The Iranian Revolutionary Guards issued a warning to evacuate an area in Tel Aviv
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard issued an urgent warning this morning to evacuate the Neve Tzedek area in Tel Aviv.
Iranian television stated that “the Iranian armed forces issued a warning to evacuate the Neve Tzedek area in Tel Aviv, in response to the occupation’s warning to evacuate the 18th District in Tehran”.
Iranian Mehr News Agency reported that Iranian air defenses intercepted Israeli targets in the skies over Tehran.
Iranian media reported that air defenses were activated in the Mashhad area in the northeast of the country.
Iran and Israel exchanged fire at several locations, while fears of a wider war grew after US President Donald Trump called for unconditional surrender from Iran, a clear hint that the United States might enter the war against Iran.
Trump’s comments, made via social media posts, come as Israel pressures the White House to intervene militarily in the conflict with Iran to end its nuclear program.
The New York Times reported, citing sources, that Iran has prepared missiles and other military equipment to strike US bases in the Middle East if the United States joins Israel’s war against it.
Hebrew media reported, after midnight on Tuesday/Wednesday, that several Iranian missiles fell on Israel after defenses failed to intercept them, causing fires and damage to a building.
This came during two missile salvoes from Iran, which included approximately 30 missiles in less than an hour.
In response to the Iranian bombardment, the Israeli military announced in a statement early this morning that the air force had now launched a wave of attacks on Tehran, while Iranian media reported that air defenses were intercepting the targets.
“The air force has launched a new wave of attacks in Tehran,” the military said in a statement.
Mehr News Agency reported that Iranian air defenses intercepted Israeli targets in the skies over Tehran.
Iranian media reported that air defenses were activated in the Mashhad area in the northeast of the country.
Videos showed Iranian air defenses intercepting the targets, smoke rising from some open areas, and explosions being heard.
At 00:35 local time (GMT+3), the Israeli military said in a statement, “Alerts were activated in several areas within the country after missiles were detected launched from Iran towards Israeli territory”.
He added, “Meanwhile, the Air Force is working to conduct interception and attack operations at every location that requires eliminating the threat”.
For its part, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that air raid sirens sounded in the greater Tel Aviv area, as well as in the cities of Haifa and Jerusalem, following the Iranian missile barrage, the eighth since dawn on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Channel 12 reported estimates indicating that Iran launched 20 missiles at Israel in that salvo.
Israeli Army Radio said some reports indicated that a number of Iranian missiles had fallen on Israel.
The Army radio station didn’t specify the locations where the rockets landed, however sources says that at least two rockets had fallen in Jerusalem and the Sharon region near Tel Aviv.
Channel 12 reported that damage was caused to a building in central Israel as a result of the Iranian missile barrage, as missiles fragments fell on a building in the northern region, while several fires broke out in open areas as a result of Iranian missiles or their fragments.
The same channel reported that air raid sirens sounded in central Israel, including Greater Tel Aviv, as well as the cities of Tel Aviv, Ashdod, Rishon LeZion, and Netanya, following the detection of new missile launches from Iran.
The Israeli channel added that the latest rocket barrage included the launch of at least 10 rockets towards Israel, as firefighting teams were dealing with a fire that engulfed 20 vehicles in central Israel as a result of Iranian missile fire.
This comes at a time when Israel is imposing a strict blackout on sites targeted by Iranian missiles and drones, particularly those targeting military or vital sites, claiming that revealing these sites would provide “aid to the enemy”.
