Iranian missiles struck the Israeli military headquarters in Kiryat

Israel's military headquarters Kirya, considered an analogue of the American Pentagon, was hit by a direct missile strike during a sharp escalation of the confrontation between Tehran and Tel Aviv.

"The Kirya is Israel's equivalent of the Pentagon. One of the buildings in the complex was just attacked," said Fox News' leading foreign correspondent Trey Yingst in a dramatic live broadcast from Tel Aviv, reports TUT.AZ.

"The facility has sustained serious damage." This attack was part of Iran's large-scale response to Israel's actions against nuclear facilities and high-ranking commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

"During the evening, about 150 Iranian ballistic missiles were fired at the country's territory," Yingst noted. "They are aimed not only at civilian objects but also at key military infrastructure," the journalist emphasized.

Fox News staff witnessed the devastating consequences of the strikes in several locations. "An entire district was effectively destroyed, wiped off the face of the earth. Rescuers frantically sorted through the debris, trying to detect thermal traces of possible victims," the reporter said.

Yingst and his team were forced to urgently seek shelter at the sound of missile sirens: "We had to run to the nearest residential building... One of [the explosions] was so powerful that the building where we were located shook."

Despite the operation of Israel and the US's comprehensive missile defense, including the "Iron Dome," "David's Sling," "Arrow," Patriot, and THAAD systems, a significant portion of the missiles reached their intended targets.

"The defenses were insufficient to intercept all the missiles. We saw with our own eyes how they hit their targets, causing significant destruction and resulting in the death of at least one person," Yingst reported.

He also noted: "Compared to these ballistic missiles, projectiles from Gaza look like children's toys."

Israeli representatives warn of the possibility of new attacks.

"The country remains in a state of heightened alert and emergency. And this is just the beginning of a rapidly unfolding military conflict between Israel and Iran," Yingst concluded.