Nigeria, April 14 -- The international community expressed concern on Sunday after Iran launched drones and missiles at Israel in its first direct attack on Israeli territory.

Iran launched the attack late on Saturday in response to an Israeli attack on an Iranian consular building in Syria earlier this month which killed two Iranian generals.

Israel said in a statement early on Sunday that the "vast majority" of missiles launched from Iran were intercepted outside of Israel's borders.

Only a few landed in Israeli territory and they caused minimal damage, authorities said.

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari was quoted by AlJazeera as saying that there was a direct hit on the Nevatim airbase by ballistic missiles but said it c...