Jerusalem, April 19 -- Air raid sirens were activated in the north of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. "Sirens sounded in northern Israel," the IDF said on Telegram.

The alarm was raised amid reports of an Israeli missile attack on a site in Iran on Friday.

On April 1, Israel carried out an airstrike on the consular annex of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, destroying the building. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said seven of its members had been killed in the attack, including two commanders. On April 2, the Syrian Health Ministry said that the attack had also killed four Syrians and injured 13 more.

On April 13, Iran's IRGC launched over 300 drones and missiles at Israel in its first-ever d...