Iran has fired a powerful barrage of Fattah hypersonic and Khorramshahr‑4 heavy ballistic missiles at central Israel, with Ben Gurion International Airport briefly shut down after near‑misses and impact debris, defence officials say.

Sirens wailed across the Tel Aviv region as radars detected multiple launches from western Iran. Witnesses filmed blazing trails over the Gush Dan skyline, followed by mid‑air fireballs as Israel’s Arrow and David’s Sling systems tried to intercept the incoming threat. At least one Khorramshahr‑4 warhead reportedly broke up close to the airport, showering runways and taxiways with shrapnel and cratered fragments.

Ben Gurion was plunged into chaos: landing lights cut, departures halted, and inbound flights frantically diverted to Cyprus and the south. Emergency crews raced to douse fires around a cargo apron and repair torn sections of tarmac. Airports authority officials say several workers were lightly wounded by flying glass and debris, but there were no mass casualties inside crowded terminals.

Israeli commanders admit the Fattah missiles—designed to manoeuvre at extreme speeds—posed a “serious challenge” to existing interception algorithms, even as they insist the core of the airport and critical radar systems remain intact. Tehran’s state media, by contrast, is trumpeting a “direct hit on the Zionist gateway,” claiming the strike proves Iran can put “hellfire over Israel’s economic heart” at will.

As dawn reveals scarred concrete and stranded passengers sleeping on terminal floors, one question now haunts Israeli and Western planners alike: was this a one‑night shock aimed at sending a message, or the opening move in a campaign to keep Israel’s main international lifeline under permanent missile threat?