Israeli
military sites and energy infrastructure came under Iranian fire, including
Nevatim airbase and the Haifa power station
The latest barrage of ballistic
missiles fired by Iran at Israel early on 16 June caused widespread destruction
in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and elsewhere, video footage and images from after the
strikes revealed.
Entire buildings have been
destroyed, while others have been severely damaged by the Iranian strikes.
One video shows a house in Petah
Tikvah, east of Tel Aviv, almost completely destroyed from the Iranian missile
attack on Monday morning.
A fortified room in another
building in Petah Tikvah, serving as a shelter, was destroyed by one of the
missiles, resulting in the deaths of five Israelis who were hiding inside.
Three were killed in Haifa and
one was killed in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv. In total, nine Israelis were killed
during the overnight Iranian strikes, bringing the total number of settler
casualties up to 24 since the start of Operation True Promise 3. Nearly 600
have been injured.
“Our operation proved that the
Zionist enemy's calculations regarding Iran were completely wrong,” Iran’s
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early on Monday after the latest
barrage of around 100 missiles.
“Our missiles successfully hit
their targets despite US support and the enemy's possession of modern defense
technologies,” the IRGC added.
In Tel Aviv, multiple sites were
hit, including a sensitive strategic building and several residential towers.
The Haifa power station was also
struck by hypersonic missiles, as well as other major electricity and oil
infrastructure, the Bazan Chemicals Complex, and the Haifa refinery. Power
outages in the center of Israel were reported.
Nevatim airbase in the Negev
desert was also hit, as well as an army camp in the Galilee and other military
installations. Strict Israeli military censorship has been imposed.
“We are still exercising
restraint and have not deployed all our capabilities to avoid global chaos.
However, we may reach a point where we use new weapons,” Iranian Major General
Mohsen Rezaei told Iranian media on Sunday night.
Tehran’s morning strikes came
after barrages on Sunday evening and afternoon, and coincided with the
continuation of Israel’s massive war on Iran.
Israeli strikes have hit both
Iranian military sites and civilian infrastructure, including ports, airports,
hospitals, and a civil defense site.
At least 224 Iranians have been
killed and around 1,000 injured since Israel launched the US-backed war against
Iran.
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