Iran launches a barrage of ballistic missiles; Israel closes its airspace.

According to RIA Novosti on April 14, the IRNA news agency reported that Iran launched dozens of drones and then fired the first barrage of ballistic missiles at targets deep inside Israeli territory.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that its attack on Israel was in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

"The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, exercising their inviolable right of self-defense as stipulated in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, and in response to ongoing military aggression... have carried out a number of attacks on military bases," the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated.

Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has affirmed that it will respond severely to Israel if the latter "repeats the mistake".

Earlier, the spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, confirmed in a press release that dozens of drones were launched from Iran toward Israel.

The Israeli Air Force is on high alert and is tracking the drones, noting that it would take them several hours to reach Israeli territory. At the same time, Hagari added that the IDF will update the public if any additional attacks require separate warnings, and there will be GPS disruptions while the military intercepts the drones.

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said the Israeli military has begun jamming GPS signals in several areas of the country to prevent Iranian drone attacks.

"The IDF and the Israeli Air Force are implementing a plan we prepared in advance. As part of this plan, GPS will be jammed in certain areas," Hagari said.

He added that Israel relies on multiple layers of its own and American defense systems to repel an attack, but stressed that "the defense system is not airtight."

The New York Times, citing an unnamed Israeli official, reported that dozens of Israeli aircraft were in the air and ready to shoot down any Iranian planes.

Meanwhile, also in the early morning of April 14, the Hezbollah group based in Lebanon announced that it had launched dozens of Katyusha rockets targeting the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) air defense headquarters in the Kaila camp area on the Golan Heights.

Israel announced it will close its airspace starting at 1:00 AM (local time) on April 14th.

Relations between the two countries have escalated recently after Iran accused Israel of launching a missile strike that destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, on April 1st. The attack killed 11 people, including seven members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Following the incident, Iran vowed a strong response to Israel and warned that no Israeli embassy in the world was safe anymore.