DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched an expanded assault on Iran on Sunday, with direct strikes targeting its energy industry and Defense Ministry headquarters, while Tehran unleashed a fresh barrage of missiles blamed for the deaths of four people and injuries of many others.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced Saturday that, unlike the February strike by King Soopers workers, the Safeway/Albertsons walkout will begin on a more limited scale.

The Israeli attack, which comes amid an unprecedented exchange of strikes between Israel and Ansar Allah's Axis of Resistance coalition ally, Iran, was reported by a number of Israeli outlets as well as Saudi Arabia's Al-Hadath network.

The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee denounced the Israeli strike as a “reckless escalation” that risks a broader war. “Israel’s alarming decision to launch airstrikes on Iran is a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence,

The Iranian and Israeli strikes mark the most sustained, direct attacks ever between the two rivals. Three people were killed in Israel and at least 78 in Iran, officials said.

Nearly 1,000 union workers at Duke Energy Indiana are preparing for what they’re calling an “imminent work stoppage” over a contract dispute with the Plainfield-based utility.

Israeli search crews attempted to rescue people at several sites hit by overnight Iranian strikes around the country. In the central Israeli city of Bat Yam, three people remain trapped under rubble,

Two additional bodies recovered from the site of the Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam, bringing the death toll to nine. Five of the victims, including three minors, were Ukrainian citizens.