Iran has vowed to take revenge, launching waves of missiles at Israel on Friday and Saturday night, as world leaders scramble to de-escalate the conflict
A fresh wave of Iranian missiles rained down on Israel overnight, killing civilians and leaving apocalyptic scenes in their wake as the Middle East descends into an all-out war.
‘Millions’ of Israelis were ordered to run for cover by the IDF as air sirens sounded amid a salvo of Iranian missiles which the Iron Dome scrambled to intercept.
The stream of attacks came as the IDF simultaneously launched its own strikes at Iran, wiping out critical oil, nuclear and gas sites in the capital as Israeli defence minister Israel Katz crowed ‘Tehran is burning’.
Amid fears the war is spiralling out of control, Britain deployed RAF fighter jets to the Middle East after Iran threatened the US and UK and said they could be next if they come to Israel’s defence.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the conflict between the long-time foes needs to ‘de-escalate’ and that planes will offer ‘contingency support across the region’.
It comes after the Iranian-owned Mehr news agency warned: ‘Any country that participates in repelling Iranian attacks on Israel will be subject to Iranian forces targeting all regional bases of the complicit government’.
The Middle East conflict escalated on Thursday night after Israel unleashed an unprecedented aerial bombing campaign dubbed ‘Operation Rising Lion’, with Iran confirming missiles struck nuclear facilities, ‘martyred’ top commanders and killed dozens of civilians.
Iran has vowed to take revenge, launching waves of missiles at Israel on Friday and Saturday night, as world leaders scramble to de-escalate the conflict.
Iran launched its second night of revenge attacks
Iran fired missiles at Israel on Saturday night in its second night of revenge attacks. The Iranian attack was retaliation for an Israeli operation that saw Iran’s nuclear-enrichment programme set back, dozens of air-defence systems wiped out and leading nuclear scientists and military commanders killed.
Israel have been launching missiles at oil/gas sites
Israel targeted Iran’s critical energy infrastructure at gas and fuel sites on Saturday, according to a statement from Iran’s oil ministry. Images show a fuel depot in the Shahran district of Tehran on fire. Strikes on the South Pars field and The Fajr Jam Gas Refining Company in the Bushehr province were also reported.
Israel vowed ‘Tehran will burn’ and declared it had air supremacy
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Saturday night they have ‘established aerial superiority from western Iran to Tehran’. ‘We have created aerial freedom of action from west Iran all the way to Tehran,’ said Israel Defence Forces (IDF) spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin.
It came after on Saturday morning Israel’s defence minister Katz warned Iran against sending any further missiles. He said: ‘If (Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei continues to fire missiles toward the Israeli home front – Tehran will burn.’ As missiles rained down on Tehran, he said: ‘Tehran is burning.’
UK have scrambled RAF fighter jets after Iran threatened UK and US
On Saturday, Britain deployed more jets to the region after Iran threatened the United States and UK that it could retaliate if they come to Israel’s defence.
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