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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emine Sinmaz, Elena Morresi, Joanna Ruck and Glenn Swann

Middle East crisis: visual guide to Iran’s attack on Israel

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel
An anti-missile system as seen from Ashkelon, Israel. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles towards Israel on Saturday night in its first ever direct attack on the Israeli state. Tehran said it was responding to a strike on an Iranian diplomatic building in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on 1 April that killed a senior figure in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards and eight other officers.

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