Israel closes schools and kindergartens. Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's plane, "Kenaf Zion", took off.
Joe Biden returns to the White House for "urgent consultations". Iran closes airspace over Tehran. Dozens of Iranian drones have been spotted over southern Iraq. Iran has announced it is closing the airspace above its capital Tehran. The White House confirms the start of the attack against Israel by Iran underlining that Joe Biden has been informed and is following the situation carefully. Iran's attack on Israel is likely to "take place over several hours" The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said it had been decided to close Israeli airspace until 7am tomorrow morning. The Israeli army confirms, 'Iran's attack has begun' 10.19pm Israeli sources confirm drone launches from Iran. 10.29pm Media Iran, second wave of drones launched towards Israel. The US will stand by the people of Israel and support their defense against these threats from Iran, White House says. This was reported by the Al-Qahira television channel above the Iranian capital.