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STV News
28 minutes ago
- Politics
- STV News
Iran launches new wave of strikes against Israel as conflict intensifies
Iran launched a new wave of strikes in the early hours of Monday, triggering air raid sirens across Israel as authorities reported at least four had been killed and dozens wounded. Tehran said it had launched 100 missiles and promised further strikes against Israel on the fourth day of the conflict between the two nations, which shows no sign of slowing down. In response to the strikes, the defence minister of Israel, Israel Katz, posted on X: 'Residents of Tehran will pay the price, and soon.' The attacks raised Israel's total death toll to at least 18, and in response, the Israeli military said fighter jets had struck ten command centres in Tehran belonging to Iran's Quds Force, an elite arm of its Revolutionary Guard that conducts military and intelligence operations outside Iran. The Israeli Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv. / Credit: AP On Sunday evening, Israel confirmed it had also killed the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) intelligence unit, Mohammad Kazemi, along with two other generals. Israel has killed numerous high-ranking Iranian military officials in recent days as a key part of its plan to weaken Tehran's ability to make a nuclear weapon. In an indication of how far Israel was prepared to go in its latest offensive, a US official told the Associated Press that President Donald Trump in recent days vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze after a missile launched from Iran struck Tel Aviv. / Credit: AP The Israeli Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service reported on Monday that two women and two men – all in their 70s – were killed in the wave of missile attacks that struck four sites in central Israel. 'We clearly see that our civilians are being targeted,' said Israeli police spokesman Dean Elsdunne outside the bombed-out building in Petah Tikva. 'And this is just one scene, we have other sites like this near the coast, in the south.' The MDA added that paramedics had evacuated another 87 wounded people to hospitals, including a 30-year-old woman in serious condition, while rescuers were still searching for residents trapped beneath the rubble of their homes. 'When we arrived at the scene of the rocket strike, we saw massive destruction,' said Dr Gal Rosen, a paramedic with MDA who said he had rescued a four-day-old baby as fires blazed from the building. The strikes on Monday also caused minor damage to the US Consulate in Tel Aviv, with the ambassador saying the building would remain closed for the rest of the day as a result. During an earlier barrage of Iranian missiles on central Israel on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran will stop its strikes if Israel does the same. The Iranian Health Ministry said late on Sunday that 224 people have been killed since Israel's attacks began. But after a day of intensive Israeli aerial attacks that extended targets beyond military installations to hit oil refineries and government buildings, the Revolutionary Guard struck a hard line on Monday, vowing that further rounds of strikes would be 'more forceful, severe, precise and destructive than previous ones.' The ongoing conflict is likely to dominate the G7 being held in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with it being understood that Donald Trump had given his tacit approval for Israel to launch the strikes against Iran. The other members of the group have all urged caution, but Europe and North America have mostly backed Israel's justification for its actions. Israel argues that its assault on Iran's top military leaders, uranium enrichment sites and nuclear scientists was necessary to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Iran has always insisted its nuclear programme is peaceful, and the US and others have assessed that Tehran has not pursued a nuclear weapon since 2003. But Iran has enriched ever-larger stockpiles of uranium to near weapons-grade levels in recent years and was believed to have the capacity to develop multiple weapons within months if it chose to do so. EU foreign ministers are also due to meet at an emergency summit on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing conflict. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
The Independent
32 minutes ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Watch: Israelis huddle in Tel Aviv bomb shelter before deadly Iran missile strike
Watch as Israelis huddle in bomb shelters in Tel Aviv as air raid sirens sound to warn residents of incoming Iranian missile strikes. Footage shared by the Associated Press (AP) shows people entering crowded underground bunkers on Sunday (15 June) as Iran and Israel exchanged attacks for the third day in a row. Eight people have been killed in Iran's overnight attacks across Tel Aviv, Haifa and other cities, according to Israel's national emergency service. Retaliatory strikes from Israel targeted Iran's oil and gas sector and killed four senior Iranian intelligence officials, including the head of the powerful Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Brig. Gen. Mohammad Kazemi. Since both countries began targeting each other with devastating missiles and airstrikes on Friday (13 June), 24 people in Israel and 224 people in Iran have been killed.
