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CNA
3 hours ago
- Politics
- CNA
Israel-Iran clashes escalate, civilians urged to evacuate target areas
BAT YAM, Israel/DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on Sunday (Jun 15), killing and wounding civilians and raising concerns of a broader regional conflic t, with both militaries urging civilians on the opposing side to take precautions against further strikes. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he hoped a meeting of the Group of Seven leaders convening in Canada on Sunday would reach an agreement to help resolve the conflict and keep it from escalating. The Israeli military, which launched the attacks on Friday with the stated aim of wiping out Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, warned Iranians living near weapons facilities to evacuate. "Iran will pay a heavy price for the murder of civilians, women and children," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said from a balcony overlooking blown-out apartments where six people were killed in Bat Yam, a town south of Tel Aviv. Iran's armed forces told residents of Israel to leave the vicinity of "vital areas" for their safety. "Do not stay or travel near these critical areas," an Iranian armed forces spokesperson said in a video broadcast by state TV around the time that Iran sent a new barrage of missiles towards Israel. DEATH TOLL RISES In Israel, rescue teams combed through rubble of residential buildings destroyed by Iranian missiles, using sniffer dogs and heavy excavators to look for survivors after at least 10 people, including children, were killed, raising the two-day toll to 13. Explosions rattled Tel Aviv in the afternoon as Iran launched its first daylight missile raid since Israel attacked on Friday. There were no immediate reports of direct hits in the initial barrage. Hours later, shortly after nightfall, Iran launched a second wave of missiles, which struck Haifa, a mixed Jewish-Arab city in northern Israel. An Israeli military official said that an elderly care facility was hit. The national emergency service reported 9 people were injured in the strike, along with 2 others following a missile impact in southern Israel. In Bat Yam on Sunday evening, shocked residents gathered to survey the damage, while many across Israel braced for another sleepless night, unsure of what may come next."It's very dreadful. It's not fun. People are losing their lives and their homes," said Shem, 29, whose home was shaken overnight when a missile struck a nearby apartment tower. In Iran, images from the capital showed the night sky lit up by a huge blaze at a fuel depot after Israel began strikes against Iran's oil and gas sector - raising the stakes for the global economy and the functioning of the Iranian state. Iran has not given a full death toll but said 78 people were killed on Friday and scores more have died since, including in a single attack that killed 60 on Saturday, half of them children, in a 14-storey apartment block flattened in Tehran. TRUMP VETOES PLAN TO TARGET KHAMENEI, OFFICIALS SAY In Washington, two U.S. officials told Reuters that U.S. President Donald Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we're not even talking about going after the political leadership," said one of the sources, a senior U.S. administration official. When asked about the Reuters report, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Sunday: "There's so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I'm not going to get into that." "We do what we need to do," he told Fox's "Special Report With Bret Baier." Regime change in Iran could be a result of Israel's military attacks, Netanyahu said in the interview, adding that Israel would do what it takes to remove what he called the "existential threat" posed by Tehran. Israel's military spokesperson has said the current goal of the campaign is not regime change, but the dismantling of Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and removing its capabilities "to annihilate us". Israel launched a surprise attack on Friday morning that wiped out the top echelon of Iran's military command and damaged its nuclear sites, and says the campaign will escalate in coming days. The intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Kazemi, and his deputy were killed in Israeli attacks on Tehran on Sunday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said. An Israeli official said there was still a long list of targets in Iran and declined to say how long the offensive would continue. Israel also said it hit an aerial refuelling aircraft in eastern Iran in its longest-range attack of the conflict. Iran has vowed to "open the gates of hell" in retaliation in what has emerged as the biggest-ever confrontation between old enemies. TRUMP WARNS IRAN NOT TO ATTACK Israeli skies have been streaked with barrages of Iranian missiles and Israeli interceptor rockets. Some 22 of Iran's 270 ballistic missiles fired over the past two nights breached Israel's anti-missile shield, Israeli authorities say. Trump has lauded Israel's offensive while denying Iranian allegations that the U.S. has taken part. "If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," he said in a message on Truth Social. "However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict." Trump