The Israel city of Tel Aviv came under direct missile attack from Iran.CNN footage showed dozens of missiles from Israel's Iron Dome defence system soaring into the air intercepting missiles.Iran fired up to 200 missiles at Israel.Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put Iran on notice."Iran made a big mistake tonight — and it will pay for it. The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies. We will stand by the rule we have established: whoever attacks us — we will attack him"US President Joe Biden ordered had American forces to shoot down Iranian missiles.Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were in the Situation Room at the White House.Jake Sullivan, Biden's National Security Advisor, said interceptor missiles were fired from US destroyers.He said meticulous planning between the US military and the Israeli Defence Forces meant many of the incoming missiles were shot down.He said there were no reported Israeli deaths but one Palestinian was killed in the West Bank.He called the Iranian attack "defeated and ineffective.".It seems now it's only a matter of when, not if, Israel responds militarily to the attack.“This will have consequences. We have plans. We will act, deciding where and when," said an Israeli Defence Force spokesperson.Israel military says that the Israeli Air Force will carry out powerful strikes in the Middle East Tuesday night..Ballistic missiles fired from Iran can reach Israel in under 12 minutes.Explosion could also be heard as Israeli defensive missiles intercepted Iranian ones at the edge of the atmosphere..A terrorist attack also took place in a suburb of Tel Aviv.A video on social media showed bodies laying on the ground in what appears to be a bus stop.At least eight people were killed after two gunmen opened fire. Seven other were wounded.Local police said the two armed men were "neutralized" by security forces.Former US President Donald Trump used the attack to las out at the current administration."The world right now is spiraling out of control. A short time ago, Iran launched over 200 ballistic missiles at Israel and we are closer than ever to global catastrophe," said Trump, in a statement on X."We have a non-existent president and our Vice President, who should be in charge, is going to fundraisers in San Francisco and staging fake photo ops using phones that are not even connected. No one is in charge and it’s not even clear who is more confused: Biden or Kamala.""Neither has any idea what is going on."Four hours after the attack, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasted Israel."Canada unequivocally condemns Iran's reckless attack against Israel. It puts innocent civilians at risk. We fully support Israel's right to defend itself against this attack. And, we repeat our call for de-escalation across the region, for the safety of all civilians," Trudeau tweeted..The drama comes hours after Israel invaded Lebanon in a move aimed to eliminate the threat of the Hezbollah terrorist organization.In the last several weeks, Israel has moved to eliminate the groups entire hierarchy with a massive bomb and injured thousands of their fighters with exploding pagers and radiosThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement it launched the attack in retaliation for the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh, and IRGC General Abbas Nilforushan."Iran’s legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime has been duly carried out. Should the Zionist regime dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue," Iran's mission to the UN said.
