This is the dramatic moment a CNN correspondent had to leave a live broadcast and take cover as Iran launched missiles at Israel.
Jim Sciutto was reporting live from a rooftop in Tel Aviv as Iran launched an attack on the country Tuesday night.
“We have to get off the roof,” Sciutto said as the missiles in the Tel Aviv sky increased rapidly. ‘These are falling right next to us here. We have to go in.
The American presenter ran from the vantage point towards an air raid shelter, as footage showed burning rockets falling through the sky amid deafening sirens.
“Please take cover,” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins told Sciutto from the broadcast studio.
Jim Sciutto was reporting live from Israel when Iran launched an attack on the city on Tuesday.
Israel has the Iron Dome defense system to intercept missiles, but some fragments appeared to be reaching central Tel Aviv.
Iran launched missiles at Israel as darkness began to fall a day before the Jewish New Year, and Israelis rushed to bomb shelters fearing for their lives.
Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy in Israel told its employees to return home and be prepared to enter bomb shelters as the White House warned of an imminent ballistic missile attack from Iran.
The warning comes as the Middle East is on the brink of all-out war and a day after Israeli forces launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon aimed at crippling the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia.
Iran launched missiles at Israel as it began to get dark and Americans rushed to bomb shelters fearing for their lives.
The White House had warned that any attack would have “serious consequences.”
Iran launched missiles at Israel as darkness began to fall and Americans rushed to bomb shelters fearing for their lives.
A man holds children as people take cover during an air raid siren, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in central Israel on October 1.
People seek shelter as missiles rain down on Tel Aviv on Tuesday
“The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel,” a senior administration official told DailyMail.com on Tuesday.
‘We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack by Iran against Israel will have serious consequences for Iran.’
Israeli Defense Minister Defense Minister Yoav Gallant discussed the “imminent” threat with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
The attack could exceed the scale of a previous bombing in April in which hundreds of drones and missiles were launched into the country.
A Western source told Axios that unlike the April attack, this time Iran is expected to launch ballistic missiles that can reach Israel in 12 minutes and not with drones or cruise missiles that allow a much longer preparation time for defense and interception.
Israel has the Iron Dome defense system to intercept missiles, but some fragments appeared to reach central Tel Aviv.
A rocket flies in the sky over Tel Aviv.
The Pentagon said Monday that the United States was sending a few thousand additional forces to the Middle East to reinforce the 40,000 already in the region and help defend Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Tuesday that Israel faces “major challenges” as it fights the Iranian axis.
In the videotaped statement, he urged the public to listen to the public safety guidelines of the military’s Home Front Command. He made no direct mention of a missile threat.