Iran has launched its first salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel after the US military conducted airstrikes at three key Iranian nuclear facilities

Aftermath of an Iranian drone strike on Beit She'an, Israel. Photo: Michael Giladi/AFP

Iran has launched its first salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel after the US military conducted airstrikes at three key Iranian nuclear facilities in the early hours of Sunday, marking a dramatic escalation in the West Asian conflict.

Iran’s state media said more than 30 ballistic missiles had been fired as sirens rang across parts of Israel, while explosions were heard in Jerusalem. The Israeli Army said it was working to intercept missiles from Iran. Israel had closed its airspace after the US strikes on Iran.

Israel’s rescue services said Saturday that an Iranian drone had struck a residential building in the north of the country following a wave of attacks reported by the military.

“A drone strike hit a two-storey residential building in northern Israel,” the Magen David Adom said in a statement, referring to an impact site in the Beit She’an valley by the northeastern border with Jordan.

Emergency workers rescue civilians as Iran launched missiles at Israel. (Reuters)

Israel’s sophisticated air defenses have intercepted more than 450 missiles fired at the country by Iran, along with around 400 drones, since the start of the war on June 13, according to official figures.

The locations of strikes in Israel are subject to strict military censorship rules and are not always provided in detail to the public.

The National Public Diplomacy Directorate, which is overseen by Israel’s prime minister, has acknowledged 50 impact sites.

At least 19 people were injured in Haifa on Friday following a strike on a building by the city’s docks.

The northern Israeli port has been frequently targeted along with coastal hub Tel Aviv and southern Beersheba.

AFP photographs from the scene of the drone strike in Beit She’an on Saturday showed a hole torn in the side of the building next to a crater and mounds of earth that appeared to have been thrown up by the drone’s explosives.

Magen David Adom said its rescue teams found no visible casualties as they arrived at the scene.

In separate statements, the Israeli military reported several drones had been sighted and intercepted at locations in northern Israel mid-morning on Saturday after a barrage of 40 drones overnight.

A total of 25 people have been killed in Israel since the start of the war, according to official figures. At least 27 ballistic missiles were launched into the Jewish State in two waves, striking 10 different locations on Sunday morning, The Times of Israel reported, citing the Israel Defense Force.

The attack on Fordow Nuclear Site ‘has not been seriously damaged’, says Iranian MP

Manan Raisi, who represents the Qom area where Fordow is located, says the attack on the underground nuclear site was “superficial”.

“Based on accurate information, I state that contrary to the claims of the lying US president, the Fordow nuclear facility has not been seriously damaged, and most of what was damaged was only on the ground, which can be restored,” Raisi said, according to the Tasnim news agency.

He also echoed earlier assessments that there has been no detected leakage of radioactive material after the US strikes.

IRNA, Iran’s official news agency, said that residents near Fordow “did not feel any signs of a major explosion” after the US strike.

“Conditions in the area were completely normal,” the agency said. “Further details of the incident will be reported by official experts.”

The Crisis Management Headquarters in the province of Qom, where Fordow is located, issued a statement saying that “there is no danger to the people of Qom and the surrounding area”.

"Fordow Nuclear Facility, officially the Shahid Ali Mohammadi Nuclear Facility is an Iranian underground uranium enrichment facility located 30 kilometres (20 mi) north of the Iranian city of Qom, at a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base".

"The Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant is not a nuclear plant as Trump has suggested, but rather a uranium enrichment facility. It is where Iran processes uranium to higher levels of enrichment, much of which Iran sells and uses to generate electricity."

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has said that radiation system data and field surveys do not show signs of contamination or danger to residents near the sites of Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz.

“Announcement from the Nuclear Safety System Center. Following the illegal US attack on the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites, field surveys and radiation systems data showed: No contamination recorded,” the organisation said in a social media post.

“There is no danger to residents around these sites. Safety is in a stable state.”

This proves that Iran's uranium enrichment facilities are not producing nuclear weapons, other evidence:

Saudi Arabia says 'no radioactive effects' detected in Gulf

Following US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Saudi Arabia on Sunday said that here is 'no nuclear effects' detected in Gulf.

Saudi Arabian information also proves Trump's lies to influence the world, that the US has succeeded in destroying Iran's nuclear facilities.

Earlier, Iran had confirmed there were “no signs of contamination” at its nuclear sites at Isfahan, Fordo and Natanz after US airstrikes targeted the facilities.

Iranian state media quoted the country's National Nuclear Safety System Centre, which published a statement saying its radiation detectors had recorded no radioactive release after the strikes.

