DUBAI, United Arab Emirates / JERUSALEM, Israel.— Iran says it launched dozens of ballistic missiles at Israel.
For its part, the Israeli military claimed that Iran fired missiles at Israel, and air raid sirens are sounding throughout the country.
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Residents were ordered to shelter in place and stay close to bomb shelters. Israel and The United States warned that there would be “repercussions” if Iran attacked.
Various images and videos of an alleged Iranian attack against Israeli territory this Tuesday have been released through social networks.
Jerusalem residents were ordered to shelter in place Tuesday night in preparation for a possible missile attack.
The order was sent to cell phones and announced on national television. Television stations reported that sirens were heard in several parts of Jerusalem, as well as in central Israel.
The alerts sounded after a day of rocket and missile attacks from Lebanon. Israeli officials also warned that Iran could be preparing a missile attack.
The US warned that there would be “repercussions” if Iran attacked
The president of USA, Joe Bidenand the vice president, Kamala Harrismet today with the team of White House national security to review US preparations to help Israel defend itself from Iran’s attack.
In a brief statement, the White House explained that this morning Biden and Harris held a meeting with the US national security team to discuss Iranian plans to launch an “imminent” attack with ballistic missiles on Israel.
In that meeting, Biden and Harris reviewed the preparations the US is making to help Israel defend itself against these attacks and protect US personnel in the region, the White House detailed.
The White House announced the meeting just minutes after the Israeli Army stated that Iran launched a missile attack against Israeli territory on Tuesday afternoon.
In Jerusalem, in addition to the sound of alarms, which continue at this time, missiles could also be seen intercepted in the sky and the noise they made when they exploded.
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Iran announced that it launched a missile attack against Israel
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The political-paramilitary group Hezbollah denied that Israeli troops had entered Lebanon, but hours later the Israeli army announced that it had also carried out dozens of ground incursions into southern Lebanon for almost a year. Israel released a video in which its soldiers were supposedly seen intervening in houses and tunnels where Hezbollah kept weapons.
If true, it would be another humiliating blow for Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and is the most powerful armed group in the Middle East. Hezbollah has suffered weeks of targeted attacks that cost the lives of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and several of his senior commanders.
US ships and planes to help Israel
Los American ships and planes They are already positioned in the region to help Israel in the event of an attack by Iran. There is three Navy destroyers American in the Mediterranean, a aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Oman and combat aircraft distributed throughout the region. They all have the ability to shoot down missiles.
Economic repercussions of Iranian threat against Israel
The possibility of Iran attacking Israel with ballistic missiles oil prices skyrocketedpromoted the safe haven asset quote such as the dollar, gold and the bonds of the most solid countries, and punished the main stock indices of Europe and the United States.
He Brent barrelthe benchmark oil in Europe, which fell more than 2% and had lost the level of 70 dollars, has turned around and is now rising strongly.
At the closing time of the European markets, Brent was 3.7% more expensive and was around $74.4, although it has touched $75 at times, according to Bloomberg data.
He West Texas Intermediate (WTI), a benchmark in the US, rose 4.6% to 71.3 dollars per barrel.
Representatives of OPEC+ (which brings together OPEC members and other oil powers such as Russia) will hold a teleconference this Wednesday to analyze the market situation, conditioned by the weakness of demand in China.
He gold pricewhich was trading with slight increases, has rebounded and is now advancing more than 1%, to $2.665 per ounce.
The gold metal has at times approached $2,672 per ounce, still far from the record of $2,685.58 reached last Thursday.
The risk of an Iranian attack on Israel has also raised the demand for sovereign bondsespecially from the most solvent countries, which has increased its price and reduced its profitability.
He german bond yield, considered the safest, drops almost 9 basis points, to 2,033%.
The yield of the ten-year Spanish bond falls 9.2 basis points, to 2.828%.
The euro depreciates 0.6% against the US currency and is exchanged at 1.1066 units.
The main European stock markets have fallen, with the exception of London, which has risen 0.48%.
The IBEX 35, the index of the Spanish stock market, has fallen 1.72%, weighed down by banks and the air transport group IAG.
Milan has dropped 1.04%; Paris, 0.81%; and Frankfurt, 0.58%.
A senior US government official warned this Tuesday that Iran is preparing an imminent attack with ballistic missiles against Israel, which in recent hours has entered Lebanon.
The US actively supports the defense of Israel, according to this source.
______Mroue reported from Beirut and Madhani from Washington. Associated Press writers Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut and Zeke Miller and Lolita C. Baldor in Washington contributed.
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