Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, Iran’s state-run Tasnim news agency reported. Iranian media earlier reported that the Revolutionary Guards had launched a new missile strike on targets in Israel. Reports said the Israeli strike hit the Iranian Foreign Ministry building in Tehran and injured several civilians. Iran launched at least 50 ballistic missiles at targets in Israel tonight, the Tasnim news agency reported. The Iranian agency said the missiles were fired at Israel in retaliation for the country’s attacks on a number of residential areas in Tehran, as well as military and nuclear facilities in other parts of Iran, in an operation that began in the early hours of June 13. Israel has been sounding sirens and urging citizens to take shelter after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) identified missiles fired from Iran, the Times of Israel reports. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday that they had detected a series of ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards Israel, prompting sirens to sound across Israel. Israeli air defenses are expected to launch strikes in the coming minutes, and civilians in central Israel have been ordered to stay in shelters until further notice. Explosions from air defense systems were heard in Tel Aviv and central Israel after the missiles were launched from Iran, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. A new wave of Iranian missiles hit targets in the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reports. At the same time, two missiles hit buildings in central Tehran, causing explosions, Reuters reported, citing the Tasnim news agency. Photos published by news agencies showed smoke rising over southern Tehran from yesterday’s attack on an oil refinery.

With the Haredi platoon of the Home Front Command's rescue and rescue forces at the scene of the fall in Bnei Brak. Extremely heavy damage to buildings as a result of the direct hit and a 75-year-old man who was not in the rescue unit was murdered. And you were very careful about your lives.

עם המחלקה החרדית של כוחות החילוץ וההצלה של פיקוד העורף בזירת הנפילה בבני ברק. נזק כבד ביותר למבנים כתוצאה מהפגיעה הישירה ונרצח אחד בן 75 שלא שהה בממ״ד. ונשמרתם לנפשותיכם מאד.

Permission granted for publication: Avraham Cohen was murdered tonight in Bnei Brak as a result of the Iranian attack. He was 75 years old at the time of his death. May his memory be blessed.

הותר לפרסום: אברהם כהן נרצח הלילה בבני ברק כתוצאה מההתקפה האיראנית. בן 75 במותו. יהי זכרו ברוך

EXPLAINERUsing open-source intelligence and visual evidence, Al Jazeera’s Sanad unit has mapped key Iranian strikes on Israel from Saturday to Monday.Sirens have continued to sound in cities across Israel as Iranian missiles strike for a sixth consecutive day in response to Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear, military and other sites since Friday. On Wednesday morning, an Iranian missile sparked a fire in central Israel that appeared to have engulfed several cars. Iran’s Fars News Agency says one of the targets was the Meron airbase, which is in northern Israel. Israeli attacks across Iran have killed at least 240 people since Friday while Iranian attacks have killed at least 24 people in Israel. Military censorship during war Israeli media have reported on some strikes across the country that have resulted in varying levels of damage and casualties. However, due to military censorship enforced during wartime, reports on attacks involving sensitive or strategic targets are often restricted or withheld from the public. Using open source intelligence, including publicly circulated images and videos on social media, Israeli media platforms as well as visual identification of destroyed locations in Israeli cities, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, Sanad, has mapped some of the most significant Iranian attacks on Israel from Saturday to Monday. These sites are shown on the map below: (Al Jazeera) Sensitive locations targeted On Saturday, missiles landed just 300 metres (984ft) from the Israeli Ministry of Defence headquarters (the Kirya) in Tel Aviv.Sign up for Al JazeeraBreaking News AlertGet real-time breaking news alerts and stay up-to-date with the most important headlines from around the globe. This location, often called “Israel’s Pentagon”, is one of the most sensitive and heavily fortified government complexes in Israel, housing key military and intelligence offices. Another strike hit the Weizmann Institute of Science, one of Israel’s leading research centres, located in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv. The institute is reported to have collaborated with the Israeli military, making it a significant target. Tel Aviv metropolitan area Several areas across the Tel Aviv metropolitan area have also come under fire. In Ramat Gan, a city adjacent to Tel Aviv, missiles struck several towers and residential complexes, causing significant damage and forcing evacuations. Local authorities reported that nine buildings were destroyed. Residences were damaged in a missile attack from Iran in Ramat Gan on June 14, 2025 [Yair Palti/Reuters] The nearby city of Petah Tikva, to the east, was also hit by missile strikes that damaged both residential and commercial areas while in Bnei Brak, a religious school was destroyed. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men inspect the damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025 [John Wessels/AFP] South of Tel Aviv, Bat Yam experienced the highest levels of destruction and casualties in Israel with nine confirmed deaths and about 200 people injured, according to emergency services. In Rishon LeZion, multiple homes were destroyed, adding to the widespread damage across the region. Israeli first responders work in a residential area hit by a missile fired from Iran in Bat Yam on June 15, 2025 [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo] Haifa refinery In northern Israel, Iranian missiles struck Haifa’s Bazan petrochemical complex, the country’s largest oil refinery, forcing a shutdown of operations. Haifa suffered a second missile strike, which hit several residential buildings in the Neve Sha’anan neighbourhood. Smoke billows up from an Iranian missile attack on an oil refinery in Haifa on June 16, 2025 [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo] Tamra In Tamra, a predominantly Palestinian town of 35,000 people in northern Israel, an Iranian missile killed four women from the same family. Like many Palestinian towns in Israel, Tamra lacks adequate bomb shelters. Damaged cars lie amid the rubble of a damaged building in Tamra after an overnight missile attack from Iran on June 15, 2025 [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

