On social media, the Israeli military says that air raid sirens are sounding in several regions. In another post, the military says that a second wave of rockets has been fired at Israel, and that air defenses are trying to stop the attacks.
Somewhat later, the military said that all missiles from the first waves had been stopped, but that new projectiles had been identified.
Response to Beirut attack
The Iranian missiles were fired after Israel earlier on Sunday attacked targets in a suburb of southern Beirut, Lebanon. According to the Israeli military, it was in response to rockets fired into northern Israel by the Iranian-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah.
Khatam al-Anbiya, Iran's military headquarters, said in a statement that "all red lines have been crossed" with the Beirut attack, reports the AFP news agency.
"The Israeli army must cease its attacks on southern Lebanon and the suburbs," Major General Ali Abdollahi said in the statement, warning of more "devastating" attacks otherwise.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard also called the missile attacks a "warning." According to a statement, missiles were fired at the Israeli air base Ramat David, outside Haifa in northern Israel.
Iran has closed its airspace in the western parts of the country, according to state media, and Israel has decided to keep all schools closed on Monday.
Warnings
The regime in Tehran has previously warned Israel against resuming attacks on the Beirut area, most recently on Sunday via the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
The first reports of the missiles came around 9 p.m. local time in Sweden.
Although Israel has repeatedly bombed targets in southern Lebanon as part of the offensive, and despite the current ceasefire, Beirut has been attacked only a few times since mid-April.
In the Iran conflict, the US has sporadically attacked Iran during the ceasefire, while the Iranian military has shelled American bases in the region. Israel and Iran, however, have not attacked each other during the ceasefire.
