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The Iranian ballistic missile attack against Israel on Tuesday was larger, more complex and involved more advanced weapons than the strikes in April, experts say, putting greater stress on missile defences and allowing more warheads to get through.

Israel should not strike Iranian nuclear facilities in response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack, according to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).

Jackson Hinkle called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested Tuesday as Iran launched a major assault.

Some critics have cynically described Iran’s missile strike as an elaborate, expensive spectacle intended for public consumption. Others are worried this is the final nail in the coffin that will spark the region's biggest war in decades.

Most of the Iranian missiles were shot down by Israeli air defenses or by interceptors fired by two U.S. Navy destroyers, the USS Bulkely (DDG-84) and USS Cole (DDG-67), two of three guided-missile destroyers now on deployment in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the leading candidate for his state’s Senate seat, said he would advise Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike Iranian ballistic missile factories.

Iran’s supreme leader has praised the country’s recent missile strike on Israel and said it is ready to do it again if necessary

Some Fattah-1 missiles were used in the April strike, which was largely defeated by U.S. and Israeli missile defences. But most were liquid-fuelled Emad ballistic missiles, which