Israel says new Iranian missile attack under way

The Israeli military says Iran has launched a new wave of missiles towards the country and urged the public to take shelter. It said air raid sirens have been activated in several areas of the country.

The new announcement comes moments after the military told the public that an earlier strike had ended and that it was now safe to leave bomb shelters.

Explosions over Tel Aviv as sirens blare in central Israel

The Reuters news agency says explosions have been heard over Tel Aviv, as air raid sirens blare in central and southern Israel.

Trump says Israel and Iran asked him for peace ‘almost simultaneously’

The US president says the world and the Middle East will benefit greatly from the ceasefire he claims to have brokered between Israel and Iran.

“Israel & Iran came to me, almost simultaneously, and said, ‘PEACE!’ I knew the time was NOW. The World, and the Middle East, are the real WINNERS! Both Nations will see tremendous LOVE, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY in their futures,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social.

“They have so much to gain, and yet, so much to lose if they stray from the road of RIGHTEOUSNESS & TRUTH. The future for Israel & Iran is UNLIMITED, & filled with great PROMISE. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!”

As we’ve been reporting, despite Trump’s claim of a ceasefire, Israel and Iran are continuing to trade attacks.

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Three killed in Israel’s Beersheba

The Times of Israel and YNet News are reporting that three people who were said to be in critical condition following a missile attack on the southern Israeli city have now been pronounced dead.

Footage from the scene, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, shows damage to a multistorey building and parked cars. Other footage taken from afar shows a huge cloud of smoke in the sky.

The report comes as sirens continue to blare across Israel amid a third wave of attacks. Israel says the missiles are from Iran. There’s been no comment from Iran so far.

Israel says Iran has launched a third wave of missiles

The Israeli military says a third Iranian missile attack is under way and is urging the public to take shelter.

Iranian scientist killed in Israeli strike: Report

According to Iran’s English language channel Press TV, nuclear scientist Sedighi Saber was “assassinated” in an Israeli strike in Tehran. Earlier reports said the attack on Saber was carried out near the main streets of Ferdowsi and Vali Asr in the downtown area of the Iranian capital.

Several of Iran’s top nuclear scientists have been targeted by Israeli strikes since it launched its military operation against the country on June 13.

Ex US official says Trump’s Iran-Israel deal ‘neither verifiable nor permanent’

Ned Price, a former spokesperson for the US State Department, has criticised the ceasefire deal between Iran and Iraq announced by Trump, describing it as “neither verifiable nor permanent”.

In a series of posts on social media, Price, who served under Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, wrote, “Success would’ve been permanently and verifiably preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuke, just the type of arrangement Trump needlessly tore up in 2018.”

He was referring to Trump’s decision to abandon the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world powers in 2015, under then-President Barack Obama.

Price said the Trump administration should “leverage this moment” to reach a new diplomatic deal, warning that the US involvement in the war could push Tehran “to sprint towards a nuclear device”.

Israel-Iran fighting ‘until the very last breath'

We’ve seen this happen in the past, in ceasefires with Israel, where parties would go on until the very last breath.

This was quite unusual, what we’ve seen in the past hours. Six different missile launches from Iran on various areas in Israel.

The most devastating in Bir as-Sab’, or Beersheba, where six people are feared dead and perhaps more trapped under the rubble in the building that was really devastated by a direct impact, a direct hit from a missile launched by Iran.

This is still developing in terms of what the final tally is from these different launches. What was impacted in addition to this building? This is certainly the most extended period of missile launches that we’ve seen.

🚨 Magen David Adom CEO Eli Bin announced that at the site of the direct missile hit in Beersheba, there are concerns that people may be trapped in three apartments with serious damage, where search efforts cannot yet be conducted. pic.twitter.com/A8GAZaszyr

— ILTV Israel News (@ILTVNews) June 24, 2025

Iraqi authorities increase security around US, foreign embassies in Baghdad

We reported a little earlier on a drone attack on the Taji military base, located north of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.

A senior US military official also told the Associated Press news agency that reports of an attack on a base housing US forces in Iraq were a false alarm, triggered by falling debris from a malfunctioning Iran missile that was aimed at Israel.

Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed, reporting from Baghdad, said security has been increased around the US and other foreign embassies in the city.

“We understand that here in the capital, Baghdad, security forces have been deployed in and around the Green Zone, which is home to the US embassy and other foreign diplomatic missions,” Abdelwahed said.

“This comes after threats made by Iran-allied groups in Iraq threatening to attack US interests in the region and namely military bases,” he said.

