Israel’s military earlier warned that Iran had fired a new salvo of missiles towards the country and that anti-missile defences are active after a day of more than a dozen alerts, AFP reports.

An hour later, just as Wednesday dawned in Israel, the country’s military issued an identical warning of more missiles inbound from Iran.

“A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the Israeli military said on Telegram.

The Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency services said on Telegram: “following the shooting at the State of Israel: At this stage, no casualties are known”.