This is the dramatic moment a CNN correspondent had to abandon a live broadcast and take cover as Iran rained missiles on Israel.
Jim Sciutto was reporting live from a rooftop in Tel Aviv as Iran launched a over 400 missiles on the country on Tuesday night.
‘We’ve gotta get off the roof,’ Sciutto said as the missiles in the sky over Tel Aviv quickly increased. ‘These are coming down right next to us here. We gotta go inside.’
The anchor rushed from the vantage point into a bomb shelter, while footage showed the rockets fall through the sky amid deafening sirens.
‘Please take cover,’ CNN’s Kaitlan Collins told Sciutto from the broadcasting studio.
Jim Sciutto was reporting live from Israel as Iran launched an attack on the city on Tuesday
Israel has the Iron Dome defense system to intercept missiles, but some fragments appeared to be reaching downtown Tel Aviv.
Iran launched missiles at Israel as darkness started to fall one day before the Jewish New Year – with Israelis taking to bomb shelters in fear for their lives.
Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy in Israel told its employees to return home and be prepared to enter bomb shelters as the White House warned of an imminent ballistic missile attack from Iran.
The warning comes with the Middle East on the brink of an all-out war and a day after Israeli forces launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon aimed at crippling the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah.
Iran launched missiles at Israel as darkness started to fall and Americans took to bomb shelters in fear for their lives.
The White House had warned any attack would carry ‘severe consequences.’
Iran launched missiles at Israel as darkness started to fall and Americans took to bomb shelters in fear for their lives
A man holds children as people take cover during an air raid siren, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in central Israel October 1
People take to shelters as missiles rain down on Tel Aviv on Tuesday
‘The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel,’ a senior administration official told DailyMail.com earlier Tuesday.
‘We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran.’
Israeli defense minister Defense Minister Yoav Gallant discussed the ‘imminent’ threat with U.S. defense secretary Lloyd Austin.
The attack could exceed the scale of a previous bombardment in April which saw hundreds of drones and missiles launched at the country.
A Western source told Axios that unlike the April attack, this time Iran is expected to launch ballistic missiles that can reach Israel within 12 minutes and not with drones or cruise missiles that allow for much longer preparation time for defense and interception.
Israel has the Iron Dome defense system to intercept missiles, but some fragments appeared to be reaching downtown Tel Aviv
A rocket flies in the sky above Tel Aviv
The Pentagon said on Monday that United States was sending a few thousand additional forces to the Middle East to bolster the 40,000 already in the region and to help defend Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Tuesday statement that Israel is facing ‘large challenges’ as it fights an Iranian axis.
In the videotaped statement, he urges the public to listen to public safety guidelines from the army´s Home Front Command. He made no direct mention of a missile threat.
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