Iran used around 200 drones and missiles in its major attack on Israel. Military tensions in the Middle East escalated after a suspected Israeli airstrike on an Iranian embassy building in Syria's capital Damascus left several people dead.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards also launched ballistic missiles in their massive retaliatory attack. Iran has called on the US to stay out of the conflict. US forces have intercepted Iranian drones aimed at Israel, according to media reports. Israeli warplanes intercepted more than ten Iranian cruise missiles outside Israeli territory. Dozens of unmanned aerial vehicles were also stopped outside Israel. A ten-year-old girl was seriously injured in Iran's major attack. The rescue service said on Sunday night that it was a Bedouin woman from the area around the city of Arad in the Negev desert. The Israeli army is doing everything necessary to protect the citizens of Israel. The U.S. has maintained and used bases in the Mideast for decades. According to the Pentagon, around 2,400 US soldiers are deployed in Iraq, around 700 in Syria and around 4,000 in Jordan.