The Israeli military confirmed the airborne assault, alerting its citizens that an Iranian retaliation was actively underway. The Israeli military confirmed the airborne assault, alerting its citizens that an Iranian retaliation was actively underway.

Tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated sharply as Iran launched more than 100 drones toward Israeli territory late Thursday night in what it described as a retaliatory operation.

The Israeli military confirmed the airborne assault, alerting its citizens that an Iranian retaliation was actively underway.

“This is a different event to what we’ve experienced thus far, and we’re expecting difficult hours,” said IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari in a late-night briefing.

“All aerial defense arrays have been operating to intercept the threats.”

The attack follows a series of Israeli airstrikes earlier this week targeting Iranian military installations.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that the strikes, carried out under the codename Operation Rising Lion, were a “pre-emptive, precise, combined offensive based on high-quality intelligence.”

According to reports, dozens of Israeli airstrikes struck multiple locations across Iran, including high-level military targets.

One of the most significant casualties of the operation was Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Iran’s chief of staff for the armed forces, who was reportedly killed in the Israeli strikes.

Iranian authorities have not issued an official statement confirming Bagheri’s death or detailing the extent of the damage from the Israeli offensive, but state-affiliated media have vowed that a “decisive response” would follow.

Air raid sirens were heard across multiple regions in Israel, and emergency protocols were enacted nationwide as the military attempted to intercept the incoming drones.

Early reports suggest that Israel’s Iron Dome and other defense systems were actively engaged, though the full impact of the drone assault remains unclear at this time.

International leaders have urged both nations to de-escalate, warning that continued retaliation could spiral into a broader regional conflict.

Meanwhile, citizens in both countries have been urged to remain vigilant as military tensions appear far from resolved.

The back of Air India flight 171 is pictured at the site after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. A London-bound passenger plane crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on June 12 and all 242 people on board were believed killed, with the jet smashing into buildings housing doctors and their families. (Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP)

An Air India flight which was en route to London Gatwick has crashed in India.

At least 242 people were on board the flight when it crashed shortly after take-off in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad.Local police initially said there appeared to be no survivors.

The Reuters news agency report that at least 204 bodies have been recovered from the crash site.

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Air India Flight 171 took off from Ahmedabad Airport at 1.38pm local time on Thursday.

According to flight-tracking website Flightradar, the aircraft reached a height of 625ft before crashing.

The last signal from the plane was received less than a minute after take-off.

The aircraft crashed into a residential area of the city called Meghaninagar, Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, the director general of the directorate of civil aviation, told the Associated Press.

It came down just outside the airport, hitting the residential quarters of BJ Medical College where students were staying.

(Reuters) – A former pupil killed nine people and then himself at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday in the worst school shooting in the country’s modern history.

Austria’s APA news agency reported that a 10th victim died later in the hospital from her wounds.

Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said six of the victims killed in the school were female and three were male, and that 12 people had been injured.

He gave no further details to identify the victims but Austrian media said most were pupils.

Police said they assumed the 21-year-old Austrian shooter, who was found dead in a bathroom, was operating alone when he entered the school with two guns and opened fire. His motive was not yet known.

“The rampage at a school in Graz is a national tragedy that has deeply shaken our entire country,” Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said, calling it a “dark day in the history of our country”.

“There are no words for the pain and grief that we all – all of Austria – are feeling right now.”