Iranian Missiles Fly Over Jordanian Airspace Across To Israel As Middle East Conflict Grows | Video

Dozens of missiles flew over the Jordanian sky as Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday (October 1) in retaliation for Israel’s campaign against Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.

The CCTV footage that surfaced recently on social media showed a huge missile barrage over Jordan airspace heading towards Israel, the latest in a series of rapidly escalating attacks between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threatens to push the Middle East closer to a regionwide war.

Reports claimed that Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday. Iran said the barrage was retaliation for a series of devastating blows Israel has landed in recent weeks against Hezbollah, including the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in strikes on Beirut last week.

Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the country’s air defences intercepted many of the incoming Iranian missiles, though some landed in central and southern Israel.

Israel’s Ground Offensive

Israel pressed forward on two fronts on Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children.

As Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack, the region braced for further escalation.

The Israeli military said seven soldiers were killed in two Hezbollah attacks in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, without elaborating. The deaths followed an earlier announcement of the first Israeli combat death in Lebanon since the start of the incursion — a 22-year-old captain in a commando brigade. Another seven troops were wounded.

Iran-Israel Conflict Looming?

Iran said on Wednesday its missile volley – its biggest-ever assault on Israel – was over barring further provocation, but Israel and the United States promised to hit back hard.

U.S. President Joe Biden said he would not support any Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to its ballistic missile attack and urged Israel to act “proportionally” against its regional arch-foe.

Biden joined a call with the Group of Seven major power leaders on Wednesday to coordinate a response, including new sanctions against Tehran, the White House said.

G7 leaders voiced “strong concern” over the Middle East crisis but said a diplomatic solution was still viable and a region-wide conflict was in no one’s interest, a statement said.

Hezbollah said it repelled Israeli forces near several border towns and also fired rockets at military posts inside Israel.

The paramilitary group’s media chief Mohammad Afif said those battles were only “the first round” and that Hezbollah had enough fighters, weapons and ammunition to push back Israel.

Israel’s addition of infantry and armoured troops from the 36th Division, including the Golani Brigade, the 188th Armoured Brigade and 6th Infantry Brigade, suggested that the operation might expand beyond limited commando raids.