Israel military says it downed 7 drones apparently launched from Iran

Seven drones launched at Israel were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force and Israeli Navy the countrys military said on SundayAs per official news agency TPS the Israel Defence Forces said that the countrys Air Force and Israel Navy intercepted seven unmanned aerial vehicles drones launched towards Israeli territory in the past hour this morningThe drones were all apparently launched from Iran it saidThe Times of Israel reported that the IDF released footage showing one of the interceptions by a Navy missile boatThe Israeli Air Force identified and struck several ballistic missile launchers in Iran the military said attaching footage of the strikesTensions continued to escalate between Israel and Iran for the third straight day on Sunday as the two sides launched attacks on each other overnightEarly Sunday Israels military announced it had struck the Iranian defence ministry headquarters in Tehran It also claimed to have hit several locations around the capital that it described as being related to the Iranian regimes nuclear weapons projectIran fired a new wave of missiles at Israel early today Iranian state television announced the development at around 0310 am 2340 GMT Saturday stating A new wave of Operation Honest Promise 3 began a few minutes ago while broadcasting live footage from IsraelAs per the Iranian state media IRNA the countrys air defense Forces have shot down another fifthgeneration F35 fighter jet belonging to IsraelThe Iranian Armys Public Relations Office said in a statement on Saturday that its Air Defence forces had successfully struck and destroyed another F35 fighter jet belonging to the Israeli regime over the western part of the country It also noted that the fate of the pilot remains unknown and is currently under investigationPresident Isaac Herzog today mourns the Israelis killed in Iranian missile strikes overnight saying it was a very sad and difficult morningOur sisters and brothers were murdered and injured last night by criminal Iranian attacks against the civilian population in Bat Yam Tamra and other communities Jews and Arabs veteran citizens and new immigrants including children and the elderly women and men he says in a post on XI share in the heavy mourning of the families and grieve the terrible loss I pray for the recovery of the injured and to find the missing We will mourn together We will overcome together he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever