Fourth Day of Israel-Iran strikes with mounting casualties
發佈日期: 2025-06-17 00:17
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Eight people were killed in Israel in the latest aerial assault by Iran.
Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu says his military is close to eliminating Iran's nuclear and missile threat.
The level of damage Israel is suffering from Iranian missile attacks is becoming clearer and worse.
Not just buildings but streets in Tel Aviv turned to rubble.
In this ballistic missile attack at least five people were killed.
In the four days since the two middle eastern countries began trading strikes more than 20 Israelis have been killed the toll in Iran is thought to be ten times that.
This was the night before: Tel Aviv under attack.
Iran's launched another wave of 100 missiles with fatalities in Israel.
Explosions and interceptions in the night sky.
The latest salvo of escalating tit-for-tat attacks, many of the projectiles are repelled but some get through.
Roofs collapsed, walls caved in, cars are damaged with windsceens and windows blown out.
A missile hit here in this city in central Israel causing devastation.
Resident Anna Vedenin says: "We heard a boom. And we understand that it's very close and I was with my daughter, she's 5 years old. She started to cry.
Haifa near the coast also sustained damage as officials say a residential area was hit.
Widespread damage to vehicles and buildings both inside and out.
The number of injured in Israel has gone past 500 and people are worried the conflict could escalate further.
"it's pretty shocking to see our little neighbourhood, peaceful and quiet, so devastated by some missiles that arrived from 3,000 kilometres away from here", one resident says.
Another says he was lucky to escape to a safe room in time.
His apartment is gone but he's in favour of Israel's strikes on Iran.
In the face of mounting civilian casualties and residents needing to be rescued and relocated, the IDF say Israel is damaging Iran and has eliminated "essentially all of their senior commanders."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiant as he visited his Air Force saying Israel is succeeding thanks to "heroic pilots."
He said: "We are on the way to achieving our goals: eliminating the nuclear threat and eliminating the missile threat."
This shows a surface-to-air missile launcher being towed by a car.
The IDF say they blew it up and released the footage saying after destroying much of the threat, they have "full air control over Tehran."
The foreign ministry in Tehran calls it Israeli aggression and says Iran is acting in self defence adding that talk of negotiations are meaningless in the current circumstances.
Esmail Baghaei went on to say as long as this aggression continues, we will, without a doubt, defend our people,
Concluding by telling journalists Iran's nuclear ambitions are, and have always been, peaceful.
Most governments are warning against travel to the region.
Fifty thousand flyers have already been impacted.
Israel's main international airport has been closed since Friday and remains shuttered making it difficult for people to leave.
