What Iran attacked Israel with, and what actually made it through

Iran launched an unprecedented retaliatory onslaught connected Israel complete nan play that included hundreds of missiles and drones launched chiefly from its ain soil, but besides by Iran-backed groups successful respective different countries. Virtually everything fired astatine Israel was intercepted earlier entering nan country's territory, according to nan Israel Defense Forces, which reported "very small damage" from nan attack.

A 7-year-old woman who was severely injured by shrapnel was nan only known casualty successful nan attack. The child, from a Bedouin colony successful Israel's confederate Negev desert, was still fighting for her life connected Monday.

Iran's battle was designed to saturate Israeli and U.S. air defenses pinch drones and cruise missiles and clear nan measurement for Iran's ballistic missiles, 2 U.S. officials told CBS News nationalist information analogous David Martin. It took respective hours for nan drones and missiles to recreation toward Israel, and alerts began to sound crossed nan state astatine astir 2 a.m. section clip connected Sunday (7p.m. Eastern connected Saturday).

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The IDF said 170 drones were fired astatine Israel from Iran, and Israeli Air Force jets changeable down dozens of them. U.S. craft operating from bases successful Saudi Arabia and Jordan changeable down betwixt 70 and 80 of nan drones, Martin reported.

Israeli aerial defense systems motorboat to intercept missiles and drones fired from Iran, successful cardinal Israel, April 14, 2024. Tomer Neuberg/AP

The IDF said nary of nan 170 drones launched by Iran crossed into Israeli territory, nor did immoderate of nan much than 30 cruise missiles fired by nan Islamic republic.

Of 120 ballistic missiles fired astatine Israel from Iran, nan U.S. officials told CBS News only 5 sewage done Israeli and U.S. aerial defenses and deed Israeli territory. One U.S. charismatic told CBS News that astir half of nan ballistic missiles grounded connected motorboat aliases collapsed successful flight.

Four missiles deed Israel's Nevatim Air Base, wherever Israeli F-35s are based, nan U.S. officials said, adding this guidelines was apt Iran's superior target, arsenic it was believed to person been an Israeli F-35 that carried retired a deadly onslaught connected an Iranian consulate successful Syria's superior connected April 1. 

Iran's play onslaught was its promised retaliation for that Israeli onslaught successful Damascus, which killed 7 officers from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including 2 generals.

One of nan missiles that made it done Israel's aerial defenses deed a runway astatine nan Nevatim Air Base, 1 deed an quiet airplane hangar and different deed a hangar that was nary longer successful use. The IDF said nan guidelines remained operational.

Another ballistic rocket appeared to person been aimed astatine a radar tract successful bluish Israel, but it missed its target, nan U.S. officials told Martin.

The IDF said respective different launches were made from Yemen and Iraq, but nary of those weapons  crossed into Israeli territory. Dozens of rockets were besides fired from Lebanon toward bluish Israel early Sunday morning, and Israel carried retired airstrikes against Hezbollah targets crossed Lebanon.

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