Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles on Israeli cities early Monday, after Israel struck military targets deep inside Iran, with both sides threatening further devastation. Israel says it hit Quds Force command centres in the Iranian capital.
According to the Times of Israel, eight people were killed and hundreds hurt in an overnight Iranian missile strike on central Israel on June 15th-16th. Defence Minister Israel Katz said Tehran will “pay a price” for the attacks on civilian areas.
U.S. President Donald Trump reacted to the mutual missile attacks by saying he hopes for an Israel-Iran ceasefire, but the two sides may need to “fight it out.”
US. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Monday, June 16th said on X an embassy building in Tel Aviv sustained minor damage from a nearby Iranian missile strike. No U.S. personnel was injured according to the ambassador.
AFP images showed gutted buildings in the coastal hub of Tel Aviv, after Israel’s army warned people to take cover from incoming Iranian missiles.
Huckabee said the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem would remain closed on Monday as orders to “shelter in place (are) still in effect.”