Iran fires more ballistic missiles

Iran launched an early morning missile attack on central Israel, resulting in a fire in Holon, as several Israeli attacks were reported including on Iran’s Isfahan, home to a key nuclear research centre.

Iran again carried out missile attacks on several cities of Israel including Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Haifa on Friday evening. According to Al Jazeera's report, 23 people have been injured due to missile falling in Haifa. Among them, the condition of three, including a 16-year-old minor, is critical.

This morning, Iran attacked with a ballistic missile near the Microsoft office in the Israeli city of Beersheba. This set many cars on fire. Nearby houses were also damaged. Iran fired a missile at a hospital in Beersheba on Thursday, in which more than 50 people were injured.

Israel and Iran conflict enters eighth day

Today is the eighth day of the war between Iran and Israel. Amidst the war with Israel, Iran has opened its airspace for India. Under Operation Sindhu, the Indian government will rescue about 1 thousand Indian citizens from there in 3 special chartered flights during the next two days.

A fire has broken out in Israel’s capital Tel Aviv after Iran launched a new wave of missiles. Several explosions were reported in the skies above Tel Aviv as the conflict between Israel and Iran enters its second week.

Iranian Missile hits main hospital in southern Israel

Iranian missile slams into the main hospital in southern Israel, causing extensive damage
Separate Iranian strikes also hit a high-rise apartment building in Tel Aviv and other sites in central Israel. Authorities in Israel said at least 40 people were wounded. (AP video shot by: Alon Bernstein)

Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital, as President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the U.S. would join Israel in airstrikes seeking to destroy Tehran's nuclear facilities.

An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, causing “extensive damage” but no serious injuries, according to the medical facility. Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke.

Other missiles hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites near Tel Aviv. At least 40 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service.

Black smoke rose from the Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beersheba as emergency teams evacuated patients.

Two doctors told The Associated Press that the missile struck almost immediately after air raid sirens went off, causing a loud explosion that could be heard from a safe room. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.

Scenes in central Israel after Iranian missile barrage
An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, wounding people and causing “extensive damage,” according to a spokesperson. Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke.

The hospital said the main impact was on an old surgery building that had been evacuated in recent days. After the strike, the medical facility was closed to all patients except for life-threatening cases, it said. Soroka has over 1,000 beds and provides services to around 1 million residents of Israel’s south.

Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, though most have been shot down by Israel’s multi-tiered air defenses, which detect incoming fire and shoot down missiles heading toward population centers and critical infrastructure. Israeli officials acknowledge it is imperfect.

Haim Bublil, a local police commander, told reporters that several people were lightly wounded in the strike. He said there was a fire in a six-story building that was hard to access, and that rescuers were still searching various buildings and moving patients to safer areas of the hospital.

Many hospitals in Israel activated emergency plans in the past week, converting underground parking to hospital floors and move patients underground, especially those who are on ventilators or are difficult to move quickly.

Israel has no right to force ‘regime change’ in Iran – Zakharova

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Israel has no justification for trying to bring about “regime change” in Iran through its bombing campaign, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RT’s Rick Sanchez on Wednesday. West Jerusalem’s backers conveniently forget about all the legal and moral principles they claim to defend the moment they’re called upon to support the Jewish State, she stated.

Israel launched a series of missile attacks against Iran on Friday, claiming that Tehran was on the brink of acquiring nuclear weapons – a goal Tehran has repeatedly denied pursuing. The Islamic Republic responded with a missile barrage of its own, and the two nations have been exchanging strikes ever since.

“What has Iran done wrong? What is it being bombed for?” Zakharova asked Sanchez in response to a question about the ongoing hostilities.

“Israel says they don’t like the regime in Iran, the political regime,” Zakharova said, stressing that this doesn’t gives West Jerusalem the right to attack another nation. “Whether you like a regime or you don’t, if it doesn’t attack you… you have no right to change that regime,” she argued.

Iran’s nuclear program, which Israel portrays as a source of major concern, is a matter for international law and diplomacy to deal with, the spokeswoman pointed out, adding that any issues linked to it should be resolved by the international community. “It’s not a matter of somebody trying to solve this issue on their own,” she added.

West Jerusalem has also failed to prove that there was any immediate threat coming from Tehran, Zakharova maintained. “We’ve heard multiple statements from Israel that they have proof that Iran is one step away from creating weapons of mass destruction. Why can’t they just show the documents?” she said, expressing doubts about whether any such evidence exists.

