Iran launches salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel

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JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Tuesday that missiles had been launched from Iran at Israel.

Alarms sounded across the country and Israelis rushed for shelter. Reporters on state television lay flat on the ground during live broadcasts.

Earlier, the military had announced that any ballistic missile strike from Iran was expected to be widespread and told the public to shelter in safe rooms in the event of an attack.

Iran has vowed to retaliate following attacks that killed the top leadership of its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.

The firing of missiles came after Israeli troops launched ground raids into Lebanon, in the biggest escalation of regional warfare since fighting erupted in Gaza a year ago.

(Reporting by James Mackenzie in Jerusalem and Maya Gebeily in Beirut; Writing by Peter GraffEditing by Gareth Jones)