Death toll in central Israel rises to 4: Reports
Israel’s Ynet News outlet is reporting that a nine-year-old girl has been confirmed killed in the missile attack in Bat Yam, taking the overall toll from that assault to four. Israeli Army Radio also reported the death, but said the girl was eight years old.
Earlier, Israeli media reported that 35 people were missing at the site of the hit on the city, located just south of Tel Aviv. Some 100 people were wounded.
Damaged buildings are seen following a strike by an Iranian missile in Bat Yam, Israel, on Sunday
Houthis claim missile attack on central Israel
Earlier, the Israeli military reported that some of the missiles that targeted the country’s central areas were fired from Yemen. The Houthi rebels in Yemen have just confirmed that.
In a statement carried by Al Masirah TV, the Houthis said the strikes were carried out in coordination with the Iranian military and involved a number of “Palestine 2 hypersonic ballistic missiles”. It said the targets were “sensitive” sites of the “Israeli enemy in the occupied Jaffa area”.
As we’ve been reporting, at least four people were killed in the attacks on central Israel and dozens more wounded. At least four others were also killed in a previous round of attacks on northern Israel.
Israel claims more attacks in western Iran
The Israeli military says its forces have “completed another wave of attacks in western Iran”, targeting missile storage and launching infrastructure in the past hour. There was no immediate comment from Iran.
Herzog says Israel grieving ‘terrible loss’
Israeli President Isaac Herzog says the country has experienced a “very sad and difficult morning” after the Iranian missile strikes killed at least eight people and injured dozens more. Denouncing what he described as “criminal Iranian attacks”, Herzog said in a post on X that he would pray for the wounded to recover and for the Israelis who are still missing to be found.
As we reported earlier, Israeli media outlets said dozens of people were reported missing after a strike in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv.
A missile hit an eight-story building in Bat Yam and while many people have been rescued there are fatalities
Israeli military censors reporting on hits at four sites
The damage is quite extensive, and it’s in Haifa, it’s in Bat Yam. There are sightings of drones as well in the north near Beisan, and there are at least four sites where the military sensor has not allowed the media to disclose information about direct impact incidents.
But what we do know is that dozens of buildings have been damaged in Bat Yam. The mayor is talking about people still stuck under the rubble.
This is by far more violent than the first night of confrontation, and the first retaliatory attack by Iran on Israel. The attacks on Haifa in particular, where the refineries are, indicates that Iran is making good on its promise to reciprocate if Israel hits civilian infrastructure, sites related to energy, then Iran would try to do the same.
