Israelis now realize that a tit-for-tat with Iran is nothing like a barrage of rockets from Palestinian militants in the Gaza, or from Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon. The reach and destructive power of Iran's missiles has made everyone feel vulnerable.

Iran announced it had launched some 100 missiles and vowed further retaliation for Israel’s sweeping attacks on its infrastructure, which have killed 224 so far.

Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital, as US President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the US would join Israel in airstrikes seeking to destroy Tehran's nuclear facilities.