Israel plans to launch “powerful airstrikes throughout the Middle East” beginning Tuesday night in retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage launched on the Jewish state Tuesday, according to reports.
The warning comes after nearly 200 ballistic missiles were fired Israel, with shrapnel and warheads raining down on Tel Aviv and other Israeli population centers.
Iran opened direct hostilities against Israel after the IDF began a ground invasion against the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon on Monday.
The attack came in successive waves separated by about 10 minutes, leaving Israelis scrambling for shelter as sirens wailed across the country.
Despite the extent of the barrage, only two people have been reported injured while many missiles were intercepted before they could cause any serious harm.
Shortly after the barrage ended, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari vowed “this fire will have consequences.”
“We have plans, and we will act in the time and place that we choose,” he added.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in turn threatened that it would not tolerate reactions from Israel.
“If the Zionist regime reacts to the operation, it will face heavy attacks,” the IRGC said.
