On Tuesday evening, Israel’s missile defense systems successfully intercepted three separate Iranian ballistic missile attacks aimed at the nation’s north, south and central regions, including strikes on Haifa, the Galilee and the Golan Heights, without causing any casualties or damage.
Earlier in the evening, air-raid sirens wailed across southern Israel, including in Beersheva, alerting residents to an incoming threat. “Sirens sounding in southern Israel as Iran launches another barrage of ballistic missiles,” the IDF stated in its English-language channel. Local media later confirmed that one missile was shot down while another fell short of the border, causing no injuries.
Just under two hours before the northern assault, a similar wave of Iranian projectiles was aimed at Israel’s heartland. Air-raid warnings blared in Tel Aviv, the coastal plain and Samaria, prompting civilians to seek shelter. The IDF said most of those missiles were successfully intercepted, and that four people sustained minor injuries as they hurried to safety. Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical service, confirmed no fatalities.
Jordanian authorities also reported sirens in Amman, where at least one missile was intercepted over the capital, according to Al-Mamlaka broadcaster. Channel 12 News of Israel added that a U.S.-supplied THAAD battery assisted in fending off part of that attack, which involved fewer than ten missiles.
These retaliatory strikes follow early morning operations on June 13, when over 200 Israeli fighter jets carried out “precise, combined” air raids on what the military described as Iran’s nuclear and military facilities. Since hostilities began last Friday, Iranian strikes on civilian areas have claimed 24 lives: three on the first day, 13 overnight Saturday, and eight on Monday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press on “for as many days as it takes to remove this threat,” emphasizing the campaign’s goal of neutralizing what he calls an existential danger to Israel. With each exchange, both sides test the limits of military technology and regional tolerance, and diplomatic efforts to halt the escalation have thus far failed to produce a ceasefire.
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