Hezbollah says "we are only in the first round" following clashes with Israeli troops in Southern Lebanon, while rockets sirens roar across Northern Israel.
ALERT Amid recent tensions with Israel, Iran’s President departed for Qatar. His airplane departed from Tehran as Iran has canceled all flights across the country by Thursday morning.
#UPDATE: As Germany urged its citizens to leave Iran, the UK issued a stark warning against travel, saying “the government will not be able to help you if you get into difficulty in Iran.”
ALERT A senior Israeli official said that one of the reasons why no decision was made at the cabinet meeting is that the Prime Minister's Office wanted to hold a round of coordination with the American administration. While Israel is going to respond independently to the Iranian attack, it wants to coordinate its plans with the US because of the strategic implications of the situation.
ALERT An Israeli source told NBC: "Israel will respond quickly to Iran's ballistic missile attack. The timetable for exactly when it will attack is complex, because of Rosh Hashanah, and the holidays that follow, but Israel is determined to strike back quickly."
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon: "The terrorist nature of Iran has been exposed. Israel will respond, the response will be strong and painful, and in accordance with international law. Today is Rosh Hashanah. It was a difficult year, but our enemy must understand - we are not weak".
Pentagon Press Sec Pat Ryder: two US Navy destroyers fired about a dozen interceptors at Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Israel yesterday; No US aircraft or ground-based interceptors were involved.
Israel’s aerial defense system appears to have done most of the work.
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