By Charlie Summers You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page 16 June 2025, 7:34 am The body of a man in his 80s was pulled out of a building in Bnei Brak that was damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile overnight, authorities say. So far, four people are known to have been killed in Iran’s overnight strikes, bringing the death toll in the Israel-Iran conflict to 20. The three others killed overnight, two women and a man in their 70s, were located by paramedics earlier this morning in central Israel. The Magen David Adom emergency service says it has taken 87 people wounded in the strikes to hospitals, including a woman with severe injuries to her face and five people who were moderately injured. The remaining 81 sustained mild injuries. Paramedics are still searching two of the four areas where ballistic missiles impacted, MDA says. Is The Times of Israel important to you? If so, we have a request.  Every day, even during war, our journalists keep you abreast of the most important developments that merit your attention. Millions of people rely on ToI for fast, fair and free coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.  We care about Israel - and we know you do too. So today, we have an ask: show your appreciation for our work by joining The Times of Israel Community, an exclusive group for readers like you who appreciate and financially support our work.  Yes, I'll give Yes, I'll give Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this If you’d like to comment, join The Times of Israel Community.

A special education institution serving approximately 300 children and teens with disabilities was severely damaged in a nighttime attack. Founder of the ALEH network, Rabbi Yehuda Marmorstein called it a "profound pain" and added that "we must rebuild swiftly.” “We rushed to the rooftop, saw the missiles exploding in the sky—and then a massive boom,” according to a local resident. The body of an elderly man in his 80s was recovered from the rubble of a nearby building.3 View gallery Damage in Bnei Brak (Photo: Shaul Golan)In a devastating escalation of hostilities, the sprawling campus of ALEH—an educational and rehabilitative network for children with disabilities—suffered a direct hit from a missile launched from Iran in the early hours of Monday. The impact caused widespread destruction. An elderly man in his 80s was killed in a neighboring building. A nearby municipal school building collapsed entirely, and the ALEH facility, which serves some 300 children and youth with complex needs, sustained severe structural damage.Notably, the ALEH school, inaugurated five years ago, includes a shelter meant to serve the neighborhood’s residents. However, when residents attempted to seek refuge there during the attack, they found the door locked and were forced to flee to another shelter—ultimately saving their lives. Had they entered the closed shelter, many might have been buried beneath the rubble.Rabbi Yehuda Marmorstein, founder and CEO of the ALEH network, expressed his sorrow. “First and foremost, I thank God that there were no physical or emotional casualties among our staff and students," he said. "But the scenes of destruction and devastation were overwhelming. The most painful part is that hundreds of children with severe disabilities are now left without access to the vital care they receive here. We must restore this place—urgently—for them and their families.”liveDamage at the ALEH building (Video: Shilo Freid)Rabbi Zechariah Shalom, principal of a Bnei Brak school that took a direct hit, described the moment that the school's neighbors tried to enter the shelter. “Local residents had received the shelter key. When the sirens sounded, they ran to the shelter but couldn’t get in. For some reason, the key wouldn’t work—which is extremely rare. The moment they stepped out to seek another hiding place, the building collapsed. Thank God, no one was hurt.”