​Israel mobilised tens of thousands of military reservists, declared a nationwide state of emergency, and moved hospital patients into underground shelters on Saturday as Iran launched ballistic missiles toward Israeli territory in retaliation for the joint US-Israeli assault on Tehran, transforming a country that had woken to news of its own offensive operation into one bracing for incoming fire, with sirens sounding in multiple cities and the Israeli Defence Forces warning the public that its air defences were not impenetrable.
Defence Minister Israel Katz signed a special home front emergency directive at 8 a.m., transitioning all regions of the country … Read More