The president disclosed that over the last week, U.S. forces had "moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region" in anticipation of the attack. Israel closed its airspace at midnight and fully activated itsair defense systemsahead of the Iranian assault. It took several...
Iran is preparing to imminently carry out a ballistic missile attack against Israel, according to a senior White House official. The unnamed official said the US was helping Israel defend itself and warned that a direct military attack on Israel would have "severe consequences" ...
Iran vows revenge as Israeli missile strike on Damascus kills Revolutionary Guard members Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says least six people died in attack on multi-storey building Sat Jan 20 2024 - 21:01 Israel drops leaflets seeking hostages as air strikes on Gaza continue Air strikes ki...
Two U.S. officials told CBS News on Thursday night that an Israeli missile had struck Iran. The strike came less than a week after Iran's unprecedented retaliatorydrone and missile attackon Israel, to which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to respond. The U.S. officials did not ...
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society condemned an Israeli attack on a convoy of five ambulances in Gaza on Friday. Ina statement posted on Xearly Saturday, the PRCS said one of its ambulances, travelling in a convoy to the Rafah border crossing, was hit "by a missile fired by the Israeli...
A US official said on Tuesday afternoon that an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel was "imminent" and within a few hours, shortly after 5.30pm UK time, sirens sounded across the country as rockets began to arrive overhead. Window-shaking explosions were heard in Tel Aviv and near Jer...
Israel was also scrambling GPS signals in central Israel and Jerusalem to disrupt possible missile and drone attacks. Residents in Tel Aviv, Israel's financial and cultural hub, found that map applications on their mobile phones placed them in Beirut, Lebanon. Taxi drivers struggled to navigate ar...
Austin said he had directedthe USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the eastern Mediterranean, which includes an aircraft carrier and the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy.
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023. Amir Cohen | Reuters The Pentagon confirmed it was equipping Israel with two Iron Dome systems and interceptors for the defense system in order ...
Israel's military announced it shot down a missile fired at an Israeli drone from Lebanon Saturday. It was not immediately clear if the missile was fired by Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said an Israeli drone fired three missiles on a Hezbollah ...