At least 13 Israelis were killed and 103 injured in Iranian missile strikes targeting Israel early on Monday, according to Israeli media reports.
The death toll rose after the bodies of two people were found in Bnei Brak and Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv, Israeli Channel 12 reported.
Yedioth Ahronoth reported that 103 injured people were hospitalised, with two of them reportedly in serious condition and seven in moderate condition.
According to Israel’s National Emergency Service, Magen David Adom, 24 people have been killed and hundreds have been injured by Iranian strikes since Friday.
Channel 12 reported direct Iranian hits on structures in the Gush Dan area, with several emergency teams responding to the scene.
It said the strikes damaged a number of buildings in central Israel, with fires at impact sites.
Some 16 fire and rescue teams are operating at several locations in the Dan and Central districts to locate and rescue trapped people, said Israel’s fire service, according to Channel 12.
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Israeli police confirmed that weapons debris fell in at least two places in Tel Aviv District, causing property damage, with no immediate reports of casualties.
Similar incidents occurred in the coastal district, resulting in additional material and infrastructure damage.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army reported a new missile attack from Yemen on Monday that the missile triggered air-raid sirens in southern Israel.
There was no immediate comment from Yemen’s Houthi group on the Israeli claim.
The army also said that sirens sounded in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank after a “hostile” aircraft violated airspace, without giving any further details.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Iranian people need unity and solidarity more than ever and must join hands and stand firmly against the aggression of the “genocidal Israeli regime.”
Pezeshkian made the remarks during a parliamentary session on Monday, where he condemned the “criminal assaults of the Israeli regime in the martyrdom of several Iranian military commanders and scientists, as well as dozens of civilians.”
“The enemy cannot remove us or our nation from the scene through violence, killings, and assassinations,” Pezeshkian said, adding, “For every hero who falls, hundreds more will rise to carry the flag and stand against the oppression, injustice, crimes, and betrayal committed by these aggressors.”
“This is what our people have consistently demonstrated — standing strong in the face of all such atrocities,” he said.
The president called for national unity, stressing that Iran is not the aggressor in this war. “Today, more than ever, we need solidarity and cohesion. All Iranians must come together and stand firmly against this act of aggression. Whatever differences or problems exist must be set aside now. We must unite and resolutely confront this genocidal criminal aggression.”
Pezeshkian said that Iran has the right to benefit from nuclear energy and research that serves the nation’s interests, and added that no one has the right to deny this right to the Islamic Republic.
“We stand firm in achieving this right and fear no power in securing what is rightfully ours. We have extended a hand of brotherhood to all Islamic nations — for they are all our brothers. Today, most, if not all, of them stand with us and by our side,” he further said.
On the other hand, Israeli defence minister on Monday threatened to intensify attacks on Tehran following the overnight Iranian missile attack.
“The arrogant dictator from Tehran has become a cowardly murderer, targeting civilian areas in Israel in order to deter the IDF from continuing its attack, which is crippling his capabilities,” Israel Katz wrote on X.
“The residents of Tehran will pay the price, and soon,” he added.
The Israeli Air Force has struck more than 100 targets in Iran since Saturday night. Raids have focused on command centres, missile launch teams and weapons factories in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz.
IDF military spokesman Effie Defrin said the goal is to break Iran’s ability to keep attacking: “We hit nuclear command centres, research labs and weapons factories. We will not let Iran restore its strength to threaten our cities. Our pilots are over Tehran now and will keep striking until this threat is removed.”
Iran, for its part, said that at least 224 people were killed and over 1,000 others wounded in the Israeli assault.
This morning, the Israeli Air Force launched strikes against surface-to-surface missile sites in central Iran.
“The Air Force is now attacking surface-to-surface missile sites in central Iran,” the Israeli military said on X.
Israel also launched a new wave of attacks on the Iranian capital Tehran, with explosions heard at intervals across various parts of the city, according to an Anadolu correspondent.
Iranian state television reported Israeli attacks on Tehran’s Shahriar district during the strikes.
Iranian media reports said Iran’s air defences repelled Israeli attacks on several cities, including Tehran, Mashhad, Karaj, Isfahan and Bandar Anzali.
The semi-official Mehr News Agency said Tehran’s Narmak and Lavizan neighbourhoods were targeted while defences engaged incoming threats.
The state-owned Press TV said, quoting the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, that none of their buildings or infrastructure sustained damage.
Meanwhile, IRNA reported that Iranian forces shot down three Israeli drones in the country’s western and northwestern regions.
The escalating tensions between Israel and Iran are heightening concerns about the security of the oil supply in the Middle East, including possible disruptions to regional supplies, as well as in the Strait of Hormuz, which is critical to global energy trade.
The price of Brent oil rose by over 11% week-on-week on Monday, related to the ongoing Iran-Israel armed conflict.
While it stood at $66.2 on June 9, it reached $73.7 on Monday as of 0700GMT, up by 11.3%.
The Texas crude oil price also rose by 12% over the same period, to $71.6.
On the diplomatic front, China on Monday warned that the Middle Eastern nations would be the “first to suffer” if the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates.
Beijing “is deeply concerned about Israel’s attacks on Iran which cause abrupt escalation of military conflict,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a live-streamed news conference in Beijing.
“We call on parties to immediately take measures to ease the tensions as soon as possible, … prevent the region from falling into greater turmoil and create conditions for returning to right track for solving through dialogue and consultation,” Guo said.
“Force cannot bring lasting peace,” Chinese spokesman Guo also told reporters in Beijing.
“All international disputes should be settled through dialogue,” he said, adding that China will continue communication with all parties.”
Beijing calls for a “peaceful settlement” of the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomatic means, he noted.
“We are willing to continue to maintain contact with all parties … to promote political settlement of the issue and create a better environment for this,” Guo added.
Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department directed American embassies worldwide to clarify that Washington is not involved in Israel’s recent military actions against Iran.
Embassies and consular posts were instructed to inform host governments — “at their discretion” — that the U.S. “is not involved in Israel’s unilateral action against targets in Iran and did not provide tanker support,” CBS News reported on Sunday, citing a diplomatic cable.
The internal communication, known as an ALDAC (All Diplomatic and Consular Posts) cable, also reaffirmed that the U.S. “remains committed to a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear issue.”
It warned that “no government, proxy or independent actor should target American citizens, bases, or infrastructure,” and stated: “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
The cable noted the military is operating “to protect U.S. personnel, forces, and infrastructure in the region and to minimise casualties, particularly amid the persistent threat posed by Iranian ballistic missiles.”
And in a Sunday press briefing before departing for the G7 summit in Canada, President Donald Trump struck a contradictory tone: “I think it’s time for a deal, and we’ll see what happens.”
Yet he reaffirmed U.S. support for Israel’s defense and issued a stark warning via social media: “If US interests are attacked by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before.”
Nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran, planned for Sunday in Oman, have been abruptly cancelled. According to sources, Iran refused to engage “while under attack.”