“We don’t have a protected room, so we went up to the roof," Yaakov, a student at a nearby yeshiva, recounted. "We didn’t film, but we saw the missiles exploding in the sky—and one heading toward the school. Then there was a deafening boom. Moments later, the shockwave hit us. Everything flew through the air. We thought debris would hit us any second and ran downstairs.”Tzipora, who lives near the impact site, showed the damage to her home. “When the siren went off, I ran to a room near the bathroom. I heard explosions from all directions,” she said. She pointed to the shattered glass scattered across her bed. “I was sleeping here. It’s a miracle I survived,” she said.“We were at home on the fourth floor, me and four children. We woke up at the end of the siren—too late. I ran to the window and felt the shockwave inside. We have kosher phones, and most of them got alerts—but we didn’t,” Menachem Deutsch, who sustained minor injuries, said.Despite assumptions that the locked shelter may have inadvertently saved lives, Bnei Brak City Council member Yaakov Vider voiced concern. “We are in the midst of one of the most intense wars, in the most densely populated city in Israel—yet shelters are closed. Further down the street, we had to break a lock by hand just to enter a shelter. It is unthinkable that at this stage of the war, shelters remain inaccessible,” he said.3 View gallery At the site of the impact in Bnei Brak(Photo: Shaul Golan)The elderly man who was killed in the strike was found under the ruins of a nearby structure. According to emergency teams, he had refused to leave his apartment and was not in a fortified room. Magen David Adom paramedic David Suissa described the scene. “While scanning the wreckage with Home Front Command, we found him unconscious and trapped. We assisted in the rescue operation, but unfortunately, had to pronounce him dead at the scene. MDA teams remain deployed at multiple sites where casualties are likely and are ready to treat and evacuate the wounded,” he said.Throughout the night, seven additional people were killed in two separate locations: Petah Tikva and Haifa. In Petah Tikva, two women and a man in their 70s died when a missile struck between two protected rooms in a residential building. A fourth body was later recovered from the same building. In Haifa, the bodies of three people trapped under rubble were also discovered. Over 200 injured individuals were evacuated to hospitals across the country.Just a few kilometers away and a few days earlier, the same wave of Iranian aggression reached into the private life of Ohad Basos, a young Israeli soldier. Ohad had already seen the horrors of war up close. He served for over six months in Rafah as part of a combat unit in Gaza. During one mission, a technical malfunction forced him to fire a missile without ear protection. The result: he lost 50% to 60% of his hearing and sustained a minor shrapnel injury to his hand.3 View gallery Damage in the book store (Photo: Yariv Katz)Since then, Ohad has been undergoing daily rehabilitation at Belev Echad, a non-profit organization that supports wounded soldiers through emotional therapy, physical recovery, and long-term reintegration into society. Its healing center, located in Kiryat Ono, has become Ohad’s lifeline.“Ohad is one of many heroes who returned from battle with invisible wounds,” according to Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler, the founders of Belev Echad. “He is strong and determined—but even the strongest need someone to walk beside them. That’s what Belev Echad is for.”But as the missiles began to fall, the trauma of combat followed Ohad into the heart of his family home. “It was Shabbat. We were sitting around the table for Kiddush,” Ohad recalls. “I had just poured the wine. And then—boom. The explosion threw everything apart. The door, the table, even the shirt I had folded on the couch—all destroyed. My room, my safe place—gone.”Photos taken later show a mangled interior: shattered glass, torn furniture, and the unmistakable signs of chaos. For Ohad, it wasn’t just a building that was hit—it was his sense of stability. “The battlefield followed me home,” he said quietly. “Even in my parents’ house, during the holiest moment of the week—I wasn’t safe.”

