And it continues...
Tel Aviv district building on fire following latest Iranian missile salvo
Emergency crews are working to extinguish a fire in a residential building in Holon in Tel Aviv district, central Israel, Israel’s Ynet news reports. The Israeli outlet reported that “missile interception booms echoed across central and northern Israel at around 2:40am [23:40 GMT] on Saturday”.
It’s currently unclear if the fire was caused by a missile fragment or a direct hit by a missile.
Breaking | Israeli occupation rescue teams attempt to contain the fire caused by the Iranian missile the struck occupied Holon in central occupied Palestine. pic.twitter.com/QV24mMBoCw
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 21, 2025
Explosions heard over Tel Aviv as Iran-Israel conflict enters ninth day
The Israeli military released two separate statements.
The first one said they identified several rocket launches from Iran. Initial estimates say that there were about 10 projectiles launched from Iranian territory heading towards Israel, according to Israeli forces.
The second statement, a few moments later, said that sirens were sounding in several parts of the country but primarily centred on the central part of Israel and in Tel Aviv where there were several explosions heard in the skies above.
This is now the ninth day of the exchanges of fire between the Iranians and the Israelis.
Israeli officials now preparing public for a ‘prolonged’ conflict with Iran
Some Israeli security assessments that came out just this afternoon said that this conflict is going to be longer than the Israelis had expected, and the Israeli army chief of staff told the Israeli public that this could be a prolonged conflict, and everyone should be preparing themselves.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously said that regime change in Iran is not really one of the goals of this conflict. He wants primarily to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme so that they don’t acquire any sort of nuclear weapons.
The Israeli defence minister echoed that sentiment but also said that regime change could be part of this and that maybe it is one of those goals.
So the Israelis are saying that however long this takes, that’s how long they are going to continue … that they have the manpower, and they have the capabilities militarily both on offence and on defence.
Israeli air force intercepts drone in north, at least 16 target Israel in 24 hours
The latest interception of an unmanned aerial vehicle took place in the Ghajar area of Israel’s north, according to local Israeli media reports. The military said the drone entered Israeli airspace at 4:56am local time (01:56 GMT) on Saturday and was taken down shortly after.
The Israeli military said earlier that air force fighter jets, attack helicopters and air defence systems on the ground had destroyed 15 drones from Iran that had targeted Israel over the past 24 hours.
A drone photo shows the damage at the impact site following an Iranian missile attack on Israel, in Holon, near Tel Aviv, on June 19
