Iran fires over 100 ballistic missiles to attack Israel, civilians are ordered to air raid shelters

Hagari said the IDF was prepared to use defensive and offensive strategies in the face of such an attack, repeating America’s warning that there would be consequences.

The IDF and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have urged residents of the Jewish country to follow “Home Front Command,” a security protocol that calls for civilians to be at shelters within 90 seconds in the event of an attack.

The directive was issued on Tuesday for all of central Israel and Jerusalem and will remain in effect until October 5, according to the IDF.

“What I ask of you are two things,” Netanyahu said in a statement to the public. “First, to strictly follow the orders of the Home Front Command. It saves lives.

“And secondly, sticking together,” he added. “We will stick together in the difficult days ahead. Together we will survive, together we will fight and together we will win.”

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem urged all Americans in Israel to “shelter in place until further notice,” according to a security alert issued Tuesday.

The warning said that as events continue to develop, the embassy may also “further restrict or prohibit U.S. government employees and their family members from traveling to certain areas of Israel,” including Jerusalem and the West Bank.

“The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem reminds U.S. citizens to continue to exercise caution and increase awareness of personal safety as security incidents, including mortar and rocket fire and unmanned aircraft systems, UAS intrusions, often occur without warning,” said the embassy.

“The security environment remains complex and can change rapidly depending on the political situation and recent events.”

Nearly two dozen border communities in Lebanon were evacuated by Tuesday – before the IDF began operations in Lebanon.

While the terror group denied that Israeli troops had crossed the border, the IDF said it was active in the region but said it had already carried out raids in Lebanon almost a year ago.

Israel has backed up its claims with videos of such operations, but the IDF’s past and current missions in Lebanon have yet to be independently verified as people flee the conflict zone.

Hagari said the operations were “local ground strikes” aimed at dismantling Hezbollah’s rocket launch sites and weapons cache, with troops remaining in southern Lebanon.

“We’re not going to Beirut,” he said. “We are only going to areas near our border and will do whatever is necessary to dismantle and destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure.”

The aim of the raids is to ensure that Hezbollah no longer has the means to continue its daily rocket attacks against northern Israel, which have left tens of thousands displaced since October 8.

With post wires