Alarming footage taken from the cockpit of a British Airways flight over the Middle East captured Iranian-launched missiles soaring nearby — suggesting Iran failed to make sure the airways were clear of international civilian flights before they filled the sky with hundreds of explosives.

The clip was filmed by the pilot of the Dubai-bound BA flight Tuesday evening, and showed what is clearly a volley of recently fired ballistic missiles rising into the night sky on their way to Israel.

All the missiles safely cleared the airliner — but the footage showed just how close Iran came to immediately setting off an international incident by firing rockets into the skies without first making sure they were clear of civilian air traffic from across the world.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken was ridiculed Tuesday over his magazine essay lauding the Harris-Biden administration’s foreign policy strategy that was published the same day Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel. 

“The Biden administration’s strategy has put the United States in a much stronger geopolitical position today than it was four years ago,” Blinken wrote in a piece for Foreign Affairs magazine, as tensions in the Middle East escalated.

“We increased diplomatic pressure and strengthened the US military’s force posture to deter and constrain Tehran,” the 62-year-old top State Department official wrote in another section of the ill-timed essay, which went on to slam former President Donald Trump for exiting the Iran nuclear deal. 

“We demonstrated to Iran that there was a path back to a mutual return to compliance — if Iran was willing to take it — while maintaining a robust sanctions regime and our commitment that Iran will never be permitted to obtain a nuclear weapon,” Blinken said of the Harris-Biden administration’s policy toward the Islamic Republic. 

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The United Nations Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET, at the request of Israel and France.

Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon said in a letter that Iran's missile barrage “demonstrates that the charm offensive conducted by Iran and its new president is a mirage and the decision-making in Iran lies with the Supreme Leader and the Revolutionary Guards.”

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Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Iran's missile barrage at Israel. The vice president said Iran was "not only a threat to Israel, Iran is also a threat to American personnel in the region, American interests and innocent civilians across the region."

Former President Donald Trump warned during a campaign event Tuesday that the US is “very close to a global catastrophe” and could be sleepwalking into “World War III,” just hours after Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel.

“Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles at Israel,” Trump announced to rallygoers in Waunakee, Wis., during an afternoon event at a manufacturing facility with former Gov. Scott Walker.

Most of the missiles were intercepted by Israel’s Arrow and David’s Sling missile defense systems, with assistance from US destroyers and Jordanian interceptors in the region, though some damage and casualties were reported.

“I’ve been talking about World War III for a long time, and I don’t want to make predictions, because the predictions always come true,” said Trump, 78. “But they are very close to global catastrophe.”

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The IDF's Arabic language spokesman warned residents of certain buildings inHaret Hreik, south of Lebanon's capital Beirut, to evacuate ahead of Israeli operations. The residents were urged to stay at least 500m away from what the IDF described as Hezbollah installations.

At the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) called for the 'hypocritical' Biden administration to enforce sanctions on Iran after the Islamic Republic launched more than 100 missiles at Israel.

"It's long past time for the administration to fully enforce the Iran sanctions on the books and reimpose the UN sanctions lest they aspire right now, American leadership have never been more important, and we need the maximum pressure campaign on Iran and its zero process robust enough that the United States will continue to stand firmly with Israel as a fight for its very survival,"Speaker Johnson said. "President Biden needs to make clear that there will be decisive economic and potential military ramifications for these actions."

A video exclusively obtained by The New York Post shows the view of the Iranian rocket barrage against Israel launching as seen by a passenger en route to Dubai.

Israeli Prime Minister vowed Iran would "pay" after the Islamic Republic launched nearly 200 rockets at the Jewish state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran "made a big mistake" and vowed they would "pay dearly" after the Islamic Republic launched a barrage of nearly 200 rockets at the Jewish state.

"I send my condolences to the families of the victims of the criminal attack in Jaffa and my wishes for a full recovery to the injured. As in the attack The missiles, there is also a deliberate and murderous hand behind this attack," Netanyahu said.

"The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies... We will stand by the rule we established: whoever attacks us, we will attack him."

An Israeli school in the city of Gedara was destroyed by Iran's rocket barrage Tuesday.

Israeli police can be seen inspecting a giant crater left by the blast.

Entire classrooms were bombed out with desks and debris everywhere.

Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer and Chairwoman Stefanik released the following statement after Iran launched a direct against Israel.

“Iran is again brazenly attacking Israel with a barrage of rocket fire and an apparent coordinated terrorist attack. The world is watching as Israeli families seek safety and shelter as waves of missile attacks light up the sky. We pray for their safety and urge the Biden-Harris Administration to deliver a strong message to the Iranian regime that this unjustified violence and terror must end. The strategy of appeasement has failed, and a policy of interdiction is not enough.

“American leadership has never been more important, and the world should know that the United States will continue to stand firmly with Israel as it fights for its very survival. Our adversaries are carrying out increasingly dangerous attacks because of Biden and Harris' weak and failed foreign policy. The world needs America to return to a maximum pressure campaign against Iran, and President Biden needs to make clear that there will be decisive economic and potential military ramifications for these actions."

President Biden made his first remarks after Iran launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel Tuesday at the Roosevelt Room during a briefing on Hurricane Helene.

“The attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective ... make no mistake the United States is fully, fully, fully supportive of Israel”

Biden says he is in “active discussion” with Israel about its response and the consequences to Iran “remain to be seen.”

Biden says he hasn't yet spoken to Netanyahu but will. He did not say when that call would take place.