Iran Retaliates With Missile Attack on Tel Aviv
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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.
Fox News reporter Trey Yingst was standing on a balcony as short-range missiles behind him appeared to come closer before being intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome defense system. The footage of the incident preceded a night in which Israel and Iran traded fire, with explosions heard in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Tehran.
Buildings in Tel Aviv were hit as Iran responds to Israel's attack with its own missile strike. 40 people are being treated in hospital in Israel.
Residents awoke to mostly quiet streets in Tel Aviv after spending the night running back and forth to bomb shelters after Iran’s attacks on the coastal city. Some restaurants and cafes were closed, although those that remained open were full of people drinking coffee and eating pastries as normal.
Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner documented an experience in Israeli shelters as Iran launched missile strikes, posting photos from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA said hundreds of ballistic missiles had been launched in retaliation for Israel’s biggest ever attacks on Iran, blasting Iran’s huge underground nuclear site at Natanz an
Magen David Adom reported that two female medics were injured after their car was hit by shrapnel. Fire and Rescue teams responded to an initial call about a rocket impacting a building in Tel Aviv early Saturday morning. Magen David Adom reported that a Mobile Intensive Care Unit was hit by shrapnel in the Tel Aviv area.
Video verified by CNN captures the dramatic moment a missile struck in vicinity of the Kirya, an area of Tel Aviv that’s home to an urban military base housing Israel’s Defense Forces.