The United States Navy released videos showing its destroyers fired interceptors to bring down Iranian ballistic missiles in defense of Israel from the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday. According to Pentagon press secretary Maj.

The US and its allies are working to shape Israel’s reaction to Iran after Tehran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at the country on Tuesday. Meanwhile the Israel Defense Forces is intensifying its campaign against Hezboallah after a series of devastating attacks in Lebanon over the past month that wiped out much of the Iran-backed militant group top ranks.

The Israeli military said most of the missiles were intercepted, but that a small number struck central and southern Israel. The country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had made a "big mistake" and "will pay for it".