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This video grab from AFPTV taken on April 14, 2024 shows explosions lighting up the sky in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during an Iranian attack on Israel. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed early April 14, 2024 that a drone and missile attack was under way against Israel in retaliation for a deadly April 1 drone strike on its Damascus consulate. | AFP photo.

The Israeli military said on Sunday that Iran’s attack using hundreds of drones and missiles had been ‘foiled’, with 99 per cent of them intercepted overnight.

‘The Iranian attack was foiled,’ Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement.


None of the drones and cruise missiles that were launched towards Israel had entered its territory, Hagari said, and ‘only a few’ ballistic missiles reached Israel.

One of them ‘lightly hit the Nevatim base’, he added, noting that the military compound was ‘still functioning’.

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement: ‘Together with the United States and additional partners, we managed to defend the territory of the State of Israel.’

‘The campaign is not over yet -– we must remain alert’, Gallant added.