In response, the United States has deployed additional land-, sea-, and air-based defense platforms to the region and supplied Israel with further missile defense equipment

Israel has multi-layered air defences against attacks by Iran, which has fired hundreds of ballistic missiles and suicide drones at Israel over the past two days as the Middle East rivals traded heavy blows.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported in the early hours of Wednesday morning that it had once again identified incoming missiles from Iran headed toward Israel. The Israeli airforce is operating "to eliminate the threat,