Iran and Israel have launched a fresh wave of attacks on each other in a development that continues to raise fears that the wider region could be plunged into a destabilising conflict.
Footage from Tel Aviv appeared to show Iranian missiles slamming into residential areas in the early hours of Sunday, while local media reported targets across north and central Israel were also hit.
In Iran, authorities said an Israeli attack targeted the Shahran oil depot in Tehran, but said the situation was under control. Srikes also targeted Iran’s defence ministry building, causing minor damage, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Sunday.
World leaders have urged restraint, as both countries warn they are preparing for more attacks amid escalating tensions.
The conflict began on Friday after Israel launched missiles at Iran, saying it was targeting its nuclear and military infrastructure in a “pre-emptive” move to stop the country developing a weapon.
Iran launched retaliatory strikes, which saw air sirens wail across the Tel Aviv region on Friday night as smoke rose above the Israeli capital.
So far, at least 13 people in Israel have been killed and over 300 others injured. Iran said 78 people were killed there on the first day of Israel’s campaign, and many more on the second, including 60 when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran, where 29 of the dead were children. They have yet to issue a toll on Sunday.
Operation Rising Lion – the offensive against Tehran – has mainly targeted nuclear sites, including destroying the above-ground section of Iran’s main Natanz nuclear base. However, civilians are also believed to have been killed by the strikes in civilian areas.
On Sunday, Iran said at least two oil facilities were hit, one in Shahran and the other in southern Tehran.
State news agency Fars said two projectiles had hit Mehrabad airport, in the capital, which is both civilian and military, on Saturday. Israeli strikes were also reported in around 10 locations in the East Azerbaijan province.
A military official on Saturday said Israel had caused significant damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities at Natanz and Isfahan, but had not so far operated in another uranium enrichment site, Fordow.
Israeli Defence Force (IDF) spokesman Brig Gen Effie Defrin said prior to Sunday’s attacks that around 200 Israeli Air Force aircraft had dropped 330 munitions on around 100 targets in total.
Attacks took place in several locations across Iran and involved drones and fighter jets. The map below shows some of the locations where the strikes took place.
Tehran vowed harsh retaliation after the initial attack and launched hundreds of missiles overnight on Friday. Air raid sirens sounded out across the country and its citizens were ordered to move into bomb shelters, as the attack began.