Yet, the lack of justification for Israel’s actions apparently does not concern Western nations, the spokeswoman said.

Blasts rock Tehran, Tel Aviv; Iran warns Israel of ‘devastating’ attacks

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Blasts rock Tehran and air raid sirens go off in Tel Aviv as Iran says it is preparing for what it calls the largest and most intense missile attack in history on Israeli soil, after a strike on Iranian state television.

Eight people were killed by Iranian ballistic missiles that slammed into Israeli cities in at least five locations early Monday, and nearly 300 others were injured, as the conflict entered a fourth day.

Four people were killed in Petah Tikva, three in Haifa, and another person in Bnei Brak.

The Health Ministry said 287 people were hospitalised nationwide as a result of the barrage of Iranian missiles. One person was listed in serious condition, and 14 were moderately injured, including two at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Petah Tikva. The remainder were lightly injured or suffered acute shock.

Two missiles also hit Tel Aviv, causing significant damage to a number of buildings, as well as some injuries.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee confirmed in a post to X that the embassy branch in the coastal city was slightly damaged from an impact, but there were no injuries to staff. He said the American embassies and consulates remain closed, with a shelter-in-place order still in effect. The US embassy itself is located in Jerusalem.

Iranian missile barrages have repeatedly targeted the densely populated Tel Aviv metro area and surrounding cities since fighting began on Friday, as well as the Haifa area.

The Israel Defense Forces began airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure in the early hours of Friday, acting to fight what it says is an immediate and existential threat to Israel from the Iranian nuclear and missile programs.

The campaign, which also included Mossad sabotage operations within Iran, has received support from many Western nations, which have affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself.

Shortly after midnight in the early hours of Monday, the IDF’s Home Front Command alerted the Israeli public to stay close to bomb shelters in the expectation of a missile attack.

Notifications were sent via a cellphone app that gives an early alert of possible attacks, which is generally followed by a second warning that is minutes ahead of sirens, at which point there is around 90 seconds to find shelter.

People evacuate after a missile launched from Iran struck Tel Aviv, Israel, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

350 missiles fired since Friday

Iran has launched some 350 ballistic missiles at Israel since Friday, the vast majority of which were intercepted, according to IDF statistics released Monday.

In all, 24 people have been killed in Iran’s ballistic missile attacks since Friday.

That number is expected to rise, as one person is still missing and presumed dead in a missile strike on a building in Bat Yam over the weekend.

Iran’s barrages consist of some 30–60 missiles each, according to the IDF.

Military officials said that Tehran has sought to fire more — hundreds at a time — but Israeli Air Force strikes on ballistic missile launchers in Iran are disrupting the attacks.

In each barrage, 5–10 percent of the missiles “leak” through and impact Israel, officials said. This includes missiles that the IDF says it does not try to shoot down “according to protocol,” allowing them to strike open areas without causing damage to any critical infrastructure, as well as missiles it failed to intercept which hit urban areas and caused casualties and damage.

The military has routinely emphasised that, as good as Israel’s multi-layered air defences are, they are not hermetic. It has urged Israelis to heed Home Front Command instructions to take shelter in safe rooms and bomb shelters when incoming missile warnings are received.

Most of Iran’s ballistic missile fire has been aimed at Tel Aviv and Haifa — which are densely populated — and to a lesser degree, the Beersheba area. This means that the few missiles that are not intercepted are likely to cause harm.

Petah Tikva

Home Front Command official Udi Elbaz told the press that an Iranian missile hit a 20-storey building in Petah Tikva, badly damaging its fourth and fifth floors.

“It is important for me to emphasise that in additional buildings we searched, most of the people who were in a protected space were not injured,” he told reporters.

Responders inspect a damaged building following a strike by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva on June 16, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

The IDF later clarified that the missile directly hit a bombproof room, which is an area built into modern Israeli buildings that has thicker walls and a blast door to protect against such attacks. Two people who were in one of the safe rooms were killed. The two other fatalities at that location were not in a protected space despite the sirens.

Haifa

Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav confirmed that three people were killed in a barrage targeting the northern city.

Yahav told Channel 12 news the three were working at a facility “that’s very important to us in the area, which we would be happy if it closed and left.”

It was later permitted for publication that the missile hit the Bazan oil refinery complex.

Rescuers had attempted for hours to reach the three missing people, who were buried under rubble during the attack on the northern city. A fire also broke out at the location, complicating rescue operations.

An Iranian missile attack a night earlier on Haifa caused “localised damage” at the oil facility.

