The US armed forces destroyed over 80 remotely piloted unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and at least 6 ballistic missiles of Iran and the Houthi rebels of Yemen that were aimed at Israel the day before Saturday and yesterday Sunday, the joint command of the armed forces announced today through X of US forces responsible for the Middle East region (CENTCOM, “Central Command”).

Among them was a ballistic missile on the vehicle from which it was about to be launched and seven UAVs that were destroyed on the ground in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, he said.

Iran and its allies launched more than 350 explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles against military targets in Israel overnight Saturday into Sunday, in retaliation for the Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1. It was an unprecedented, direct attack by the Islamic Republic against Israeli territory.

Most of the missiles and most of the drones were launched from Iranian soil. According to the Israeli military, only light material damage was recorded as, according to it, “all” drones, “all” cruise missiles were shot down and only “some” ballistic missiles penetrated its anti-missile shield. They were intercepted and destroyed by the Iron Dome air defense system and by the armed forces of the US, Britain, France and Jordan, according to the same source.

CENTCOM emphasized that it remains ready “to support Israel to defend itself” in the face of “dangerous actions by Iran” in cooperation “with our allies in the region” in the statement it made public.

Iran’s attack was in retaliation for the April 1 bombing that destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing at least 16 people, including seven members of the Revolutionary Guards, including two lieutenant generals of its Quds Force, which is in charge of Iranian business abroad. The Islamic Republic blamed Israel for the bombing, which neither confirmed nor denied.