“These live images you are seeing are of a new salvo of Iranian missiles fired on the occupied territories,” said a presenter on air, referring to Israel. Citing sources, a presenter said that “30 missiles have been launched at Israel from Iran”.

Israel’s military, meanwhile, said it had detected two waves of missiles from Iran, with sirens sounding in Tel Aviv and explosions reported in Jerusalem.

“A short while ago, sirens sounded in several areas across Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel,” the military said in a statement.

“At this time, the (Israeli Air Force) is operating to intercept and strike where necessary to eliminate the threat.”

A similar statement about another wave of missiles was issued 30 minutes later before the alert was lifted at around 8.10am.