Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was finished barring further provocation, while Israel and the U.S. promised to retaliate against Tehran's escalation as fears of a wider war intensified.

Iran said on Wednesday its missile attack on Israel, its biggest military assault on the Jewish state, was over, barring further provocation, while Israel and the United States promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified.

Iran’s attack had no strategic purpose beyond the hope that Israel might think twice next time it wanted to attack Iranian assets or allies, said Afshon Ostovar, an expert on Iran’s military at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,

Air raid sirens blared around Israel as missile attacks rocked Tel Aviv and other locations in the country late Tuesday by Iran in support of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.