Iran's Missile Attack Damaged 100 Houses In Tel Aviv

IRGC/Salallah Ankouti via Wikimedia Commons

JAKARTA - Authorities in Israel said that about 100 houses in the northern city of Hod Hasharon were damaged by missile attacks from Iran Tuesday, October 1.

Several buildings were heavily damaged and needed time to repair, while dozens of other buildings suffered minor damage, Israel's public broadcaster KAN quoted statements by several city officials as reported by Anadolu-OANA, Wednesday, October 2.

On Tuesday, Israeli Army Radio confirmed an Iranian rocket crashed in an open area of Netanya, located in Hod Hasharon, part of the wider Tel Aviv region.

Iran fired 180 ballistic missiles at Israel amid growing tensions between the two sworn enemies in the region.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the attack was a retaliatory attack on the assassination of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, and IRGC Commander Abbas Nilforoshan.

Haniyeh died in an attack in Tehran in July, while Nasrallah and Nilforoshan died in an attack on the Lebanese capital Beirut last week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the missile attack was a "big mistake" and Iran "will pay for it."

The attack comes amid growing international concerns that Israel's war on Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon could escalate to a greater regional conflict.