“In Iraq, over the past week, there have been marches and demonstrations condemning the attacks against Iran and calling on the Iraqi government not to allow any foreign country to use Iraqi airspace to carry out attacks or air strikes inside Iran.”

Iranian TV says ceasefire has now begun

Press TV says the ceasefire between Israel and Iran has begun following several waves of attacks on Israeli territory.

Trump says ‘ceasefire is now in effect’

US President Donald Trump has said “the ceasefire is now in effect” in a post on Truth Social.

“Please do not violate it!” he added.

Neither Iran nor Israel have officially confirmed the agreement announced earlier by Trump on ending the conflict that has killed hundreds in Iran and two dozen in Israel.

The US leader had said the ceasefire would be a phased 24-hour process beginning at around 04:00 GMT on Tuesday, with Iran unilaterally halting all operations. Israel would follow suit 12 hours later.

Trump blasts Israel for dropping ‘a load of bombs’ after agreeing to truce

We can now bring you more comments from Trump on the status of the Israel-Iran truce.

He told reporters that he thinks both sides “violated it”. “I’m not sure they did it intentionally. They couldn’t reign people back,” he said. But Trump said he is especially displeased with Israel, which “dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen” right after agreeing to a truce.

“When I say, ‘you have 12 hours’, you don’t go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them,” Trump complained.

“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing,” Trump concluded before boarding the Marine One aircraft.


IRGC says its last attack on Israel was launched before ceasefire started

Iran’s last wave of missiles against Israel was carried out minutes before a ceasefire implementation in response to deadly Israeli strikes, the IRGC has said in a statement reported by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

It said 14 missiles were launched against military centres across Israel, adding that Iranian armed forces will continue to monitor “enemy movements with open and vigilant eyes”, Tasnim reported.

Yeah and they landed after the ceasefire started. Just like Israel, drop everything you had ready for the coming days right before the deadline.

Iranian media reports two explosions heard in Tehran (11:47 GMT)

Iran’s judiciary news outlet Mizan and the Shargh newspaper are both reporting that two explosions have been heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Trump ‘annoyed’ with Netanyahu for breaking ceasefire

Trump is feeling “quite annoyed” at and perhaps “betrayed” by Netanyahu after Israel launched attacks on Iran, violating the ceasefire, says Al Jazeera’s US correspondent Phil Lavelle.

As the US president prepared to fly to Europe for a NATO summit, he told reporters of his frustration that both Israel and Iran had violated the terms of their ceasefire agreement, just hours after it was announced.

Before his departure, Trump also swore while making comments about Israel and Iran. “He was angry with both Israel and Iran. But you could really tell some of the extra anger there, the extra fury was aimed at Israel,” Lavelle noted.

He added that Trump “obviously feels quite annoyed, and betrayed, perhaps, by Benjamin Netanyahu”. Trump spoke to Netanyahu on Monday to get his backing for the ceasefire, before enlisting the help of Qatar to get Iranian support for the proposal.

Israeli PM refraining ‘from further strikes’ on Iran after call with Trump

Netanyahu’s office has released a statement addressing Israel’s latest military operations in Tehran.

The office said Israel’s military “destroyed a radar installation near Tehran” in retaliation to several earlier Iranian missile strikes that it described as “violations” of the truce.

But following a conversation with Trump, Netanyahu “refrained from further strikes”, according to the statement.

“In the call, President Trump expressed his deep appreciation for Israel, saying it had achieved all the objectives of the war. He also expressed confidence in the stability of the ceasefire,” it read.

The last bit is a blatant lie, but maybe Netanyahu will finally back down.


Iranian officials celebrate ceasefire ‘victory’ over Israel, US

Some Iranian authorities are already celebrating a win after Trump announced a ceasefire, despite the complications. Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said the “victory” meant that Iran “broke the horn of the US and the West in the region” and showed them Iran’s power.

Mahdi Mohammadi, a top aide to parliament chief and former IRGC commander Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, also celebrated what he called a “major, history-making victory”. “A new era has begun,” he wrote on X.

Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told state television that others must know no one can “uproot” the Iranian nuclear programme.

“Considering the capacities and abilities that we possess, the nuclear industry must persist, and it will not be stopped.”


_{Iranian people walk past debris arrange as an anti-war installation at a square in downtown Tehran}

Iran reports 610 killed in Israeli attacks

At least 610 Iranians have been killed and 4,746 others wounded as a result of 12 days of Israeli strikes, according to the latest figures by the Ministry of Health.

Spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said 971 people remain hospitalised, while 687 underwent surgery.

