Multiple” Iranian missiles heading toward Israel on Tuesday were “successfully engaged” by two U.S. Navy destroyers, a Navy spokesman said in a statement Wednesday morning. U.S. Sixth Fleet Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers USS Cole (DDG 67) and USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) “engaged multiple Iranian ballistic missiles in defense of Israel from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea October 1,

JERUSALEM — Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening in a major attack with little advance warning, sending Israelis scrambling for shelter as the security cabinet convened in a bunker and the United States readied forces to come to Israel’s defense.