Air raid alerts have sounded across Israel after the Israeli military said missiles were detected launching from Iran toward Israeli territory.

In a post on X, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said alerts had “been activated in several areas across the country” and that the air force was “operating to intercept and strike wherever necessary to remove the threat”.

In a separate post, the IDF said it had completed an “extensive strike” against Iran’s strategic air-defence systems. An attached statement said one of the targets hit was an advanced SA-65 air-defence system in the Kermanshah area of western Iran.