had earlier said the U.S. had no role in Israel's attack and warned Tehran not to widen its retaliation to include U.S. targets. The U.S. military has helped shoot down Iranian missiles that were headed toward Israel, two U.S. officials said on Friday. Trump has repeatedly said Iran could end the war by agreeing to tough restrictions on its nuclear programme, which Iran says is for peaceful purposes but Western countries say could be used to make a bomb. The latest round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, due on Sunday, was scrapped after Tehran said it would not negotiate while under Israeli attack. OIL PRICE: TENSE WAIT FOR MARKETS TO OPEN Financial markets are holding their breath to see whether oil prices surge further when trading resumes on Monday after the weekend, with potentially punishing consequences for the global economy, or settle down on hopes that Gulf exports will escape relatively unscathed. Oil prices already shot up by 9% on Friday before Israel had struck any Iranian oil and gas targets. On Sunday, the opening day of the trading week in Israel, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange closed up 0.4%, recovering from earlier losses of nearly 2%. Since Saturday, Israel has hit the oil depot in Tehran and facilities at Iran's South Fars gas field, the world's largest, which produces gas for domestic consumption. Israel so far has spared targets associated with Iran's oil exports, while Tehran has yet to follow through on hinted threats to hinder shipping in the Gulf. With markets reopening within hours, traders say oil buyers have loaded up on long-term contracts for protection in case of supply disruption, but uncertainty could drive wild price swings.
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
'Nothing left': Israelis grapple with damage from Iran strike
A shocked Julia Zilbergoltz said she had "never been in a situation like this" after an Iranian missile scored a direct hit on her home in central Israel early Sunday. "I'm stressed and in shock. I've been through hard times in my life, but I've never been in a situation like this," Zilbergoltz told AFP, as she gathered her belongings and left her apartment building in Bat Yam, near the coastal city of Tel Aviv. "I was at home, I was sleeping and I didn't hear the siren" warning of an incoming missile attack, she said. She was awoken instead by the loud booms that followed. According to Israeli officials, six people including two children were killed in the strike that destroyed Zilbergoltz's home. Yivgenya Dudka, whose home was also hit by the missile on Bat Yam, said: "Everything was destroyed. There's nothing left. No house. That's it." In Israel's north, four people were killed earlier when a strike hit the town of Tamra, taking to 13 the death toll in the country since the fighting with Iran began on Friday. Israeli television channels broadcast footage of devastation from four sites where missiles struck in the early hours of Sunday. Tel Aviv and the nearby city of Rishon Lezion were also hit by missiles from Iran, after Israeli fighter jets carried out strikes on military and nuclear targets in the Islamic republic. According to data shared by the prime minister's office, missiles hit some 22 locations across Israel. "I feel very bad. I'm very worried and stressed. I'm in agony for all the dead we have and all the injured people," said Riky Cohen, a writer from Tel Aviv. "I'm aware that Iran is very dangerous to Israel and the government wishes to destroy Israel," she told AFP, saying she supported Israel's military actions. But Cohen said she was also "very worried" that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government might "continue the war even though it's not necessary". In Bat Yam, Mayor Tzvika Brot said in a Facebook post that the missile had caused "great destruction and damage to dozens of buildings". In addition to the deaths, Brot said that more than 100 people were injured and others remained trapped under the rubble. "Teams from the Home Front Command have been working here for several hours now, and will remain here until they find them," he said. Shahar Ben Zion, who was trying to clean up the damage to his home in Bat Yam, said it was "a miracle we survived". "I didn't want to go down (to the shelter). My mother convinced me... there was an explosion and I thought the whole house had collapsed," he said. "Thank God, it was a miracle we survived." vid-reg/jd/ami
Washington Post
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Clash with Iran boosts Netanyahu, but Israelis worry about long fight
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's shaky political position may have been solidified by Israel's campaign against Iran's nuclear facilities and its leadership, but to sustain public support he needs to show the military operation is a success and ensure it doesn't become a protracted conflict, analysts say. 'We are here because we are in the midst of an existential struggle, that all Israeli citizens understand,' said Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon in the central Israeli city of Bat Yam. He spoke at the residential building where an overnight barrage of ballistic missiles from Iran killed 10 people, the third such attack in three nights.
