Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said 90 per cent of missiles it launched against Israel hit their targets successfully.
The statement broadcast on state TV late on Tuesday said the attack targeted air and radar bases as well as security apparatus that planned the killing of senior Hamas and Hezbollah figures. It said Iran has a right to defend itself under international regulations.
The TV station showed footage of missiles being launched in the darkness from unidentified locations in Iran.
Iranian state television, long controlled by hard-liners, has aired images of people in Arak, Qom and Tehran celebrating Iran's missile attack in Israel.
Some shouted, "God is great!", "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." However, Iran's support of regional militias abroad has been a point of anger during protests as the country suffers under international sanctions.
The Israeli military said it has received no reports of injuries from the Iranian missile attack.
The military's spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the country's air defences intercepted many of the incoming missiles, though some landed in central and southern Israel.
"This strike will have consequences," he said. He urged the public to continue to listen to public-safety guidelines from the army.
Israel has reopened its airspace after the country's airport authority briefly closed airspace to incoming flights during Tuesday's attack.
But after the army said the threat had passed, the authority said flights were operating as normal again.
US President Joe Biden said his administration is "fully supportive" of Israel after it thwarted an Iranian missile attack and that he's in "active discussion" with aides about an appropriate response.
Biden also praised the US and Israel militaries for defeating the Iranian missile barrage.
"Make no mistake, the United States is fully, fully supportive of Israel," Biden said on Tuesday at the start of a meeting with White House officials focused on the administration's response to Hurricane Helene.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said soon after the attack that it amounted to a "significant escalation by Iran".
Biden said it remains to be seen what consequences Iran will face.
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