Thirteen children are among those killed, with the youngest a two-month-old, as are 49 women, including two who were pregnant.

He added that five healthcare workers have been killed and 20 others are wounded. Seven hospitals have been damaged, as were six emergency response bases, four clinics and nine ambulances.

Israeli crews searching rubble of destroyed building for survivors

The latest statement from the Israeli Magen David Adom services, the emergency services, they are now confirming four dead, two with moderate injuries, and 20 light injuries, especially from that missile strike that struck a building and caused a lot of damage.

The crews are still sifting through the rubble of the damaged building to make sure that nobody is stuck under the debris. This was significant – successive rounds of salvoes fired from Iran.

We have not heard anything from Israeli officials yet and that is to the great frustration of many Israeli commentators.

Following the missile fire towards Israel:

As of 07:45, at the southern Israel site:
4 fatalities
2 moderately injured
20 minor injuries and anxiety.
MDA teams are continuing search and rescue operations.
Updates to follow pic.twitter.com/u5FJPWoveu

— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) June 24, 2025

Netanyahu had ‘no choice’ but to back ceasefire

Political commentator Ori Goldberg says the Israeli government’s claim to have achieved all its objectives in Iran before the truce is “ridiculous”.

“It is really unclear, to say the least, what Israel’s goals were,” Goldberg told Al Jazeera, speaking from Tel Aviv. “Over the past week, we heard Israel talk about everything from the decapitation of the nuclear programme to regime change.”

While there has been some damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities, Goldberg said it remains “completely unclear” whether Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium has been damaged or destroyed. And given there was never an “imminent, inevitable” nuclear threat from Iran towards Israel to begin with, “nothing has essentially changed in the situation”, he added.

Goldberg said Israel likely agreed to the ceasefire due to the mounting damage from Iranian attacks and predictable pressure from the Trump administration. “Having decided to hitch the Israeli horse to the Trump wagon, Netanyahu had no choice,” Goldberg said.

“Netanyahu decided to gamble on Trump coming to his rescue. Trump did, and Netanyahu is therefore obligated to assist in Trump’s goal, which was and still is ultimately securing the regional deal and not launching a regional war.”

Families of Israeli captives say ceasefire deal must include Gaza

Relatives of the Israeli captives held in Gaza are calling on their government to end the war on the Palestinian territory and secure the return of their loved ones.

“The ceasefire agreement must expand to include Gaza. We call on the government to urgently engage in talks that will lead to the return of all hostages and the end of the war. If they can achieve a ceasefire with Iran, they can also end the war in Gaza,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement on X.

“It is unthinkable that after a brilliant operation in Iran and a decisive, devastating blow to the Iranian axis, Israel would return to sinking in the Gaza quagmire. This contradicts all logic and every Israeli interest,” it said.

“Ending the operation in Iran without leveraging it to secure the return of all hostages would be a grave diplomatic failure. There is a historic window of opportunity, and the Israeli government has a duty to seize it with both hands.”

Israeli opposition calls for Gaza ceasefire next

Yair Golan, leader of the centre-left Democrats Party, has urged the government to follow the announced Iran ceasefire by agreeing a truce in Gaza.

“Now is the time to complete the mission: Return all the hostages, end the war in Gaza and stop once and for all the coup that threatens to make Israel weak, divided and vulnerable,” Golan said in a post on X.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid made a similar appeal.

“And now Gaza. It’s time to [finish] there too,” he said in comments carried by The Times of Israel. “Return the hostages, end the war. Israel needs to start rebuilding.”

Palestinian Authority urges Gaza ceasefire as part of Iran war truce

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has demanded that a ceasefire deal announced in the Iran-Israel war be widened to include the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

“The Palestinian Presidency welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire agreement,” President Mahmoud Abbas’s office said in a statement carried by official news agency Wafa.

It added: “We demand the completion of this step by achieving a ceasefire that includes the Gaza Strip.”

‘Moment has come’ for Gaza ceasefire: German chancellor

Friedrich Merz says Israel’s war in Gaza should be brought to an end. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, the German chancellor said “the moment has come” for a ceasefire in the enclave between Israel and Hamas.

Although Merz noted that Israel “has a right to defend its existence and the safety of its citizens”, he stressed that Germany is allowed to “critically question what Israel wants to achieve in the Gaza Strip”.

Merz urged Israel to ensure “humane treatment of the people in the Gaza Strip, especially women, children and the elderly”.