CNN
6 hours ago
- Politics
- CNN
Israel strikes Iran's capital
Israel strikes Iran's capital Israeli strikes have hit the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday in yet another escalation of the ongoing conflict. Israel's military had previously said it was targeting military and nuclear complexes in Iran, although there are no known such complexes in these areas of the capital. 00:32 - Source: CNN In the rubble of a deadly Iranian missile attack CNN's Nic Robertson shows aftermath of deadly Iranian missile attack in a residential area in the central Israeli city of Bat Yam. The death toll in Israel from overnight strikes by Iran has risen to at least 10, as emergency workers on the ground continue search and rescue operations. 00:51 - Source: CNN Residential areas take 'direct hits' in Israel The death toll from Iranian strikes on Israel continue to rise overnight as Israel and Iran exchange more missile and drone strikes. Israel's national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) reported a 'direct hit' on a residential building in the Palestinian-Israeli town of Tamra, killing at least three women and a 13-year-old girl. A later wave of strikes struck buildings in a residential area in the central Israeli city of Bat Yam, killing at least four. 00:31 - Source: CNN Iran and Israel trade fresh strikes Iran and Israel launched missiles in a fresh wave of strikes on Saturday - with projectiles seen over Jerusalem, Haifa, and the West Bank. Iran says Israel launched drones at a gas field in a drone strike, among other targets. 00:41 - Source: CNN Clarissa Ward shows aftermath of Iranian strike in Israel CNN's Clarissa Ward is at the site where an Iranian missile made impact in central Israel following overnight bombardments between Israel and Iran. 00:41 - Source: CNN See moment projectile strikes near key military facility in Tel Aviv Video verified by CNN captures the dramatic moment a missile struck in vicinity of the Kirya, an area of Tel Aviv that's home to an urban military base housing Israel's Defense Forces. 00:33 - Source: CNN Nic Robertson describes downed projectile in Israel CNN's Nic Robertson reports at the site of a smoldering projectile on the road to Tel Aviv after a fresh wave of Iranian missile strikes. 00:30 - Source: CNN How Mossad pulled off the strikes in Iran Rare footage released by Israeli spy agency Mossad unveils the sophisticated intelligence operation behind Israel's recent unprecedented attack on Iran. CNN Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Matthew Chance takes a look into this significant breakthrough as well as what sort of retaliation could be in store. 01:02 - Source: CNN Missile interceptor launches from Jerusalem CNN's Jerusalem bureau chief and correspondent Oren Liebermann describes the moment an interceptor launched in the distance behind him during an on-air report from Jerusalem. 00:47 - Source: CNN Nuclear deal between US and Iran now uncertain after Israel attack The nuclear deal between the US and Iran could be in jeopardy following Israel's attack on Iran. CNN's Kaitlan Collins has the details. 00:41 - Source: CNN Oren Liebermann reports inside a bomb shelter in Israel CNN's Jerusalem Bureau Chief Oren Liebermann reports from inside a bomb shelter as Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel after the unprecedented attack on Iran. 01:37 - Source: CNN Trump urges Iran to make nuclear deal in call to CNN CNN's Dana Bash talked with President Trump on the phone about Israel's unprecedented strikes on Iran that targeted nuclear facilities and military leaders. 01:35 - Source: CNN Sole survivor of India plane crash speaks out Vishwash Kumar Ramesh is the sole survivor of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff. In an interview, Ramesh relives the harrowing moments when he escaped the plane. 01:02 - Source: CNN Iran says retaliation on Israel has begun Large explosions have been heard in Tel-Aviv, Israel, according to CNN's team on the ground. This comes after the Israeli military says it has identified incoming missiles launched from Iran toward Israel. 00:34 - Source: CNN Iranians question nuclear talks with US after Israeli attack Crowds of demonstrators rallied in Tehran calling for retaliation after Israeli strikes on Iran and questioning whether the country should continue negotiations with the United States over a potential nuclear deal. 00:49 - Source: CNN Amanpour breaks down Israeli strikes on Iran Israel has launched unprecedented strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear program and assassinating top military leaders in an attack that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said will last many days. The operation, codenamed 'Operation Rising Lion,' hit Iran's main enrichment facility in Natanz, as well as targeting Iranian nuclear scientists and military leaders. 