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Sirens blare across Israel as Iran attacks

Residents in Golan, Galilee, Jerusalem, Samaria and south directed to bomb shelters.

"Iran’s army receives homegrown combat drones." Source: Press TV.
“Iran’s army receives homegrown combat drones.” Source: Press TV.

Rocket warning sirens blared across northern and southern Israel, as well as in Jerusalem and towns in Samaria on Saturday night, amid a mass Iranian drone and missile attack on the home front.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that the military had prepared for this kind of scenario and was ready to intercept the incoming projectiles. He noted, however, that Israel’s aerial defense systems were not hermetic.

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