Yahav said several homes and other buildings in the city suffered extensive damage, but only four people were hospitalised with light injuries.

Israel Police said officers were sent to clear international media journalists who have been broadcasting live missile impacts in the Haifa area.

“Coastal District police vehicles set out to conduct a search and handle the incident,” a spokesperson said.

Haifa is home to a number of sensitive facilities, including the oil refinery, a major port, and a naval base.

Bnei Brak

In Bnei Brak, a town east of Tel Aviv, the body of a man in his 80s was pulled out of a building that was damaged by a missile, authorities said on Monday.

The impact caused significant damage to a number of other buildings in the area.

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bnei Brak, June 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

At impact sites, rescuers helped evacuate hundreds of people from destroyed and damaged residential buildings.

The Magen David Adom emergency service reported that at one of the locations, which caused major damage to residential buildings along a street, a four-day-old baby was found in a destroyed building, but suffering no injuries.

Medics kept the child safe in an ambulance until his mother was extracted from a building about an hour later.

Rescuers work near a damaged building following a strike by an Iranian missile in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

In addition to the missiles, eight drones launched at Israel from Iran were intercepted by Israeli Navy missile boats overnight, the IDF said, adding that it had used a new air defence system for the first time.

According to the military, it intercepted some of the drones using LRAD interceptor missiles, part of the BARAK MX air defence system, which were deployed to the Navy’s Sa’ar 6-class corvettes.

Since the start of the conflict on Friday, the IDF said, the Navy has intercepted some 25 drones heading to Israel, mostly from Iran.

The IAF has shot down around 100 other drones with fighter jets and helicopters.

Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened that Tehran’s residents would suffer in retaliation for the Iranian missile strikes that have caused widespread damage to Israeli residential areas.

“The arrogant dictator of Tehran has become a scared murderer who fires at Israel’s civilian home front in order to deter the IDF from continuing to carry out attacks that are destroying his capabilities,” Katz said in a statement, apparently referring to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

“The residents of Tehran will pay the price, and soon,” he vowed, in what appeared to be a threat to target Iranian civilians in kind.

He later clarified that “there is no intention to physically harm the residents of Tehran, as the murderous dictator does to the citizens of Israel.”

“The residents of Tehran will be forced to bear the cost of the dictatorship and evacuate their homes from areas where it will be necessary to strike regime targets and security infrastructure in Tehran,” he said.

Iran launches new attacks on Israel - blasts in Tel Aviv, Haifa

Iran launched strikes against each other for a third day on Sunday, with both countries vowing to continue responding to attacks.

On Sunday evening, there were explosions in the sky above Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as Israel's defence system shot down missiles fired from Iran.

In overnight strikes on Saturday, ten people, including two children, were killed and more than 100 injured in Israel, authorities said.

In Haifa, an oil refinery was damaged, the firm operating it said. Israel’s main international airport and airspace was closed for a third day.

Authorities in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv said that Iranian missiles had hit a residential building there, charring concrete walls, blowing out windows and heavily damaging multiple apartments.

The Israeli Magen David Adom emergency service reported that two women and one man — all in their 70s — were killed in the wave of missile attacks that struck four sites in central Israel. That brought the total death toll in Israel to at least 17 since Iran began launching missiles at the country in response to Israel’s sweeping attacks on its military and nuclear infrastructure last Friday.

Following a spate of missile strikes from Iran into Israel on Monday morning, local time, Israeli Emergency Services said medical teams have confirmed three people were killed and over 70 others were injured. Two women and one man, all approximately 70 years old, were killed, officials said. A 30-year-old woman is in serious condition and five others are in moderate condition. The remaining injuries were mild, officials said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that if Israeli strikes on Iran stop, “our responses will also stop.” But after a day of intensive Israeli aerial attacks that extended targets beyond military installations to hit oil refineries and government buildings, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard struck a hard line, vowing that further rounds of strikes would be “more forceful, severe, precise and destructive than previous ones.”

The day before Israel’s military struck dozens of sites across Iran, expanding its targets beyond military installations to hit oil refineries and government buildings.

Iran on Sunday said Israel had killed the Revolutionary Guard’s intelligence chief and pummeled population centers in intensive aerial attacks that raised the death toll from Israel’s campaign to 224 people since Friday.

Health authorities also reported that 1,277 were wounded in Iran, without distinguishing between military officials and civilians. Rights groups putting together their own casualty reports in the country have suggested that the Iranian government’s death toll is a significant undercount.