That around 180 missiles were launched towards israel around 5. 30 pm local time on tuesday. They were fired across huge swathes of israel, including its largest city Tel Aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. And, these pictures from iranian State Media show the ballistic missiles being launched from Military Sites. Tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. Well, israel have responded by continuing its aerial assault of beirut� s southern suburbs. These are live pictures of the lebanese capital. The idf said it had targeted a number of hezbollah sites as it orders 25 lebanese villages to evacuate. Both the us and uk were involved in helping to protect israel from yesterdays Missile Attack. Our Correspondentjon Donnison had to seek shelter when the missiles were fired. Hes injerusalem and sent this report. Sirens blare. Israel was warned it was coming. But this was irans revenge almost 200 ballistic missiles raining in. Across the country. Shouting. 0k, guys, weve got to get off the roof. I these are coming down right next to us here. L. As people ran for shelter. With the iranian missiles travelling 2,000 kilometres in only around 12 minutes, Israels Defence System was at full stretch. Shouting. Translation we are on high readiness for. Defence and offence. We will protect the citizens of israel. This attack will have consequences. We have plans to act at a place and a time of our choosing. This restaurant in Tel Aviv took a direct hit. And this was a school in central israel. The us said it helped in shooting down some of the missiles and its Intelligence Agencies had alerted israel to an imminent attack. But america says iran gave no advance warning. The United States Military coordinated closely with the israeli defense forces to help defend israel against it attack. Us Naval Destroyers joined israeli Air Defence units in Firing Interceptors to shoot down the missiles. In gaza tonight, as iran pounded israel, there were celebrations, as there were in the iranian capital too. Iran had vowed vengeance after israel assassinated hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, On Friday and israel killed the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, On Iranian Soil back injuly. Meanwhile, this evening, injaffa near Tel Aviv, just before the Missile Attack, israelis were shot dead in what police say was a terrorist attack. For months now, the diplomats in the world have tried to stop the year long war in gaza from engulfing the region. Theyve failed, and after tonights unprecedented iranian attacks, israel is expected to hit back hard. Jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. Lets speak to bbc persian� S Khashayarjoneidi what have the iranians been saying about the Missile Attack . What the iranian president said is that what has happened has been a legitimate price of the Iranians Government in a defensive pack, and iran is doing this because it wants to stabilise Peace And Security within its own borders and also in the wider region in the Middle East. And the Foreign Minister has also said this has been a defensive action which has come to an end and if israel decides to retaliate, iran would react stronger this time and he has also put the onus on israels supporters and allies to stop the spread of conflict within the Middle East. ~ , conflict within the Middle East. , ~ ,. , east. Talk us through the significance east. Talk us through the significance of east. Talk us through the significance of this significance of this direct attack from iran on israel and what it means for the conflict in the Middle East. Just what it means for the conflict in the Middle East. In the Middle East. Just like the previous in the Middle East. Just like the previous attack in the Middle East. Just like the previous attack in in the Middle East. Just like the previous attack in Mid L the previous attack in mid april, the attack was aimed at overwhelming israels Air Defences, but unlike the last strike where iran used a combination of drones, Cruise Missiles and ballistic missiles, this time we only had attack by early ballistic missile and the israelis are said 181 ballistic missiles, some of them hypersonic were aimed towards israel and the americans say that this attack has been ineffective and failed. The Irg Sea on the contrary says that 90 of the missiles hit their targets which seems to be a little bit of bragging our exaggeration there the israelis have said a few missiles have hit targets within Israel And Weve seen pictures of a big Crater Close to the mossad building, the israeli Spy Agency in Tel Aviv and there has been reports of a Restaurant Hit in Tel Aviv under schoolkids in the country. We still dont have a and a School Hit in the country. We still dont have an idea of possible damages but we know from within israel that a palestinian was the only casualty and he was killed in the occupied west bank. There have been the occupied west bank. There have been celebrations the occupied west bank. There have been celebrations on the occupied west bank. There have been celebrations on the | have been celebrations on the streets of tehran. Hat have been celebrations on the streets of tehran. Streets of tehran. Not only there bertola streets of tehran. Not only there Bertola Kin streets of tehran. Not only there Bertola Kin streets of tehran. Not only there Bertola Kin citiesl there Bertola Kin cities across the country and the majority of people participating this celebratory gatherings in places like Palestine Square in tehran are mainly government supporters and in tehran we saw this huge gathering of the supporters holding palestinian and the yellow hezbollah flag, and pictures of hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah assassinated a few days ago when they were mainly government supporters. You go on Social Media and you notice many people are concerned about the escalation and how it would impact their livelihoods. At the same time people were gathering in tehran and other cities celebrating the attack there were long lines forming in front of Petrol Stations and people were concerned that there might be some sort of attack on irans refineries and because of that they wanted to fill their tanks and i have to mention its not only the government supporters celebrating last night, there were some people who are in opposition, against the regime and they also welcome