- 287 people hospitalized nationwide overnight as a result of missile attacks from Iran on the north and center of the country.
At least five people have been killed in Israel overnight in Iran’s overnight strikes in Israel, the country’s national emergency services says.
The latest victim was found in the rubble of a building in Petah Tikva, central Israel, that was damaged in the attack.
Three others were killed at the same site, and one man was killed in Bnei Brak, where a missile caused widespread damage in a residential area.
The emergency service says 92 people have been hospitalized, most of them with minor injuries. Searches are ongoing at two of four impact sites. Reports also indicate that rescuers are attempting to reach three people trapped at a Haifa site hit by a missile.
Defense Minister Israel Katz threatens that Tehran’s residents will suffer in retaliation for Iranian missile strikes that have caused widespread damage to Israeli residential areas, killing at least 21 people and wounding hundreds more since Friday.
“The arrogant dictator of Tehran has become a scared murderer who fires at Israel’s civilian home front in order to deter the IDF from continuing to carry out attacks that are destroying his capabilities,” Katz says in a statement, apparently referring to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
“The residents of Tehran will pay the price, and soon,” he vows, in what appears to be a threat to target Iranian civilians in kind.
Iranian missile barrages have repeatedly targeted the densely populated Tel Aviv metro area and surrounding cities since fighting began on Friday, as well as the Haifa area.
The Israel Defense Forces says air force jets have attacked Quds Force command centers in Tehran, relying on precise intelligence.
The Quds Force is a powerful branch within the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps that sends fighters abroad and directs and funds foreign terror groups like Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
The IDF says the centers it struck were used by the Quds Force “to plan terror attacks against Israel via the Iranian regimes proxies in the Middle East.”
An illustrative graphic published by the army indicates it hit 10 sites.
Also, the Israeli Health Ministry says 287 people were hospitalized nationwide overnight as a result of missile attacks from Iran on the north and center of the country.
One person is listed in serious condition and 14 are moderately injured, including two at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Petah Tikvah. Most of the rest are lightly injured or suffered acute shock.
The ministry does not list the condition of 15 people taken to Maayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak. The town east of Tel Aviv was hit by a missile overnight, killing one person.
Written with reports from The Times of Israel