This is the terrifying moment a Sky News correspondent was forced to run for cover as Iran launched an unprecedented salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel.
Deborah Haynes, Sky’s security and defense editor, was in the region covering the IDF ground assault on Lebanon when Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel.
The British journalist, 48, was live on Tuesday night when sirens were heard blaring in the distance.
Ms Haynes, dressed in a blue bulletproof vest, was seen looking up at the sky before frantically shooting off the screen as missiles flew towards Tel Aviv.
Speaking this morning about the drama, Haynes told Sky’s Mark Austin: “It was an incredibly surreal and disturbing experience.
Sky News correspondent Deborah Haynes (pictured) is seen looking up into the sky as the ballistic missiles head towards Iran before diving for cover.
Speaking about the drama, Haynes said it was an “incredibly surreal and disturbing” moment.
Ballistic missiles in the sky over Israel after being launched by Iran last night
‘We knew that the Iranians had launched their missiles towards Israel and that it would only be a matter of minutes before they started appearing.
But I don’t think any of us knew what that would really look and feel like. And from our position in northern Israel, it was not one of the areas that Iran had attacked, it was much more directed towards the center and the south.
“We were basically in the flight path – that’s the only way I could describe it – of these ballistic missiles. We could see them coming across the sky.
Iran’s massive attack on Israel has brought the Middle East to the brink of all-out war, and Israel is now vowing retaliation against Tehran.
The IDF is preparing a “significant retaliation” for a shocking attack in which nearly 200 ballistic missiles crossed the Middle East and fell on Israel last night.
The region is approaching an all-out war that is already drawing in allies from both sides, with British aircraft used to counter strikes from Iran, which were launched in retaliation for attacks on the Islamic Republic’s Hezbollah allies in Lebanon. in the last few days.
Reports suggest that Israel, which has vowed to strike “powerfully” in response to Iran, could attack the country’s oil facilities.
Iran is the third-largest crude oil producer in the OPEC group of oil-producing countries and relies heavily on its oil and gas exports to prop up its weakened economy amid years of sanctions.
Iranian state television broadcast the moment it launched nearly 200 missiles towards Israel
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024.
Members of Israel’s Home Front Command and police forces inspect a crater left by a projectile that exploded in a heavily damaged school building in the southern Israeli town of Gedera on October 1, 2024.
Former Israeli intelligence official and regional analyst Avi Melamed told MailOnline that the Iranian attack would likely “provoke a significant counterattack”, warning that “Israel’s response this time will likely be broader and less restrained than following Iran’s unprecedented direct attack.” Iran in April.’
But the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran’s armed forces, General Mohammad Bagheri, said this morning that the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) was prepared both defensively and offensively to repeat its missile attack with “multiplied intensity”, in case Israel will seek retaliation.
‘If the Zionist regime, which has gone mad, is not contained by the United States and Europe and intends to continue such crimes or do anything against our sovereignty or territorial integrity, tonight’s operation will be repeated with a much larger magnitude. major and we will attack its entire infrastructure. “, said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also stated that Tehran had warned the United States “to withdraw from this matter and not intervene.”
This image shows projectiles intercepted by Israel near the northern city of Baqa al-Gharbiya on October 1.
An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a projectile from the northern border into Lebanon on Wednesday morning.
But the United States has pledged to support its regional ally Israel, with national security adviser Jake Sullivan telling reporters at the White House: “We have made clear that there will be consequences, serious consequences, for this attack, and we will work with Israel.” for that to be the case.’
Meanwhile, Israel’s ongoing military operations have continued uninterrupted: at least five airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early this morning.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon since September 17, while hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes.
And Israeli strikes killed at least 32 people in southern Gaza overnight as the army launched ground operations in the hard-hit town of Khan Younis.
Israel has continued to strike what it says are militant targets across Gaza nearly a year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack sparked the war, even as attention has shifted to Lebanon and rising tensions with Iran.