. soon after, the two were "subdued" by the police and civilians at the scene with private pistols.

that night, explosions and sirens rang through most parts of israel, and israeli people were asked to take shelter immediately. a team of cnn reporters saw dozens of missiles flying over cities including tel aviv, jerusalem and haifa.

the israeli military initially estimated that iran launched 180 "missiles," but stressed that this was not the final count. an israeli military spokesman said that most of the iranian missiles were successfully intercepted, and some missiles directly hit central and southern israel, killing at least one person and injuring several others. it is said that the deceased was a palestinian who was hit by shrapnel from an interceptor missile launched by the israeli army and died unfortunately.

in an interview with cnn, israeli military spokesman nadav shoshani condemned iran's attempts to "injure and kill civilians" and risk "dragging the region into a wider escalation." asked whether israel would retaliate, he responded in the affirmative: "we will choose a time, a place and a manner to respond to this heinous attack on israeli citizens."

former israeli prime minister naftali bennett stressed that israel should "immediately" take this opportunity to take action against iran's nuclear program and said that iran "made a terrible mistake" by launching a large-scale missile attack.

bennett issued a statement on the social media platform x: "israel now has its greatest opportunity in 50 years to change the face of the middle east. we must act immediately to destroy iran's nuclear program and core energy facilities… we have reasons and we have the means. now that hezbollah and hamas are paralyzed, iran's power is exposed. this opportunity must not be missed. "

after the airstrike, a large number of videos and pictures purportedly from the scene of the attack circulated on social media. one of the videos showed an iranian missile exploding less than a kilometer northwest of the mossad headquarters near tel aviv, and two videos showed multiple iranian missiles striking nevati in southern israel, according to cnn geolocation. tom air force base.

after the air raid,iran's islamic revolutionary guard corpsthe statement said that its air and space forces "launched dozens of ballistic missiles towards israel, targeting important military and security targets", including three israeli military bases around tel aviv, and 90% of the missiles hit their targets. the statement also warned: "if the zionist regime responds to iran's actions, it will face a devastating attack."

iran's permanent mission to the united nations also stated that iran has made a "legal, rational and legitimate response" to israel's "terrorist acts" and that if israel "dares to respond or take further malicious actions, it will suffer severe retaliation."

according to a report from iran's semi-official media mahr news agency, iran used the "fatah-1" hypersonic missile for the first time. the iranian military announced this weapon last year, saying it could fly at mach 13 to mach 15 and could "target the missile defense system." it was considered iran's first domestically produced hypersonic missile.

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