Iranian strikes have hit Irbil in northern Iraq and the Arad region in southern Israel. An Israeli air base was also hit, causing “minor damage to infrastructure,” according to the IDF. Targets were intercepted in Jerusalem and Dimona on Saturday evening. No UAVs managed to infiltrate into Israel. Of 30 Iranian cruise missiles launched, 0 entered Israeli air space, 25 were downed by the Israeli Air Forces outside of Israeli air space and 120 ballistic missiles were downed by Israeli aerial defense system, the IDF said.
Iranian missile and drone attacks were launched at Israel from positions in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen, according to the Iranian state-run Tasnim News Agency. In a statement, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it had targeted Israeli barracks in the Golan Heights, an Israeli-occupied strip of Syria, with a barrage of rockets after midnight local time.
The escalation prompted airspace closures in neighboring countries during the attack. Egypt suspended flights to Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon, according to Egyptian state TV. Israeli authorities announced the reopening of the country’s airspace starting 7:30 a.m. Sunday. The IDF described the wide-scale Iranian attack as a “major escalation.”