02:34 - Source: CNN Analysis: How might Iran respond to Israeli attack? Overnight Israel struck several locations in Iran, including the capital Tehran and the country's nuclear sites. Israel says 200 fighter jets were involved in the attack that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said will last many days. With Iran's defenses weakened in Israel's October attack, and several military leaders killed, its response to last night's strike may be limited. CNN's chief security correspondent Nick Paton Walsh gives his analysis. 01:30 - Source: CNN Israel's spy agency shows how they attacked Iran from within Israel has launched unprecedented strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear program and military leaders. Israel's spy agency, Mossad, released video of operatives inside Iran before the strikes. 00:44 - Source: CNN Top Iranian commander killed in Israeli strikes Iran's revolutionary guard has confirmed the death General Hossein Salami, one of the country's most powerful and influential military commanders, in Israel's strikes. The IRGC said its command structure and other branches of the military were 'fully prepared to deliver a decisive and harsh response.' CNN senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen reports. 01:40 - Source: CNN Analysis: Why Israel attacked Iran now CNN's Oren Liebermann explains the reasons why Israel decided to attack Iran in unprecedented strikes targeting its nuclear program and senior military leaders. 01:49 - Source: CNN Survivor of India plane crash appears to walk away from site in video Video appears to show the sole survivor of a 242 passenger plane crash walking away from the rubble. 00:27 - Source: CNN Expert examines CCTV footage to see what happened to Air India flight before crash Newly released CCTV footage shows Air India Flight 171 take off before crashing moments later. CNN aviation analyst Miles O'Brien offers his analysis. 00:56 - Source: CNN Passenger survives Air India plane crash At least one passenger on board Air India Flight 171 to London Gatwick survived, local police said. According to Reuters, senior police officer Vidhi Chaudhary said the man had been in seat 11A and added that there may be a few more survivors in the hospital. 00:19 - Source: CNN Video shows moment plane crashes in India Social media video shows flames and thick smoke billowing into the air, as an Air India passenger plane, carrying 242 people, crashed shortly after takeoff. The plane had departed an airport in Ahmedabad, India and was bound for London's Gatwick Airport. 00:20 - Source: CNN Rare deep-sea squid filmed alive for first time Scientists have captured the first-ever footage of the elusive Gonatus antarcticus squid alive in its deep-sea habitat. CNN's Jeremy Roth describes the rare encounter. For more on this story, visit 01:12 - Source: CNN Analysis: Is Netanyahu's government under threat? Among an ongoing corruption trial, protests against his leadership and an upcoming vote to dissolve the government, CNN's Oren Liebermann looks at the growing pressure on Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 01:59 - Source: CNN Austrian mayor of city hit by school shooting speaks to CNN Austria is reeling from one of the worst rampages in the country's history after a gunman opened fire at a high school in the city of Graz, killing 10 people, including teenagers. Elke Kahr, mayor of Graz, spoke to CNN's Frederik Pleitgen during a candlelight vigil as the city reflects on the rare tragedy. 01:15 - Source: CNN Mexican flags at LA protests spark heated debate Mexico's flag has become a defining symbol of the protests in Los Angeles, sparking a heated debate amongst the Latino community about whether or not it's disrespectful. CNN's Rafael Romo breaks down the debate and what the it means to be Mexican-American right now. 01:53 - Source: CNN Austria hit by rare school shooting A gunman in Austria opened fire on a school in the southern city of Graz, killing himself and at least nine others. The death toll includes teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18, the Austrian interior ministry said. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports. 01:05 - Source: CNN
