Iran warns Israel allies
Tehran warned Israel's allies that their military bases in the region would come under fire too if they helped shoot down Iranian missiles
Published: 06:06 PM,Jun 14,2025 | EDITED : 10:06 PM,Jun 14,2025
People use their phones at an impact site following Iran's missile attack in Rishon LeZion, Israel, on Saturday. — Reuters
JERUSALEM/DUBAI: Iran and Israel traded missiles and air strikes on Saturday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and scientists; and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it building an atomic weapon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's strikes had set back Iran's nuclear programme possibly by years but rejected international calls for restraint, saying the attack would be intensified.
'We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime and what they have felt so far is nothing compared with what they will be handed in the coming days,' he said in a video message.
In Tehran, Iranian state TV reported that around 60 people, including 20 children, had been killed in an attack on a housing complex, with more strikes reported across the country. Israel said it had attacked more than 150 targets.
In Israel, air raid sirens sent residents into shelters as waves of missiles streaked across the sky and interceptors rose to meet them. At least three people were killed overnight. An Israeli official said Iran had fired around 200 ballistic missiles in four waves.
US President Donald Trump has lauded Israel's strikes and warned of much worse to come unless Iran quickly accepts the sharp downgrading of its nuclear programme that the US has demanded in talks that had been due to resume on Sunday.
But with Israel saying its operation could last weeks and urging Iran's people to rise up against their clerical rulers, fears have grown of a regional conflagration dragging in outside powers.
The United States, Israel's main ally, helped shoot down Iranian missiles, two US officials said.
'If (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, Tehran will burn,' Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said.
Iran had vowed to avenge Friday's Israeli onslaught, which gutted Iran's nuclear and military leadership and damaged atomic plants and military bases.
Tehran warned Israel's allies that their military bases in the region would come under fire too if they helped shoot down Iranian missiles, state television reported.
Iran's overnight fusillade included hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones, an Israeli official said. Three people, including a man and a woman, were killed and dozens wounded, the ambulance service said.
In Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv, emergency services rescued a baby girl trapped in a house hit by a missile, police said, but later on Saturday Tel Aviv beaches were busy with people enjoying the weekend.
The Israeli military said it had intercepted surface-to-surface Iranian missiles as well as drones; and that two rockets had been fired from Gaza.
In Iran, Israel's two days of strikes destroyed residential apartment buildings, killing families and neighbours as apparent collateral damage in strikes targeting scientists and senior officials in their beds.
Iran said 78 people had been killed on the first day and scores more on the second day, many of them when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran. — Reuters
GRAPH POINTS
1. Iran said 78 people had been killed on the first day and scores more on the second day
2. Israeli official says Iran had fired around 200 ballistic missiles in four waves
3. Israel said it had attacked more than 150 targets in Iran
4. Netanyahu said Israel's strikes had set back Iran's nuclear programme possibly by years
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's strikes had set back Iran's nuclear programme possibly by years but rejected international calls for restraint, saying the attack would be intensified.
'We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime and what they have felt so far is nothing compared with what they will be handed in the coming days,' he said in a video message.
In Tehran, Iranian state TV reported that around 60 people, including 20 children, had been killed in an attack on a housing complex, with more strikes reported across the country. Israel said it had attacked more than 150 targets.
In Israel, air raid sirens sent residents into shelters as waves of missiles streaked across the sky and interceptors rose to meet them. At least three people were killed overnight. An Israeli official said Iran had fired around 200 ballistic missiles in four waves.
US President Donald Trump has lauded Israel's strikes and warned of much worse to come unless Iran quickly accepts the sharp downgrading of its nuclear programme that the US has demanded in talks that had been due to resume on Sunday.
But with Israel saying its operation could last weeks and urging Iran's people to rise up against their clerical rulers, fears have grown of a regional conflagration dragging in outside powers.
The United States, Israel's main ally, helped shoot down Iranian missiles, two US officials said.
'If (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, Tehran will burn,' Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said.
Iran had vowed to avenge Friday's Israeli onslaught, which gutted Iran's nuclear and military leadership and damaged atomic plants and military bases.
Tehran warned Israel's allies that their military bases in the region would come under fire too if they helped shoot down Iranian missiles, state television reported.
Iran's overnight fusillade included hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones, an Israeli official said. Three people, including a man and a woman, were killed and dozens wounded, the ambulance service said.
In Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv, emergency services rescued a baby girl trapped in a house hit by a missile, police said, but later on Saturday Tel Aviv beaches were busy with people enjoying the weekend.
The Israeli military said it had intercepted surface-to-surface Iranian missiles as well as drones; and that two rockets had been fired from Gaza.
In Iran, Israel's two days of strikes destroyed residential apartment buildings, killing families and neighbours as apparent collateral damage in strikes targeting scientists and senior officials in their beds.
Iran said 78 people had been killed on the first day and scores more on the second day, many of them when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran. — Reuters
GRAPH POINTS
1. Iran said 78 people had been killed on the first day and scores more on the second day
2. Israeli official says Iran had fired around 200 ballistic missiles in four waves
3. Israel said it had attacked more than 150 targets in Iran
4. Netanyahu said Israel's strikes had set back Iran's nuclear programme possibly by years