What we know about Iran's recent missile attack on Israel

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Iran fired nearly 200 rockets into Israel on Tuesday evening, triggering sirens in major Israeli cities. According to Israeli authorities, no major injuries or casualties were recorded.

Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said Israel successfully intercepted most of the missiles and that two U.S. Navy destroyers also shot down about 12 interceptors to support the Israeli military.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on the other hand, announced that its forces had used supersonic Fattah missiles for the first time, claiming that 90% of their launchers hit their targets.

Guard sources told state media in Tehran that the attack targeted three Israeli military bases.

“We exercised our right to legitimate defense under Article 51 of the Charter and exclusively targeted military and security bases responsible for the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on his account on the social network X .

However, a Pentagon spokesman added that “the least damage on the ground” was done in Israel.

Israeli media also reported the murder of a 30-year-old woman, Shahir Goldman.

Which countries came to Israel's aid?

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said its partners had supported Israel and Washington in repelling the attack.

However, she declined to reveal the names of the affected countries, telling reporters that this would allow them to make their own comments.

So far, British Defense Secretary John Healey has admitted that his country's armed forces were involved, and on

The attack ended very quickly and the Iranian representative to the United Nations announced at around 8pm local time that the attack was over.

According to official information, Tehran did not inform Washington that the attack had begun, but the United States had announced in advance that it was to be expected.

Why was the attack launched?

In recent days, a wave of Israeli airstrikes have killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and several of his top commanders while forcing hundreds of thousands of Lebanese from their homes.

Israel then launched what it said was a limited ground attack in southern Lebanon.

Iran's Foreign Ministry said the attack was launched “in response to the aggression of the Zionist regime, including violations of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

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It was also mentioned Ismail Haniyeh, a top Hamas leader who was murdered in a suspected Israeli attack in Tehran in July.

What happens next?

Although Iran's Foreign Ministry officially said the operations had ended, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran would “pay” for the missile launch.

“Iran made a serious mistake tonight and it will pay for it,” Netanyahu said at a security cabinet meeting. “The Tehran regime does not understand our determination to defend itself and impose a price on the enemies.”

The Israel Defense Forces simply said: “There will be consequences.”

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Armed groups in Iraq supporting Iran said they would consider American bases in Iraq and the region as targets for their own attacks if the US joined an Israeli response or if Israel used Iraqi airspace against Tehran.

Palestinian group Hamas welcomed Iran's IRGC rocket attack on Israel, calling it “heroic,” while a group of Iranians took to the streets to express their satisfaction at the attack.