Israel-Gaza updates: 22, including 18 children, reported dead in Rafah strikes

The IDF says it struck military targets of terrorist organizations in Gaza.

Israel launched a retaliatory strike against Iran early Friday morning local time, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

The strike followed Iran's attack on Saturday, when Tehran sent a volley of more than 300 drones and missiles toward targets in Israel, according to Israeli military officials. All but a few were intercepted by Israel and its allies, including the United States, officials said.

Iran's weekend attack came more than six months after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, after which the Israeli military began its bombardment of Gaza.


What to know about Iran's attack on Israel

Israeli officials said the country's Iron Dome defense system endured a big test from Iran's attack on Saturday, intercepting 99% of the 300 "threats of various types" thrown at it.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari, launched 170 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), more than 120 ballistic missiles and more than 30 cruise missiles in the attack.

Hagari said "99% of the threats launched towards Israeli territory were intercepted -- a very significant strategic achievement."

Hagari said the attack resulted in only one known Israeli casualty, a 7-year-old girl who was severely injured when she was struck by shrapnel apparently from an intercepted missile.


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31 people treated for stress, minor injuries going to shelters: Israeli police

According to Israeli police, Magen David Adom EMTs and paramedics were dispatched to 31 casualties in mild condition with anxiety symptoms or injuries caused while seeking shelter.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky


Congress shows bipartisan support for Israel

Congressional members from both sides of the aisle are out in full force expressing their full support for Israel and its right to defend itself from strikes by Iran.

Republicans are also calling on President Joe Biden to do more to assist Israel and to get tougher on Iran.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, in a particularly strongly-worded statement, called on the administration to "lead an international effort to impose sufficient costs on Tehran to compel an end to its aggression and terror, both on Israeli soil and -- as demonstrated with today’s IRGC assault on a commercial shipping vessel -- around the region."

Congress has not yet approved additional aid to Israel specific to the escalating conflict in the region since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.

The Senate approved billions in aid for Israel as part of its national defense supplemental, including aid for Ukraine. The House has not taken it up, and House Speaker Mike Johnson has instead said he's working on crafting yet-to-be-announced modifications to that package.

In a statement Saturday night, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the House will "move from its previously announced legislative schedule next week to instead consider legislation that supports our ally Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable."

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin and John Parkinson


Biden and Netanyahu to speak this evening

A senior administration official confirmed to ABC News President Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are planning to speak Saturday evening.

President Biden is currently back in the Situation Room in a follow-up meeting with his national security team. The first meeting they had this afternoon in lasted for approximately two hours.

The official said they could reconvene the meetings again later tonight.
-ABC News' Selina Wang


'Small number' of Iranian missiles land in Israel: IDF

A "small number" of Iran's surface-to-surface missiles landed in Israeli territory early Sunday morning, Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Daniel Hagari said.

One missile hit an IDF base in the south and a female child was injured.

Hagari said the Israeli Air Force has intercepted more than 10 cruise missiles outside of the country's territory. Over 200 missiles and UAVs (drones) were launched from Iran, he said.

The IAF remains in the air.

Additionally, a U.S. defense official confirms Iran has fired both cruise and ballistic missiles


Congressional party leaders reach 'consensus' on aid to Israel and Ukraine, Schumer says

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that during a Sunday call between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders there was "consensus" that Congress needs to act quickly to send aid to both Israel and Ukraine.

Schumer said at a news conference in New York that "hopefully" something can be accomplished this coming week to aid both countries.

Earlier Sunday, Biden spoke to Senate Majority Leader Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Schumer said the best way to send aid to Israel and Ukraine is for the House to take up and pass the Senate-approved national security supplemental that includes aid to both countries. The Senate passed the $95 billion package in February, but Johnson has not brought it to the floor for a vote.

"The best way to help Israel rebuild its anti-missile and anti-drone capacity is by passing that supplemental immediately. As I said, Israel expended about over a billion dollars in defending itself and the security supplemental would replenish the kind of anti-missile and anti-drone defenses that are in the Arrow, in the David's Sling, and in the Iron Dome," Schumer said.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said in a statement Saturday that the House would change its legislative schedule this week to "consider legislation that supports our ally Israel and holds Iran and its terrorist proxies accountable," but it's not yet clear what legislation that will be, or how drastically it might depart from the Senate-passed bill.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin and Rachel Scott