Israel-Iran live updates: Netanyahu vows Tehran will pay for missile attack as more troops sent into Lebanon
Keir Starmer warns region on brink as UK confirms its troops responded to Iranian missile strikes on Israel
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge on Iran as the conflict in the Middle Eastthreatened to spiral out of control.
Netanyahu warned Tehran would “pay a price” after it fired around 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening following an Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Millions of Israelis rushed to shelters before explosions caused by Israel’s iron dome air defence system intercepting Iranian missiles lit up the night skies above Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said hypersonic missiles had been used for the first time in the attack. In April, Tehran launched around 300 missiles and drones at Israel.
It comes as Israel announced that regular infantry and armoured units were joining ground operations in southern Lebanon, stepping up pressure on Hezbollah.
The addition of infantry and armoured troops from the 36th Division, including the Golani Brigade, the 188th Armoured Brigade and 6th Infantry Brigade, suggests that the operation has moved beyond limited commando raids.
Images this morning showed Israeli airstrikes raining down on areas over the border in Lebanon.
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He added that the group has enough fighters, weapons and ammunition to push back Israel.
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Iran’s religious supreme leader has spoken out a day after he ordered the launch of nearly 200 missiles at Israel.
Greeting a crowd in Tehran, the Iranian capital, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that “all the regions problems are because of the interference of the US and its allies”.
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Footage taken from the ground in Israel shows explosions over Kibbutz Hatzerim after Iran launched missiles into the country on Tuesday, 1 October. Simon King, a 60-year-old British-Israeli father living in the Kibbutz near Be’eri, described seeing “orangey-white” explosions across the sky before finding shelter in his safe room with his children. Tehran fired around 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening following an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Explosions caused by Israel’s iron dome air defence system intercepting Iranian missiles lit up the night skies above Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
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Egypt condemns 'dangerous' Israeli escalation in southern Lebanon
Egypt’s cabinet has condemned what it called a “dangerous” Israeli escalation in southern Lebanon and rejected any attempts to impose a “new situation” on the ground that violates Lebanese sovereignty, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
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Hamas military praises Iranian attack on Israel
Hamas has described Iran’s massive aerial attack on Israel as an “exceptional day” despite the missiles failing to hit their targets.
A spokesperson for Hamas’ Al-Qassam military wing said: “We congratulate the Iranian response that extended to the entire geography of [Israel] and dealt a strong blow to the criminal occupation that thought that its rampage in the region and its aggression against its people could pass without punishment.
“This is an exceptional day in the history of the conflict, in which the fires of the nation’s resistance crossed in the skies of Palestine, and Tel Aviv was exposed to the strikes of the mujahideen from Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iran.
“This is a call to all the free people of the nation to make a share in the liberation of Palestine.”
Israel resumes evacuation orders in southern Lebanon
Israel has resumed its evacuation orders to residents in southern Lebanon in signs that Iran’s massive missile attack on the country last night will not deter Israel’s incursions over the border.
Israel’s Arabic-language military spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that “any movement south could put you in danger”.
“Warning to residents of the designated villages in southern Lebanon: Evacuate your homes immediately. Be careful, you are prohibited from heading south. Any movement south could put you in danger,” he said. “We will let you know when it is safe to return home.”
Footage has also shown that Israel resumed its bombing of southern Lebanon only hours after the Iranian attack ended.
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