# Iran launches a direct missile-and-drone attack on Israel

Date: 2024

## The fact

On 13–14 April 2024 Iran launched drones and missiles at Israel in stated response to the Damascus consulate strike, the first such direct attack from Iranian territory. Khamenei was CinC.

## Context

Israel had struck an IRGC building in Damascus. The US and others helped intercept. Neighbouring October 2024 is a later second wave. He did not sit in every launcher.

7 October 2023 speech is neighbouring politics. 2025 US nuclear-site strikes are later.

The Supreme Leader of Iran is commander-in-chief and the highest constitutional authority. He does not write a US presidential strike order, an IAEA Board resolution, or a Hamas military plan. Presidents, the IRGC, and the Guardian Council implement and share specific files.

## Evidence and sources

Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

## What is established and what is not

Established: 13–14 April 2024 Iranian drone-and-missile attack on Israel, independently reported.

Not established: a unique later casualty coefficient from intercepts as his personal tally, or that every later Houthi shot was this night.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

The IRGC fired. Israel had struck Damascus. US and others intercepted.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Iran launches a direct missile-and-drone attack on Israel, not a later speech about Iran launches a direct missile-and-drone attack on Israel.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Iran launches a direct missile-and-drone attack on Israel on 2024-04-13 is not a licence to treat every later Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Iran launches a direct missile-and-drone attack on Israel into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He was CinC. The IRGC fired. Israel had struck Damascus. US and others intercepted. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Ali Khamenei: https://factrail.ai/people/ali-khamenei

## Drivers

- Energy Security: https://factrail.ai/drivers/energy-security
- Combat-Drone Deployment Intensity: https://factrail.ai/drivers/combat-drone-deployment-intensity
- Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access

## Sources

- https://apnews.com/article/strait-of-hormuz-vessel-33fcffde2d867380e98c89403776a8ac
- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-launches-drone-missile-attack-israel-2024-04-13/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-apr2024-israel