After Attacking Israel With 200 Missiles, Iran Extends Closing Of Its Airspace Until Thursday Morning

JAKARTA - Iran will extend its airspace closure until Thursday morning. The closure was carried out after Iran attacked Israel with ballistic missiles.

To maintain flight safety and conditions in the region, all flights across the country will be canceled until 5 a.m. tomorrow, Mehr reported news outlet citing a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Organization reported by CNN, Wednesday, October 2.

Iran's Civil Aviation Organization initially announced on Tuesday, 1 Ooctober evening that all flights across the country would be canceled until Wednesday morning.

Reportedly, 200 missiles were fired during Iran's attack on Israel, according to the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Video posted by the Tasnim news agency on Wednesday showed ARDar Salami reportedly speaking by telephone with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian from the military operations command room.

"200 missiles were fired in this operation," he said by telephone.

The Israeli military said its initial estimate was that Iran had fired about 180 projectiles.

A statement from the IRGC, reported by Press TV, stated that 90 percent of the missiles managed to reach their targets.

But both Israel and America underestimated the effectiveness of the attack. Israel said the attack failed.

The Iranian missile strike took place about an hour on Tuesday, October 1.