Tom Bennett BBC News Reporting fromBat Yam, central Israel BBC Veronica Osipchik, 33, had her home damaged by the blast Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, has long been a stronghold of support for Israel’s right-wing governing coalition. In the early hours of Sunday morning, an Iranian missile struck a 10-storey block of flats...
Five people have been killed and dozens injured as Iran launched fresh strikes across central Israel overnight, according to Israel’s national emergency service. Footage shows explosions and damage in Tel Aviv and Haifia. Officials say at least 19 people have been killed in Israel and 224 people in Iran since Friday, when the two countries...
Renewed Iranian missile attacks on Israel have killed at least ten people overnight. More than a hundred others were injured and several people are missing. Iran’s foreign minister has said that strikes on Israel would end once it halts its military campaign. In Iran, state media has made no mention of casualties from Israeli attacks,...
Paul Brown and Shayan Sardarizadeh BBC Verify Maxar / BBC Satellite imagery shared with BBC Verify has provided a clearer picture of damage inflicted on two of Iran’s key nuclear sites as well as other military targets. Imagery from two different providers shows damage to the Natanz nuclear facility as well as a missile site...
Tom Bennett BBC News Reporting fromRishon LeZion, central Israel Anadolu via Getty Images Two people were killed when a missile hit Rishon LeZion early on Saturday As sirens rang out across Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning, Ifat Benhaim and her family ran into their basement. “We closed the door, and suddenly there...
BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from Rishon LeZion, a city just outside of Tel Aviv which was hit by overnight Iran strikes. The IDF said more than 200 missiles were fired as part of the Iranian response to the large scale attacks carried out by Israel. They have urged residents to “stay alert”...
Israel launches new strikes in response to Iranian counterattacks Read full article at source...
NurPhoto via Getty Images Iran insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful and that it enriches uranium to produce fuel for power plants like Bushehr Israel has struck dozens of targets across Iran, damaging the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and assassinating top military commanders and nuclear scientists in Tehran. After the first wave of...
Amir Azimi Editor, BBC Persian Getty Images Some Israeli attacks hit populated areas in Tehran and other places Beyond Israel’s stated goal of destroying what it calls an existential threat from Iran’s nuclear capabilities with its attacks on Friday, Benjamin Netanyahu has a wider aim – regime change in Tehran. Under this scenario, he might...
Iran launched a fresh wave of missiles towards the country on Friday night, vowing to “inflict heavy blows”. Read full article at source...
“The American people do not want another endless war in the Middle East,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) is warning President Donald Trump that acting on his threats to take up arms with Israel in its war with Iran would be an unconstitutional circumventing of Congress to start a war that the...
Israel’s wave of strikes against Iran, which began on Thursday night, has continued throughout Friday on sites across the country. The Iranian foreign minister has called the attacks a “declaration of war”. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas has been examining video footage and satellite imagery of the strikes and the damage they’ve caused. Produced by Aisha...
A UN expert said that Israel’s strikes on Iran, which have killed at least 78 people, were a “prohibited use of force.” United States lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have lauded Israel’s strikes on Iran and are stoking more violence, even as a UN expert has warned that the attack was likely a...
the Visual Journalism team BBC Israel has hit Iran with its biggest wave of air strikes in years, targeting the country’s nuclear programme, and is promising to continue its attacks. Senior military figures and nuclear scientists were killed in the overnight strikes and there are unconfirmed reports that civilians, including children, were also among the...
Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent Getty Images As the massive size and scope of Israel’s overnight attacks on Iran have come into view on Friday, Donald Trump is presented with a major new foreign policy crisis – as well as a diplomatic dilemma. How does the American president who promised to be a peacemaker handle...