Kyiv says Iran attacks on Israel kill five Ukrainians
Israel unleashed a barrage of strikes across Iran Sunday stretching from the west to Tehran and Mashhad in the east.
With no let-up in sight, Iran said it would begin opening mosques, metro stations and schools to serve as makeshift bomb shelters for civilians, as Israel kept up its withering blows.
Iranian missile fire targeting Israel killed at least 10 people overnight, according to authorities, pushing the death toll up to 13 since Iran began its retaliatory strikes Friday, with 380 reported injured.
Iranian media, citing the health ministry, meanwhile reported at least 128 killed in Israeli attacks from Friday to Saturday, including women and children, with 900 more reported injured.
Kyiv said Sunday that Iran's retaliatory attacks on Israel over its massive air strikes killed five Ukrainian nationals, including three children, in Israel's Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, when a missile hit a residential building in the city.
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