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SvennoJ on 16 June 2025
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Israeli police responding to reports of projectile debris

The police say they have received reports of projectile debris falling in multiple areas in Israel.

“Police and bomb disposal units are currently operating at the scenes,” the Police said on X.

“The Israel Police urges all residents to avoid gathering near impact sites to prevent danger to life and to enable emergency teams to work safely. Residents are instructed to continue cooperating with authorities and to follow all Home Front Command guidelines.”


Emergency personnel work at an impact site after missiles were launched from Iran to Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 16

How protected are Israelis from air attacks?

Gideon Levy, the Israeli journalist at the Haaretz newspaper, told Al Jazeera that most Israelis are “very well protected” from air attacks.

“First of all, the alarm system is extremely well-functioning. This time, we get alarms much before the siren. We can prepare ourselves. In most parts of Tel Aviv, for example, there are many shelters. All the new buildings have their own shelters and safe homes. So, from this point of view, you have the feeling that the population is protected.”

However, this is not true for other populations in Israel, such as the Bedouins or the Palestinian citizens of Israel, Levy said.

In the predominantly Palestinian town of Tamra in northern Israel, which has a population of 35,000 people and where an Iranian missile killed at least four people on Sunday, there are no bomb shelters, he said.

But the next Jewish village of 1,000 inhabitants has several, he said.

“I think that the more nights like this will take place, Israelis will start to not only be tired and frightened, but then we finally start to ask, is it worth it? And where are we heading to? From war to war? From bombarding to bombarding? Because this time, unlike in Gaza, unlike in Lebanon, the price of the civilian population might be much heavier than ever. So Israel can take it for few days. It cannot take it for a long period of time.”


Israelis take cover in a public shelter during a missile attack on Israel from Iran, at Haifa, Israel June 14


US envoy reports damage to embassy branch in Tel Aviv

Mike Huckabee says there’s been “some minor damage” to the US Embassy building in Tel Aviv after “concussions of Iranian missile hits” near the structure. There were no injuries to US personnel, and the country’s embassies and consulates in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv will remain closed today, he added.


Death toll in Israel rises to 5: Reports

The Times of Israel and the Ynet News outlet are reporting that a body has been found in the city of Petah Tikva, taking the overall toll from Iranian strikes today to five. As of now, the toll stands at four killed in Petah Tikvah and another in Bnei Brak.

The Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service said a total of 92 people have now been transferred to the hospital, most of them with minor injuries.

Three others remain missing in the northern city of Haifa.


Rescuers evacuate an injured woman from an impacted residential building following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, central Israel, June 16