was in relatiation for an air strike two weeks ago on one of its consulates in damascus, widely thought to have been carried out by israel. speaking on iranian state tv, the armed forces chief of staff warned israel of a larger attack on its territory should it retaliate against the overnight drone and missile attack. let s bring you up to date with the latest. let s take a look at how events unfolded. sirens. what you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. what you can see is israel s air defence system, the iron dome, in operation flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. a coalition of israel s allies, including the us and uk has helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli territory. this is footage of that happening overjordan. similarly, this video is from the skies over damascus in syria. you can see objects being hit in the sky. and again, in the skies over iraq. more drones and missiles being intercept
this is bbc news, the headlines. sirens wail. iran strikes at israel, with an unprecedented attack involving more than 300 drones and missiles. almost all them were intercepted before they landed. the us, britain and jordan, were among the countries involved in israel s defence. a member of israel s war cabinet benny gantz warns israel will retaliate. the us warns it doesn t want the crisis to escalate into a wider war, but says it s up to israel how to respond. it says it won t take part in any attack on iran. in tehran, supporters of the iranian government celebrate the attack. iran warns israel not to retaliate and says it has no intention of prolonging operations. this is the scene live injerusalem. benjamin netanyahu s war cabinet has met as the region is at a dangerous crossroads. those are our main headlines on our main story. israel is warning that it will retaliate after iran fired a huge barrage of drones and missiles at israel. more political reaction. let s he
the idf says almost all of them were shot down and has described the attack as being foiled . the attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct military assault on israel. we will be live injerusalem shortly. but first, let s bring you up to date with the latest. take a look at this video. air raid sirens wail what you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. what you can see is israel s air defence system, the iron dome, in operation flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. a coalition of israel s allies, including the us and uk, has helped shoot down some iranian drones and missiles before they reached israeli territory. this is footage of that happening overjordan. similarly, this video is from the skies over damascus in syria. you can see objects being hit in the sky. and, again, in the skies over iraq. more drones and missiles being intercepted as they travelled towards israel. also with the help of some of those golf neighbo
we will have the latest developments for you. we be live injerusalem a few moments. firstly we will take a look at the latest. have a listen and at this. air raid sirens that is the sound of sirens over jerusalem. the explosions there as 300, around 300 drones and missiles launched towards israel. israel says that 99% of them were taken out. let s look at the skies overjordan. israel s allies helped, the us, uk and france helped shoot down objects of the sky. the skies over damascus, syria. let s take a look at how israel defends itself. this is the iron dome in operation, you can see the missiles intercepted in the sky. the update from israel, no significant damage done, no deaths but a young girl was injured by falling they breed and is being treated in hospital. let s take a look at the reaction in iran. these were scenes on the streets after it was announced that iran had taken this action. iran says this is in retaliation for israel s believed attack on its consulate two
it is mid day injerusalem. this time yesterday israel and countries in the region and far beyond watching and waiting to see what iran would do next. and now in the early hours of the morning, the world found out. iran launched for the first time a direct attack against israel. this is an unprecedented moment and uncharted territory. hundreds of drones and missiles were fired from iran into the skies above israel. israel says it intercepted almost all of the projectiles. backed by the us, uk, france and jordan. this morning israeli officials are saying the confrontation isn t over and are assessing their options. iran s military chief told state tv that as far as iran was concerned, a line had been drawn under the confrontation after its retaliatory strike. a strike conducted by iran after the date for the first attack on its embassy in the syrian capital damascus which destroyed the consulate and also killed senior members of iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. it s wa