Incredible time-lapse video shows Israel’s Iron Dome shooting down Iranian rockets with explosions while lighting up the night sky during an aerial battle.
CCTV footage shows dozens of ballistic missiles launching towards their intended targets inside Israel before the country’s advanced defense system swung into action.
In the video you can see a couple of missiles flying through the night sky before more and more appear.
In the corner of the video you can see sudden bursts of light as the missiles are intercepted.
The images come after Iran launched a major attack on Israel on Tuesday night.
CCTV footage shows dozens of ballistic missiles launching towards their intended targets inside Israel before the country’s advanced defense system swung into action.
In the video you can see a couple of missiles flying through the night sky before more and more appear. In the corner of the video you can see sudden bursts of light as the missiles are intercepted.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran “has made a big mistake” and will “pay” for the attack, while Israel’s military prepares a “significant retaliation” to the bombing.
Air raid sirens sounded as some 181 missiles began raining down on Israel, many of them lighting up the night sky with bright orange flames as they were intercepted by Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ defense system.
The Israeli military has promised that “there will be repercussions for this attack,” and the ambulance service reported no injuries from the attack.
Iran’s attack marks a major escalation in the war between Israel and Hamas and follows an earlier bombing in April in which hundreds of drones and missiles were launched into the country.
As the world held its breath over an all-out war in the Middle East, the White House said President Joe Biden ordered the US military to “assist in the defense of Israel” and shoot down Iranian missiles.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate in next month’s US presidential election, are monitoring Iran’s attack on Israel from the White House situation room.
The IDF has not confirmed which missiles were used, but the United States had previously warned that it was preparing for Iran to launch ballistic missiles this afternoon in another major escalation that leaves the Middle East on the brink.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran “has made a big mistake” and will “pay” for the attack, and that Israel’s military is preparing a “significant retaliation” for the bombing that could hit nuclear facilities. and oil fields.
It is unclear how many of the missiles actually penetrated Israel’s defenses, and the scale of the attack proved to be one of the biggest tests ever faced by the country’s high-tech Iron Dome network.
Israel faced a devastating salvo of around 180 ballistic missiles fired from Iran last night (pictures are some of the missiles heading towards Israel)
A triumphant Tehran has claimed that up to 80 percent of its missiles penetrated Israel’s sophisticated air defenses, but the IDF disputed this, saying most were shot down with the help of US warships in the region.
Israeli officials have reported no serious injuries as a result of Tuesday’s airstrikes, but Israeli doctors said two people had been slightly injured by shrapnel. A Palestinian living in the West Bank was killed in the attack.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened to carry out “crushing attacks” against Israel if it retaliated after a missile attack by the Islamic republic.
“If the Zionist regime reacts to Iranian operations, it will face devastating attacks,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement carried by Iran’s Fars news agency.
They added: ‘In response to the martyrdom of (Hamas leader) Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah and (Guard commander) Nilforoshan, we target the heart of the occupied territories (Israel).’
Israeli officials reportedly said they expected the target of the new Iranian attack to be three military air bases, as well as an intelligence headquarters north of Tel Aviv, which was evacuated this afternoon.