Iranian missile downed in latest assault on Israeli civilian centers

Iranian attacks on Israel’s civilian population centers have killed 24 people in the Jewish state.

By JNS

Air-raid sirens sounded in southern Israel, including in the major city of Beersheva, on Tuesday evening, warning of additional missile attacks from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Israel Defense Forces stated.

“Sirens sounding in southern Israel as Iran launches another barrage of ballistic missiles,” the military said in an English-language statement.

According to the Ynet news outlet, one ballistic missile was shot down, while a second projectile fell short outside Israeli territory. No injuries or significant damages were reported in the attack, local media reported.

Less than two hours earlier, the Israeli military had also intercepted several Iranian missiles fired at the Jewish state’s population centers.

“In the past hour, several missiles were launched toward the State of Israel from Iran; most of them were intercepted,” the IDF said, urging civilians to continue to follow its Home Front Command guidelines.

According to Israel’s Magen David Adom medical emergency response group, no casualties were reported in the earlier Iranian aerial assault, except for four people who sustained injuries while rushing to shelter.

The attack triggered air-raid sirens in the country’s densely populated center, including Tel Aviv, as well as in the coastal plain and Samaria.

Jordan’s Al-Mamlaka public broadcaster said that sirens also sounded in the Hashemite Kingdom, with an interception claimed over Amman.

Channel 12 News reported that fewer than 10 missiles were launched as part of that attack, which was reportedly fended off with the help of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-ballistic-missile battery.

Early on June 13, more than 200 Israeli fighter jets attacked dozens of enemy targets, including military and nuclear sites, in a “preemptive, precise, combined” opening strike against Tehran’s nuclear program.

Since the start of the war on Friday, Iranian attacks on Israel’s civilian population centers have killed 24 people in the Jewish state. Three were killed on Friday, 13 overnight on Saturday, and eight early on Monday.

Channel 12 said on Tuesday that Iran launched 17 waves of attacks using more than 400 ballistic missiles, in addition to suicide drones.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the operation would “continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat,” vowing to end the Iranian threat to the Jewish state’s “very survival.”