Indian Express
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
As Israel–Iran conflict spirals, a round-up of 5 key developments in the past 24 hours
Entering its fourth day, the ongoing tensions between Israel and Iran continued to intensify early Monday. Fresh missiles were traded, killing scores of civilians, damaging structures, and raising fears of further escalation from both sides caught in a longstanding conflict. Over the last few days, Iranian strikes on Israel have killed at least 19 people since Tehran began attacking the country in response to the latter's sweeping assaults on its military and nuclear infrastructure. In Iran, the toll is higher. At least 224 people, including children, have been killed since Israel launched a surprise attack aimed at halting Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons. Both nations have vowed to retaliate 'strongly' to each other's deadly attacks with offensives that have have showed no sign of slowing so far. What has happened in Israel in the last 24 hours? In a new wave of missile attacks by Iran on Israel early Monday, at least five were killed and dozens more wounded, the country as emergency services reported. Iranian ballistic missiles struck Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa, wounding at least 30 people, emergency responders said. Video footage doing the rounds showed fire burning at a power plant near the port. Loud explosions from missiles fired by Iran were also heard over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Powerful explosions, likely from Israel's defence systems intercepting Iranian missiles, rocked Tel Aviv shortly before dawn on Monday, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky over the coastal city. Authorities in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva said that Iranian missiles had hit a residential building there, charring concrete walls, shattering windows and ripping the walls off multiple apartments, killing one person, as reported by CNN. One missile fell near the American consulate in Tel Aviv, and its concussion caused minor damage, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said. An Iranian strike on Saturday killed four people — women from the same family — as it destroyed a three-storey building in the town of Tamra. In Israel's Bat Yam, six people were killed and at least 180 were injured. What happened in Iran in the last 24 hours? Israel on Monday struck the command centre of Iran's Quds Force, a special military unit that coordinates support for Iranian allies in the Middle East and reports directly to the country's supreme leader. Israel also hit missile sites in central Iran. On Sunday, an Israeli strike killed the intelligence chief of the country's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Kazemi, along with two other officers, according to state media. Since Israel's initial attack on June 13, it has killed at least six senior military figures, including the Chief of Staff of Iran's armed forces, Maj Gen Mohammad Bagheri, and the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Gen Hossein Salami. Six nuclear scientists were also killed in an Israeli attack, the military said. At least 224 people have also been killed, with 90% of the casualties reported to be civilians, an Iranian health ministry spokesperson said. Israel also struck Iran's Defence Ministry headquarters and two fuel depots in the Tehran area. The Shahran fuel and gasoline depot, which has at least 11 storage tanks, was hit and set afire during the Israeli attack that began on Saturday. Separately in the city's south, Shahr Rey, one of the country's largest oil refineries, was also struck, according to Iranian state news media. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that the latest attack on Israel employed a new method that caused Israel's multi-layered defence systems to target each other. Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Sunday that Israel is not only defending itself but also the world by stopping Iran from making nuclear weapons. He claimed that the two assassination attempts on US President Donald Trump were orchestrated by Iran, adding that Iran also attempted to kill him, as a missile fired by Iran struck the bedroom window of his home. 'They (Tehran) want to kill him (Donald Trump). He's enemy number one,' Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News. Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said on Monday that the residents of Tehran will 'pay the price, and soon,' after Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn, killing at least five people. Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian called on Iranians to join hands amid Israeli strikes on the country. 'Any disagreements or disputes must be set aside today,' he said in the parliament on Monday. 'We must confront the aggression of this genocidal criminal with strength,' state media reported. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also threatened 'severe punishment', claiming that residential areas had been targeted in strikes by Israel. The Iranian leadership has vowed a harsh military and diplomatic response against Israel. The sixth round of talks scheduled between the US and Tehran for Sunday (15th June) in Oman has been cancelled, following Israel's attack on Iran. