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In Israel, air-right sirens are going off after Israel's military

says Iran launched dozens of drones toward Israel in what appears to be retaliation for a deadly

Israeli airstrike in early April on the Iranian in what appears to be retaliation for a deadly Israeli

airstrike in early April on the Iranian embassy complex in Syria.

And here's Rob Schmitz has more from Tel Aviv.

Israel's military is on high alert for the arrival of militarized drones from Iran.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation on Saturday evening

found that Israel was prepared for an attack.

Our defense systems are deployed.

We are prepared for any scenario both in defense and attacks at Netanyahu. The state of Israel is strong, the Israel defense forces are strong, the public is strong, he said.

Israel announced it would close its airspace to all air traffic.

Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Meanwhile, NPR's Tom Bowman says the drones probably will not be the only thing Iran is sending to Israel.

These drone attacks will likely be followed by Iranian cruise missiles and larger ballistic

missiles aimed at Israel.

U.S. officials say in that case Israel's missile defense system called Iron Dome

would target those incoming missiles and hopefully shoot all of them down.

And Paris Tom Bowman reporting. The United States says it has been watching Iran get its missiles

ready to fire. President Biden cut short a visit to his Delaware home to return to

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