[Today's Prayer] Iran's first retaliatory attack on Israel’s mainland... Large-scale drone and missile air strikes

Retaliation was carried out for only 12 days... “This is the first full-scale attack on Israel since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.”

Reports of “ballistic missile launch”... Escalation crisis in the Middle East, attention paid to Israel's response to 'closing airspace'.

Sirens and explosions sound throughout Israel, including Jerusalem... “Iran targets military facilities, not civilians”.

White House "supports Israel's defense against threats"... US and UK shoot down Iranian drone. Iran launched a surprise airstrike toward Israel on the night of the 13th (local time), firing dozens to hundreds of armed unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and missiles.

Just 12 days after Israel bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on the 1st and eliminated a high-ranking commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), this weekend's late-night airstrike is Iran's first full-scale attack on Israel’s mainland.

As Iran seized a container cargo ship said to be linked to Israel in the Strait of Hormuz, a major crude oil transport route, and took steps to respond with force against Israel, the situation in the Middle East fell into a crisis of full-scale war escalation.

In a situation where Israel has warned of a tit-for-tat response if Iran's retaliation becomes a reality, the actual level of Israel's response is expected to be the key to determining whether the war will escalate in the future.

According to local authorities and foreign media reports, the Israeli military said that Iran launched more than 100 bomb-laden drones toward Israel.

Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military's chief spokesman, first reported the start of Iran's airstrikes around 11 p.m. on this day. The Israeli military said, "Iran fired a drone at Israel from within its territory," and added, "Israeli fighter jets and ships are on alert."

Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) claimed to have successfully struck targets inside Israeli territory, saying it "launched dozens of drones and missiles toward occupied areas and positions of the Zionist regime (Israel)," Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported.

Another source said, "Iran's first ballistic missile was launched against a target deep in Israeli territory," the IRNA news agency added.

The U.S. NBC broadcast, citing Biden administration officials, reported that Iran appears to have launched about 400 to 500 drones.

Iran's latest retaliation appears to be in accordance with the qisas principle of Islamic law (an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth).

The Associated Press and Al Jazeera pointed out that this was the first full-scale attack against Israel since the Islamic Republic was established in Iran following the 1979 revolution.

Iran named this attack 'Operation Truth Promise' to punish Israel for its crimes.

“Any country that can open its territory or airspace to Israel for attacks on Iran will receive a firm response from us,” Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Garaesh Asitani was quoted as saying by Iran’s state-run Press TV.

Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 predicted that the drone from Iran would arrive in Israel around 2 a.m. on the 14th after midnight local time. Some media outlets predicted it would be around 2:30.

In relation to this, Reuters reported around 2 o'clock local time that sirens and explosions were heard throughout Israel, including Jerusalem.

Islamic 'Axis of Resistance' militants led by Iran also joined the attack on Israel.

Hezbollah, based in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border, fired dozens of missiles at Israeli air defense positions deployed in the Golan Heights in response to Iranian air strikes, Sputnik news agency reported.

Yemeni rebel Houthis also launched several drones in the direction of Israel, British maritime security company Ambray reported.

Israel also responded with urgency, and the United States and the United Kingdom also provided support for Israel's defense.

Israeli aviation authorities announced that they would close the airspace from 00:30 on the 14th local time in response to this airstrike.

It is reported that US and British fighter jets shot down some drones launched by Iran in the skies of neighboring countries Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. Jordan and Iraq closed their airspace, and Egypt also strengthened its air defense alert.

The U.S. White House confirmed that "Iran has launched an airstrike against Israel" and said that U.S. President Joe Biden was being briefed on the situation by his national security team.

The White House emphasized that President Biden's position is that our support for Israel's security is ironclad, and that "the United States will stand with those who confront the threat of Iran and support their defense."

Although Iran carried out retaliation for the attack on its consulate in Syria as predicted, there was also analysis that the level of action was fine-tuned in consideration of the aftermath.

A senior U.S. official said that Iran's latest attack appears to have targeted government facilities, not civilian or religious facilities, and that U.S. military facilities in the Middle East will not be included in the attack, NBC reported.

ABC News also reported, citing Israeli military sources, that Iran only targeted Israeli military facilities.

Earlier on this day, Iran's Revolutionary Guard began retaliating against Israel by seizing the Portuguese-flagged container cargo ship 'MSC Aries' in the Strait of Hormuz. This ship belongs to the Zodiac Group, owned by Israeli conglomerate Eyal Ofer.

Accordingly, Israel put itself on full alert, saying, "We are closely watching Iran and its proxies' plans to attack Israel," and virtually began preparations for an all-out war, including issuing action guidelines to the public.

According to the action guidelines, schools at all levels were ordered to close until the 15th, and youth activities scheduled to take place in the suburbs were completely cancelled. Public gatherings of more than 1,000 people are prohibited, and work can only be done in places with air defense facilities.

Source: Yeonhab news

“The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;” (Psalm 24:1)

Lord, an unprecedented event where Iran's first full-scale attack on Israel's mainland has occurred. This is the first time since the 1979 revolution established the Islamic Republic in Iran.

Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthi rebels are also on the verge of escalation,

The world is coming to an end right now, and the Middle East is shaking, but we declare that the land, the fullness of it, the world, and those who live in it, are all Jehovah's.

As we see the world going towards exactly how the Word said, we believe that all of this is also in the midst of God's plan to save Israel, Iran, and the whole world.

At this time, allow them to come back to the living Jesus and let the countless people who will fulfil the Word, rise in Israel, and Iran, and from all the nations!