the attack because they were hoping that israel would retaliate and hit the Irgc Hard and was showing some signs of welcoming the attacks. Showing some signs of welcoming the attacke the attacks. Thank you so much. The latest the attacks. Thank you so much. The latest in the attacks. Thank you so much. The latest in terms the attacks. Thank you so much. The latest in terms of the attacks. Thank you so much. The latest in terms of what the attacks. Thank you so much. The latest in terms of what is. The latest in terms of what is happening in iran. With me is said shehata from bbc arabic Benjamin Netanyahu BenjaminNeta Nyahu saying Benjamin Netanyahu saying they will pay for this Missile Attack so what will happen next . ,. ,. , attack so what will happen next . ,. ,. , next . The first option is to Tar Et next . The first option is to target the next . The first option is to target the people next . The first option is to target the people who next . The first option is to target the people who ordered the Missile Attack against israel, so the other thing is to hit the Military Sites where the ballistic missiles were launched and the third one is to target the nuclear sites, so there are three different options in front of israel and they want to make iran pay the price because Benjamin Netanyahu even in his speech at the assembly said we can reach anywhere in iran and after that the Supreme Guide was taken to a special place, so there is fear of Retaliation And Retaliation is coming because the image of israel is shaken by this attack because the attack went to several places and we do not know how much is the damage. The americans have said it is an affected undefeated but iran said it hit some Military Sites and some Air Bases so there are different stories from the two sides but still it shows iran can cause a problem. It is psychologically affected the people of israel, so there is a problem and they caused the problem and they caused the problem and they caused the Problem And Israel has no option according to Benjamin Netanyahu and all of the leaders who have expressed their anger and said leaders who have expressed theirangerand said iran leaders who have expressed their anger and said iran would pay the price. Their anger and said iran would pay the price pay the price. Okay, thank you very much lets speak to political analyst and former middle East Advisor at the us department of Defence JasmineEl Gamal good to talk to you again, jasmine, give us your take on the latest developments. Thank ou so the latest developments. Thank you so much the latest developments. Thank you so much for the latest developments. Thank you so much for having the latest developments. Thank you so much for having me the latest developments. Thank you so much for having me and| you so much for having me and good morning. Right now, basically, iran has retaliated and struck israel as your previous guests were saying. Israel, and after it finished the attacks, iran said This Is It for us and now it depends on what israel will do. If israel decides This Is It, it is done and if israel decides to retaliate, we will retaliate again and we will continue this Tit For Tat that has been going on for months, so israel is calibrating its response and has to decide what it is going to strike. We are hearing reports that israel might want to strike nuclear targets and nuclear sites in iran and they might want to strike oil refineries. We are not sure quite yet put the scale of the israeli response will determine whether there will be a subsequent other iranians response. In the meantime, of course, the us has said it will defend israel against any iranian attack and is looking at its posture in the region and we know it already has several assets in the region, aircraft carriers, missiles, submarines and other Military Hardware for the defence of israel and for deterrence in the region in general and in terms of the us has done diplomatically, it continues to say it is doing what it can prevent a further escalation of the situation in the Middle East but at the same time us officials seem to have given up behind the scenes on the idea of a ceasefire between hamas and israel which people had hoped would have a calming Ripple Effect across the region including in the conflict between hezbollah and israel. Given the context of this in the us, for the president , theres an election in five weeks time. Describe what pressures it puts on president biden and Kamala Harris at this point . Rowe puts on a huge amount of pressure and i dont know if you caught the Vice President ial debate, it was one of the first couple of questions on the debate, the retaliation and the potential israeli retaliation of the israeli retaliation of the israeli right to defend itself. It is a huge issue but is mostly framed for a domestic us audience around the right of israel to defend itself and which candidate will protect that right more than the other. Vice president harris has issued a Statement Omitting any of the events that are happening around the israeli and iranian conflict, not really discussing whats happening in lebanon with the israeli Ground Invasion and no one is really talking about gaza anymore and whats happening there. Its really focused on israels right to defend itself in the context of the us election. Donald trumps campaign has already released an Attack Ad against Kamala Harris. Asseyi hezbollah and hamas are hoping for a Harris Victory and saying we dont need a candidate that is a dancer on tiktok and showed image of Kamala Harris dancing on tiktok videos and they say we need someone serious. Its obviously something that the Trump Campaign is already trying to use against Kamala Harris with only 30 days until the us election. Jasmine, thank you for your time. Thanks for having me. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. The two main candidates vying to be the next Vice President of the united states have gone head to head in their only Tv Debate before Novembers President ial election. In a debate lasting just over an Hour And A0 minutes, 0hio Senatoer Vance and minnesota governor Tim Walz sparred over key issues like abortion, the economy, and immigration. 0n immigration, Jd Vance accused Kamala Harris of Opening The Floodgates of illegal migration by undoing the work he says Donald Trump did during his term. 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