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(AP) ![\\"Sara](\\" By Sara Swann April 15, 2024 # Most of Iran’s missiles were intercepted but some reached Israel #### If Your Time is short * Israeli officials said 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran were intercepted before they reached Israel. * Some ballistic missiles reached Israel, causing damage to a military base and severely injuring a 7-year-old girl. * U.S. officials said about half of Iran’s missiles failed to launch or crashed before reaching their intended targets. * No spin, just facts you can trust. Here’s how we do it. See the sources for this fact-check After Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones against Israel, some social media users misleadingly claimed all the projectiles were completely blocked before reaching Israel. An April 14 Threads post said, \"How embarrassing for Iran that not even one rocket hit Israel. In fact one rocket landed back in Iran. LONG LIVE ISRAEL!!!\" This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads.) ![](\\" (Screengrab from Threads) Israeli military officials said 99% of the more than 300 missiles and drones launched by Iran and Iran-backed groups operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq were intercepted. #### Featured Fact-check ![](\\" ![](\\" Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2024 in a Facebook post Photo shows Israeli swimmers protesting Olympic rules by spelling out “bring them home.” ![\\"true\\"](\\" false/33efdb6633e5e2fdc2d4e2f63383a1e0.jpg.\\") ![\\"false\\"](\\" false.jpg\\") By Ciara O\'Rourke • August 6, 2024 Over the course of five hours starting late April 13, Iran and its allies fired 170 drones, more than 30 cruise missiles and more than 120 ballistic missiles. Israel’s multilayered defense system, with support from the militaries of the U.S., the United Kingdom and France, intercepted most of the drones and missiles. Israeli officials said \"a small number\" of ballistic missiles reached Israel, causing damage to a military base, CNN reported. One person was seriously injured in the attack: a 7-year-old girl living in a Bedouin community in Israel’s southern Negev desert, The New York Times reported. No deaths have been reported. U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal that about half of Iran’s ballistic missiles failed to launch or crashed before reaching their intended targets. We rate the claim that \"not even one rocket (from Iran) hit Israel\" False. #### Read About Our Process The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter ### Our Sources Threads post (archived), April 14, 2024 The Associated Press, \"Israeli military says 99% of drones and missiles launched by Iran were intercepted,\" April 14, 2024 CNN, \"How Israel and allied defenses intercepted more than 300 Iranian missiles and drones,\" April 14, 2024 The Wall Stree Journal, \"Many Iranian Missiles Failed to Launch or Crashed Before Striking Target, U.S. Officials Say,\" April 15, 2024 CBS News, \"What Iran launched at Israel in its unprecedented attack, and what made it through the air defenses,\" April 15, 2024 The New York Times, \"A 7-Year-Old Girl Is the Lone Serious Casualty of Iran’s Barrage,\" April 15, 2024 The White House, \"Statement from President Joe Biden on Iran\'s Attacks against the State of Israel,\" April 13, 2024 ## Browse the Truth-O-Meter ### More by Sara Swann ![](\\" Instagram_logo_2016.svg/322c808c00e73c217d17772ddd5a0eb5.jpg\\") ![](\\" Instagram_logo_2016.svg/8b142c91ebe468a84a192e6df2b7b994.jpg\\") Instagram posts stated on August 19, 2024 in a post: Kamala Harris has adopted the Nazi-rooted phrase “Strength Through Joy” as her campaign slogan. ![\\"false\\"](\\" ![\\"false\\"](\\" By Sara Swann • August 26, 2024 ![](\\" ![](\\" Social Media stated on August 6, 2024 in a post: Minnesota Gov. 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Not even one rocket from Iran hit Israel