Lebanon seeks diplomatic pressure on Israel to stop attacks

Over the past two weeks, the focus really has been on the conflict between Israel and Iran. But Israel continues to carry out air strikes and drone strikes on targets in Lebanon – targets it says belong to Hezbollah.

A few hours ago, an Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in southern Lebanon, killing at least three people.

Nawaf Salam, Lebanon’s prime minister, is seeking diplomatic help from Qatar and Arab countries as well as from the United States. The Lebanese state is hoping that it will receive assistance to stop the Israeli attacks.

Because the state believes that as long as those attacks continue, as long as Israel occupies Lebanese territory, it will be very hard to convince Hezbollah to fully disarm.

Netanyahu needs Hezbollah to stay in power, that is for Netanyahu to stay in power. He can't have a unified Lebanon nor Syria. Without enemies Israel has lost its reason of existence. 

Israeli drone falls in south Lebanon

Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that an Israeli surveillance drone was found in the village of Markaba near the border. It is not clear how it fell. Israel continues to attack parts of south Lebanon in violation of the November 2024 ceasefire that it reached with Hezbollah.

Israel’s war on Gaza remains roadblock to regional peace

Luciano Zaccara, an associate professor of Gulf politics at Qatar University, says the US, Israel, and Iran are all putting a positive spin on the Trump-declared ceasefire to “save face” and “avoid escalation”.

Zaccara said while Iran had already signalled its willingness to return to nuclear negotiations if Israel’s attacks ceased, sustainable peace in the region is unlikely without an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.

“People [are being] killed there more than ever before, and this does not seem to be important [to many countries] any more, at least for Israel or the US.”

NGOs call for end to militarised humanitarian aid operations in Gaza

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 14 other NGOs are calling for multilateral aid agencies to be allowed to work in Gaza again. The call comes amid concerns about the work of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli and US-backed organisation mired in controversy.

Since GHF started operations in late May, Israeli soldiers have killed hundreds of  Palestinians gathering for food near its aid centres. In a letter, the signatories said those involved in GHF’s operations in the enclave risked being complicit in war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly genocide.

Philip Grant, executive director of TRIAL International, said GHF’s model of militarised and privatised aid delivery “violates core humanitarian principles”. He added that GHF’s work “exposes all those who enable or profit from it to real risk of prosecution for complicity in war crimes, including the forcible transfer of civilians and the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare”.

Grant concluded that legal accountability for GHF’s actions were “clear and inescapable under international law”.

_{Palestinians gather to receive aid in Beit Lahia}

Israeli attack kills 24 Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza

At least 24 Palestinians desperately seeking food aid amid widespread hunger in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli attack in the besieged territory’s central area, according to Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, Sanad.

According to the report, the victims were killed while waiting for food at Salah al-Din Street just south of Wadi Gaza in the centre of the Strip. Footage obtained by Sanad showed the bodies of the victims piling up at Nasser Medical Complex and al-Awda Hospital.

Israeli attacks on Palestinians near aid centres have killed more than 400 people and wounded about 1,000 since the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began aid distribution on May 27.

Israeli forces kill 37 Palestinians in Gaza

Medical sources say Israeli forces have killed at least 37 Palestinians in Gaza since the early hours of this morning. The figure includes 29 people who were killed in an attack near a food distribution centre.

Al-Shifa Hospital ‘bloodbath’ as wounded aid seekers seek treatment

A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has regional powers stepping back from the edge of a larger war.

But the morning here [in Gaza] is still quite heavy. There are more screams, tears and trauma. There are more funerals and people bidding farewell to dead family members who were killed at distribution centres in Rafah, near the Netzarim Corridor, and in northern Gaza.

Casualties were brought to various health facilities, including al-Shifa Hospital, some by animal-drawn carts. The emergency ward there turned into a bloodbath, and many died waiting for medical care.

Five people from the same family were also killed in an attack on a residential home here in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood. 

Gaza death toll climbs above 56,000

After 79 killed Palestinians were brought to Gaza hospitals over the past 24 hours, the death toll from Israeli attacks on the enclave since the start of the war has risen to 56,077.

The number of those wounded has also increased to 131,848 people, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

Since Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire in mid-March, it has killed at least 5,759 Palestinians and wounded 19,807 others.

Israel killed 870 Palestinians in Gaza during war with Iran

As the world’s attention focused on the exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran, the Israeli atrocities in Gaza continued unabated during the 12-day conflict.

According to health authorities, at least 870 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during Israel’s conflict with Iran. The overall Palestinian death toll now stands at 56,077, and it does not include thousands of people trapped under the rubble who are presumed dead.

_{Palestinians carry a wounded man in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip}