Iran and Israel carry out mutual attacks, Iran may possess nearly 2,000 missiles

Iran launched a new round of missile attacks on Israel to retaliate for Israel's large-scale attack on Iran. The Israeli army said they are targeting "dozens" of missile launch sites...

Iran launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel on Saturday in response to Israel's large-scale air strikes on military and nuclear facilities in Iran the day before.

In pictures taken by AFP in downtown Tel Aviv on Friday night, flames and thick smoke rose from an apartment building, with a large crack caused by an explosion at the bottom of the building.

The Israel Fire Brigade reported "several major incidents" around Tel Aviv. Since Friday, when Tehran retaliated, Israelis, especially those in the Tel Aviv area, have been living under alarm sounds and calls to take shelter.

Iran claimed its targets were Israel's "bases" and "military infrastructure".

In an interview with CNN, Israel's ambassador to the United States, Yair Lapid, said that since Friday, Iran had fired "about 150 ballistic missiles" at Israel in three rounds, killing one woman and injuring about 40 people. He claimed that Iran has nearly 2,000 missiles and that further launches are not expected to stop.

On Friday morning, Israel claimed that intelligence showed Tehran was nearing the "point of no return" to possessing nuclear bombs, thus launching large-scale attacks on Iranian territory targeting more than 200 military bases and nuclear facilities, while eliminating the country's highest-ranking officer and several nuclear weapons experts.

Azari-Khalq, Iran's representative to the United Nations, said that this Israeli attack targeted residential buildings, causing 78 deaths and over 320 injuries, "most of whom were civilians".

This attack occurred just before a new round of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in Oman on Sunday regarding Iran's nuclear program, which is now uncertain whether it will proceed.

Despite calls from the international community to ease tensions, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that "more things will happen". Iran's foreign minister, Amir-Abbas Araghchi, condemned this as "an act of war".

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