Iran launches at Israel, sirens in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
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Israel struck Iran's state-run television station Monday during a live broadcast, forcing a reporter to run off camera following an explosion after Iran fired a new wave of missiles at Israel that killed at least eight people.
Israel and Iran launched a new round of attacks as the conflict between the two heavily armed rivals enters its fifth day.
TEL AVIV/DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, citing what he said was the country's rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development.
An Iranian missile landed close to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Monday morning, but no personnel were injured in the incident.
Eliezer Reinhold lives in a suburb of Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva. Reinhold is the father-in-law of Florida State University’s Chabad of Tallahassee Rabbi, Schneur Oirechman. Reinhold visits Tallahassee several times a year, but is currently in Israel. He said the last few days have been long, and every night brings the chance for missile attacks.
Onlookers gathered on Saturday at a central Tel Aviv residential building next door to Israel’s defense headquarters that was damaged after it took a hit from what appeared to be shrapnel from an overnight missile barrage from Iran.
At least seven people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Iranian ballistic missile hit Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, overnight on Sunday, domestic media reported. Other reports put the death toll at six people. Israel's police said residential buildings took a "direct hit that caused extensive damage."