Iran launches hundreds of drones and cruise missiles at Israel in unprecedented attack

Islamic Republic's first ever direct attack on Jewish state involved more than 200 drones and missiles, and raises the risk of a broader regional conflagration

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Iran launched more than 200 drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday night, in the Islamic Republic's first ever direct attack on the Jewish state, bringing a years-long shadow war into the open and threatening to draw the region into a broader conflagration.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that drones, cruise and ballistic missiles had been used in the unprecedented attack. Israeli air defences, with support from the US, Jordanian and British air forces, intercepted many of the drones and some cruise missiles over Syria, Iraq and Jordan, before they reached Israel from about 2am local time.