The story
The Israeli prime minister has said that his country will respond to Iran’s missile attack on Israel on Tuesday night.
Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel. Most were intercepted, which means stopped.
Iran’s attack followed Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, which resulted in the killing of the Hezbollah leader.
Lebanese authorities say that over 1,000 people have been killed in the last two weeks and that over a million people have had to leave their homes.
News headlines
Netanyahu says Iran will pay for missile attack, as Israel sends more troops into Lebanon
BBC News
Iran attack: Regime may have felt it needed to flex its muscles to try to stem Israel’s expanding actions
Sky News
Flares and explosions as Israel announces Lebanon offensive
Al Jazeera
Key words and phrases
pay for
suffer the consequences of doing something seen as bad
- The criminal paid for his crimes by serving a long prison sentence.
flex its muscles
to show how strong it is
- The government flexed its muscles by cancelling old agreements.
offensive
planned military campaign
- The latest offensive left few survivors.