Iranian aerial strikes targeting Israel killed eight people and injured more than 200 others overnight, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday morning.
Israeli security forces inspect a destroyed building that was hit by a missile fired from Iran, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 15, 2025.
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Four of the dead were children, the ministry said in a social media post, which accused Iran of “deliberately targeted Israeli civilians as they slept.” Another 35 people were missing, the statement said.
Responders work amid building rubble following a strike by an Iranian missile in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, early on June 15, 2025. Air raid sirens and booms rang out in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv early on June 15, AFP journalists said, as Israel and Iran exchanged fire for a third day.
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The Israeli Police said there had been “multiple confirmed fatalities” and injuries in the central area of the Tel Aviv District, where a rocket struck.
“Iran targets innocents,” the ministry said. “Israel targets nuclear and military sites — to stop the world’s most dangerous terror regime from acquiring the world’s most dangerous weapons. We will do whatever it takes to defend our people. Israel is doing what must be done.”
