The world watched helplessly as a missile barrage from Iran came raining down over Israel with less than 15 minutes’ warning.

A week after one of the heaviest single attacks in history – using advanced ballistic rockets – the full impact of the assault is only just becoming apparent.

Experts are frantically working to understand how – and if – Israel can defend itself from more waves of rockets if war continues to escalate in the Middle East. 

How the Iran attack unfolded

Video filmed by a passenger on a commercial jet from Dubai captured the start of the attack, which appears to have come from near the Iranian city of Shiraz.

Shortly after, Israelis were instructed to run for shelter. Ballistic missiles are estimated to take about 12 minutes to reach their destination, first entering orbit and later re-entering the atmosphere at speed.