The Iranian Fars news agency reported on Saturday that the regime in Tehran informed the United States that its bases would be attacked in the coming days as the war against Israel expands. The agency cited senior Iranian military commanders who said Iran's response to the attacks on its territory would be decisive.
Sirens warned of an Iranian drone attack on the Israel-Lebanon border after drones targeted the Arava region, hours after Iran launched a massive drone and missile attack on Israel.
At least two people were confirmed killed in the latest Iranian missile strike on Israel. at least 20 others were hurt when a missile hit a residential area in Rishon Lezion.
Air raid sirens wailed across Israel on Saturday morning as Iran launched its fifth salvo of ballistic missiles, prompting nationwide alarm. The IDF said that it intercepted most incoming threats.
Iranian missile hits Rishon Lezion residential street
A 60-year-old woman was moderately to seriously injured in the missile strike in a residential area in central Israel. severe damage was reported to apartment blocks, homes and vehicles when the missile fell. MDA teams reported that nine people sustained light to moderate injuries and six buildings were damaged at an impact site in central Israel.
14 firefighting and rescue teams are conducting searches to locate people trapped at the site of a direct hit in central Israel.
A three-month-old baby was rescued from one of the homes destroyed in the missile strike. The missile fell between two houses, destroying both and killing at least one person in each. "My baby was miraculously saved," the mother said.
Sirens had already sounded about an hour earlier in northern towns including Beit She’an, Nazareth, Tiberias and the southern Golan, after the IDF confirmed a fourth wave of incoming missiles from Iran was being intercepted. A third swarm struck around 1 a.m.
Earlier, the IDF reported it shot down three Iranian drones heading toward the country. U.S. officials told The Washington Post that American Patriot and THAAD missile-defense batteries helped intercept Iranian missiles bound for Israel—a more limited role compared to last year’s full-spectrum air support.
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Each evening and overnight barrage from Iran comprised dozens of missiles—substantially fewer than the hundreds fired during last year’s exchanges, as Israel assesses Iran is conserving its arsenal for sustained conflict.
Earlier, at Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, a critically wounded woman succumbed to wounds from the previous Iranian missile strike in Ramat Gan, where 63 people had been injured.
In Tehran, the Tasnim agency reported “loud explosions” in the Hakimiyeh and Tehranspars neighborhoods.
Pro‑Iran Iraqi militia outlet Sabreen claimed an Israeli strike hit a communications tower in Karaj, Alborz province, while reports also surfaced of blasts in central Tehran and Isfahan.
Iranian air defenses were reportedly active over Narmeh Kharab in northeast Tehran and Kermanshah in the west, with explosions heard over Mehrabad International Airport where two missiles reportedly struck—one injuring a person. Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen network reported strong explosions in Isfahan, saying Iran’s defenses were intercepting Israeli targets.
First published: 05:37, 06.14.25