Telegraph
7 hours ago
- Telegraph
‘My TV exploded as Iranian missiles shattered my neighbourhood'
Isaac Belaish was asleep on his sofa when the sound of an explosion violently woke him. Looking around, he found his whole apartment littered with shattered glass. 'Everything exploded – the windows... the TV exploded on me,' he said. The 76-year-old had cuts all over his body and many of his most important personal possessions shattered. But he acknowledged it could have been worse. The 500kg missile launched by Iran that fell less than 100m away from his house has caused the worst civilian loss of life in Israel since war broke out between Israel and Iran. At least six people were killed in the strike on a cluster of residential buildings in the coastal town of Bat Yam, and 180 wounded. The deaths came amid relentless waves of Iranian assaults on civilian areas following Israel's initial attacks on Tehran's nuclear facilities on Friday. 'I was so lucky,' Mr Belaish said at a school where victims of the blast were treated for injuries before getting ready to go to temporary accommodation in a local hotel. 'There are so many things I need from my home, my medication, things that are precious to me,' he added. Aynom Kehasi, 39, was around 300m away when the bomb hit. 'After the first siren, we went back home but then when the blast hit, it broke all the windows and glass was flying all over. I got glass in my face, arm, eye, and went to hospital to remove the tiny shards from my eye, and had stitches in my shoulder.' The decorator said he had not heard a second siren warning him to evacuate. 'It was extremely scary but this is just the beginning. We understand this is not over yet. I was very lucky, but now, what happens tonight?' An Israeli official said the strike was carried out with a missile carrying 500kg of explosives. Such missiles are usually used in precision strikes but, on Sunday morning, the residential areas in Bat Yam, Rehovot and Tamra appeared to be indiscriminately on the receiving end. According to rescue organisation United Hatzalah, around eight or nine streets were damaged by the blast, including 61 buildings. On Sunday morning, residents had turned out to clean up the debris and rescue crews searched for the missing. The Telegraph spoke to one man anxiously waiting for news of his brother who is believed to have been thrown by the blast from his second-floor apartment. Police pushed crowds back who had come to survey the damage. Ilana Shaked, who lives in nearby Holon, was still in her pyjamas when she came to find out news of her friend. She said: 'This is unreal to see, not just painful but hard to comprehend. I pray that they can reach the missing before the building collapses.' Shmuel Malka, from volunteer rescue organisation United Hatzalah, arrived at the scene just minutes after the tragedy, around 2:50am. 'It's impossible to compare this to anything we've seen before,' he said. 'It was chaos because the radius was so big, it was dramatic and I've never seen this before in 10 years with the organisation. We've had many incidents with large numbers wounded but this was like nothing I've seen.' Made up of orthodox Jews, the organisation relies on local volunteers to act before emergency services can. 'This war hasn't finished' 'There were people coming out en masse with injuries, in shock, disoriented, and we had to divide them because it was not only one building for us to manage. We went from building to building to check people injured from glass, and shrapnel,' said Mr Malka. Yosef Kanety, also from United Hatzalah, was with the displaced as they awaited news of where they could go next. 'There are so many people who don't know what will happen next – where will they be tomorrow,' he said. 'They are thinking of tonight because this war hasn't even finished – so they are in trauma and expecting another round tonight. Many don't know where their families are as they still search, many have lost someone they know or others have been wounded, and many have medication at home which they need urgently.' Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has vowed to avenge the attacks, which have claimed 13 lives in total. But so has Iran, where the total killed there is now 128, according to its health ministry. On Sunday, Effie Defrin, Israel's military spokesman, warned of 'challenging days' ahead with Israel 'not stopping striking for a moment'.
