The Israeli army on Sunday called on citizens to take shelter after detecting new missile launches from Iran toward Israel.
“Sirens sounded in several areas across Israel following the identification of missiles from Iran toward the state of Israel,” the military said in a statement.
“At this time, the (air force) is operating to intercept and strike where necessary to eliminate the threat,” it said, instructing citizens to seek shelter.
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran would face “a very heavy price” for the killing of Israeli civilians, as intense hostilities between the two countries entered their third consecutive day.
Israel launched a major air assault on Iran on Friday, targeting nuclear facilities and killing senior commanders and scientists. The operation was described as an effort to halt Iran’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons—an accusation Tehran denies, maintaining its uranium enrichment is for peaceful, civilian use.
“Iran will pay a very heavy price for the deliberate killing of civilians, including women and children,” Netanyahu said while visiting the site of a missile strike on a residential building in Bat Yam, a coastal city near Tel Aviv.
Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, as US President Donald Trump said the conflict could be easily ended while warning Tehran not to strike any US targets.
Israeli rescue teams combed through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed in strikes, using flashlights and sniffer dogs to look for survivors after at least 10 people, including children, were killed, authorities said.
The Israeli military warned Iranians living near weapons facilities to evacuate, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks by Israel so far were nothing compared with what Iran would see in the coming days.