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran would not attend nuclear talks as long as Israel continued its attacks on the Islamic Republic. Oman's Foreign Minister, Badr al-Busaidi, echoed the decision, saying the talks 'will not now take place,' adding that 'diplomacy and dialogue remain the only pathway to lasting peace.' For the first time since the conflict began, US President Donald Trump, in a post on X on Saturday (June 14), denied any involvement in the recent strike on Iran, stating that Washington had no role to play in the conflict. He also warned Iran of an attack at levels 'never seen before' should Iran launch an assault on the US. 'The US had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight. If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before,' he said in a post on his Truth Social handle. The Associated Press reported that US President Donald Trump recently vetoed an Israeli proposal to assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — a dramatic indication of how close the allies came to further escalation. As world leaders head to Canada for the Group of Seven (G7) meeting, the agenda on the table has shifted to the simmering conflict between Israel and Iran. European leaders are intending to pin the US President down on his entire Iran strategy, including getting a definitive response on whether he will use his influence over Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to call a ceasefire — or instead let the war run its course. (With inputs from agencies) Karishma Ayaldasani is a Senior Sub Editor at The Indian Express. She has previously worked as a Social Media Sub-Editor at Firstpost and as a Creative Strategist at Clematis Advertising. She holds a PGDM in Journalism and Mass Communication from Xavier's Institute of Communications, Mumbai and a degree in Economics (Honours) from Sophia College, Ajmer. ... Read More
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israel kills IRGC intelligence chief and deputy, Iranian state media says
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency has confirmed the death of the Islamic Revolutionary Corps intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy Hassan Mohaqiq. It added that a third IRGC intelligence officer, Mohsen Bagheri, was also killed in the strike in Tehran. They were reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already stated earlier that Kazemi and Mohaqiq had been killed. Israel and Iran launched attacks on each other for the third day in a row on Sunday, killing scores of civilians, and raising fears of a wider conflict. As the death toll continues to rise, both sides have threatened to unleash even greater force. At least 14 people have been confirmed dead in Israel. Iranian state media announced on Sunday that the death toll of Israel's attacks on Iran had climbed to 224 since Friday, adding that the majority were civilians. For the first time, Iran also launched a daytime barrage against Israel. At least one of the missiles launched on Sunday evening hit a building in the coastal city of Haifa, injuring four people, bringing the number of wounded across the country to 15. Israelis have now been told they can leave shelters, after the missile attack caused several light injuries and damage in both the north and south of the country. 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 its oil and gas sector. Meanwhile, US-Iran nuclear talks were called off on Sunday, and a US official says that President Donald Trump has rejected a plan by the Israelis to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Euronews
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Euronews
Israel kills IRGC intelligence chief, Iranian state media says
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency has confirmed the death of the Islamic Revolutionary Corps intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy Hassan Mohaqiq. It added that a third IRGC intelligence officer, Mohsen Bagheri, was also killed in the strike in Tehran. They were reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already stated earlier that Kazemi and Mohaqiq had been killed. Israel and Iran launched attacks on each other for the third day in a row on Sunday, killing scores of civilians, and raising fears of a wider conflict. As the death toll continues to rise, both sides have threatened to unleash even greater force. At least 14 people have been confirmed dead in Israel. Iranian state media announced on Sunday that the death toll of Israel's attacks on Iran had climbed to 224 since Friday, adding that the majority were civilians. For the first time, Iran also launched a daytime barrage against Israel. At least one of the missiles launched on Sunday evening hit a building in the coastal city of Haifa, injuring four people, bringing the number of wounded across the country to 15. Israelis have now been told they can leave shelters, after the missile attack caused several light injuries and damage in both the north and south of the country. 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 its oil and gas sector. Meanwhile, US-Iran nuclear talks were called off on Sunday, and a US official says that President Donald Trump has rejected a plan by the Israelis to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
