ABOVE VIDEO: Iranian missiles strike Israeli military headquarters in unprecedented attack
TEL AVIV (FOX NEWS) – Iranian ballistic missiles struck Israel’s military headquarters, known as the Kiryat, the country’s version of the Pentagon, in a direct hit during a major escalation in the conflict between Iran and Israel.
“This is Israel’s version of the Pentagon, the Kiryat. And the building on this compound was just hit,” reported Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, live from Tel Aviv.
“There is significant damage.”The strike was part of a massive Iranian response to Israeli attacks on nuclear facilities and top IRGC leadership.
“Around 150 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting this country throughout the evening,” Yingst said. “They are targeting not only residential areas, they are targeting military installations.”
Fox News witnessed the aftermath at multiple impact sites. “An entire block nearly completely destroyed, wiped off the map,” Yingst said. “Rescue crews were digging through the rubble… trying to pick up heat signatures of possible bodies.”
Yingst and his crew were forced to shelter underground as missile sirens sounded. “We had to run to an apartment building… One of [the explosions] was so loud it shook the building we were in.”
Despite active Israeli and U.S. missile defense systems including Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow, Patriot, and THAAD, missiles still got through.
“It is not enough to stop this incoming fire,” Yingst said. “We saw missiles slamming into the ground, causing significant damage and killing at least one person.”
He added, “These ballistic missiles make the rockets that were being fired from Gaza look like toys.”
Israeli officials say more strikes are likely. “This country remains at a state of alert, a state of emergency,” Yingst reported. “And this is just the beginning of what is a quickly developing war between Israel and Iran.”
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