Iran fires missiles at Israel

The Israeli military says Iran has fired missiles at Israel and is warning Israelis to shelter in place. The announcement Tuesday followed warnings from a senior U.S. administration official that Iran was preparing to “imminently” launch a ballistic missile attack on Israel.

The U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the intelligence, said the U.S. is actively supporting Israeli defensive preparations.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning Monday to Iran, which backs Hezbollah and Hamas.

“There is nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach,” Netanyahu said, just days after an airstrike south of Beirut killed the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, which is backed by Tehran .

The Israeli military earlier warned several southern Lebanese communities near the border to leave their homes, shortly after starting what it called a limited ground operation against Hezbollah targets.

Hezbollah’s acting leader, Naim Kassem, promised the group will fight on following the death of its long-time chief Hassan Nasrallah and several of the group’s top commanders who have been assassinated in recent days. Kassem said the group’s fighters are ready and the slain commanders have already been replaced.

Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since Oct. 8, the day after Hamas sent fighters into Israel and sparked the war in Gaza. It’s been almost a year since some 250 people were abducted from Israel, and friends and family are worried about their loved ones as attention turns away from hostages and north toward Lebanon.

以色列军方称伊朗已向以色列发射导弹，并警告以色列民众就地避难。此前，一位美国高级官员曾警告称，伊朗正准备“立即”对以色列发动弹道导弹袭击。

一位不愿透露姓名的美国官员在讨论情报时表示，美国正在积极支持以色列的防御准备工作。

以色列总理内塔尼亚胡周一向支持真主党和哈马斯的伊朗发出警告。

内塔尼亚胡表示：“在中东，没有以色列无法触及的地方。”就在几天前，贝鲁特南部的一次空袭炸死了受德黑兰支持的黎巴嫩真主党领导人。

以色列军方此前警告黎巴嫩南部靠近边境的几个社区居民离开家园，此前不久，以色列军方开始对真主党目标进行所谓的有限地面行动。

真主党代理领导人纳伊姆·卡西姆承诺，尽管该组织长期领导人哈桑·纳斯鲁拉以及近日多名高级指挥官遭暗杀身亡，但真主党仍将继续战斗。卡西姆表示，真主党战士已做好准备，遇害指挥官的继任者也已到位。

自10月8日哈马斯向以色列派遣武装人员并引发加沙战争的第二天起，以色列和真主党几乎每天都在黎巴嫩边境交火。大约一年前，约250名以色列人质被绑架，如今，随着人们的注意力从人质问题转向北部的黎巴嫩，亲友们开始担忧他们的安危。