Iran attacks Israel with barrage of missiles as US considers next steps

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[KARAH RUCKER]

MISSILES LAUNCHED FROM IRAN LIT UP THE NIGHT SKY ABOVE TEL AVIV TUESDAY FOLLOWING A WARNING BY THE U-S OF AN IMMINENT ATTACK BY TEHRAN.

ISRAELIS HEADED TOWARD BOMB SHELTERS AS SIRENS BLARED AND EXPLOSIONS COULD BE HEARD ABOVE TEL AVIV.

DOZENS OF MISSILES WERE REPORTED FLYING OVER THE CITY, SEVERAL WERE INTERCEPTED. 

IRAN’S ATTACK FOLLOWS AN ISRAEL GROUND INVASION MEANT TO TARGET HEZBOLLAH IN SOUTHERN LEBANON AND DAYS AFTER ISRAEL KILLED HEZBOLLAH LEADER HASSAN NASRALLAH.

THE U-S ANNOUNCED IT IS “ACTIVELY SUPPORTING” ISRAEL’S “DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS.”

PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAID THEY WERE TRACKING THE MISSILES IN THE AIR.

NO ATTACKS TARGETING U-S TROOPS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT PUBLISHING.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS MET WITH THEIR NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM EARLIER TUESDAY TO DISCUSS IRAN’S PLANNED ATTACK AND HOW TO “PROTECT U-S PERSONNEL IN THE REGION.”

AS MISSILES CONTINUED TOWARD ISRAEL A SEPARATE VIOLENT INCIDENT.

AUTHORITIES SAY TWO GUNMEN OPENED FIRE AT A TRAIN STATION IN JAFFA, JUST SOUTH OF TEL AVIV.

KILLING AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE AND INJURING SEVERAL OTHERS.

A POLICE SPOKESPERSON SAID THE ATTACKERS WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED.

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I’M KARAH RUCKER.