A massive Iranian ballistic missile barrage killed eight people and wounded 287 others early Monday morning as over 100 missiles slammed into central and northern Israel, marking the deadliest attack since Operation Rising Lion began on June 13. The pre-dawn assault left buildings collapsed in major population centers, including Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Haifa, and Petah Tikva, with rescue operations continuing throughout the morning as authorities search for additional victims trapped in the rubble. Rescuers evacuate an injured woman from an impacted residential building following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, central Israel, June 16, 2025 (Photo: Reuters /Itay Cohen) REUTERS Home Front Command initially issued protective directives for southern regions and northern communities before expanding the alert to cover the entire country as the missile barrage intensified around 4:09 a.m. The attack unfolded in waves, with the first missile impacts reported at 4:17 a.m. in various locations across central Israel. In Bnei Brak, three major structures – the Gesharim school, an eight-story residential building, and a synagogue – collapsed from direct hits. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men inspect the damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025 (Photo: John Wessels / AFP) AFP An 80-year-old man was extracted without signs of life from the collapsed building in Bnei Brak, while emergency responders confirmed additional fatalities across multiple impact sites. Magen David Adom paramedic David Suysa, who treated victims at the Bnei Brak site, said, "When we conducted searches in the rubble together with additional Home Front Command personnel, we saw an 80-year-old man trapped and unconscious. We assisted in rescue operations, during medical examinations, we had to determine his death at the scene." The Iranian missile strikes created complex emergency scenes across the Dan region, with massive fires erupting along entire streets in Tel Aviv where missiles struck between buildings. Emergency crews worked to extinguish fires and conduct search and rescue operations for trapped victims. In Haifa, a direct hit on a building sparked active fires at the impact site, with reports of multiple casualties, and three people feared trapped in the rubble who have lost contact with rescue teams. The casualty toll continued mounting throughout the morning as rescue operations progressed. Magen David Adom reported evacuating 95 victims from the overnight attacks, including 32 lightly wounded and four moderately wounded in Bnei Brak, along with one fatality. Rescue personnel evacuate a man from an impacted residential building compound following missile attack from Iran on Israel, central Israel June 16, 2025 (Photo: Reuters /Itay Cohen) Reuters/Itay Cohen Tel Aviv sustained hits at two separate locations, resulting in ten lightly wounded and two moderately wounded victims. Petah Tikva experienced the heaviest toll with 38 lightly wounded, two anxiety casualties, one moderately wounded, two in serious condition, and five fatalities confirmed. The Carmel region reported two lightly wounded victims, while authorities confirmed three missing persons with grave concerns for their lives. Dr. Lena Koren Feldman, director of Beilinson Hospital, confirmed the facility treated the largest number of casualties from the attack. "We received a total of 55 wounded following the missile barrage before dawn," she said. "Among the wounded was one woman in critical condition, three in moderate condition, and 51 lightly wounded." Israeli rescuers search through the rubble of heavily damaged buildings, following an overnight Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam on June 15, 2025 (Photo: Gil Cohen-Magen/ AFP) AFP The missile impacts created widespread destruction beyond the immediate casualty zones, with reports of infrastructure damage and power outages affecting multiple neighborhoods. Emergency services established evacuation centers for displaced residents, including a facility at a school on Abramsky Street in Bnei Brak where evacuees are staying on mattresses with minimal provisions. Evacuated residents complained of receiving inadequate information about their future housing arrangements and lacking basic clothing and necessities. Many arrived wounded and traumatized after their apartments were completely destroyed in the direct hits. Among the confirmed fatalities was Belina Ashkenazi, a 94-year-old Bat Yam resident, whose husband and son were injured in the attack and hospitalized at Ichilov Hospital. The death toll in Bat Yam reached eight after rescue forces extracted an additional victim's body early Monday morning. The Iranian assault represents a significant escalation in Operation Rising Lion, with the missile barrage causing the most extensive civilian casualties and property damage since the conflict began. Israeli Air Force intercepted numerous missiles, though multiple projectiles penetrated air defenses to strike populated areas directly. Foreign networks reportedly broadcast live coverage showing impact locations throughout Israeli territory, contrary to explicit requests from Israeli military spokesman guidelines prohibiting such real-time reporting of strike locations. The attack prompted massive emergency response operations across multiple regions, with fire and rescue services, police, Home Front Command, and local authorities coordinating rescue efforts at impact sites. Search operations continue as authorities work to account for all potential victims and assess the full scope of damage from Iran's most devastating missile assault on Israeli civilian targets.

Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Bnei Brak, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)TEHRAN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said on Sunday that 244 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Iran over the past 65 hours.In a post on the social media platform X, Kermanpour noted that women and children were among the dead, and that 1,277 people had been hospitalized.He added that that over 90 percent of the casualties were civilians.Early Friday, Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran and several other cities across Iran, killing a number of the country's top military commanders and nuclear scientists. The strikes continued across various parts of Iran on Saturday and Sunday.In response, Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. ■Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Bnei Brak, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)(250616) -- TEL AVIV, June 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Tel Aviv, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Bnei Brak, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Bnei Brak, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Bnei Brak, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Bnei Brak, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)(250616) -- TEL AVIV, June 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Tel Aviv, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)(250616) -- TEL AVIV, June 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Tel Aviv, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)(250616) -- TEL AVIV, June 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Tel Aviv, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)(250616) -- TEL AVIV, June 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Tel Aviv, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)

A deadly overnight missile barrage from Iran struck central Israel in the early hours of Monday morning, killing five and wounding dozens more. Among the hardest-hit cities were Petah Tikva and Bnei Brak, where residents were woken to the sounds of explosions, crumbling walls, and the reality of war coming to their doorsteps. In Petah Tikva, a ballistic missile directly hit a high-rise apartment building, killing four and damaging surrounding structures. The blast shattered glass, damaged a preschool across the street, and left car windshields littered in shards. Residents waited for hours outside, some clutching small bags, until Home Front Command soldiers cleared them to reenter their homes to collect belongings. The HFC methodically cleared each building and floor to ensure safety. Only once they received approval were residents allowed to briefly return home. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the missile managed to pierce a reinforced safe room — a rare and devastating occurrence. A couple taking cover inside their safe room was killed instantly. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms In the same building, another woman who was not in a shelter also lost her life. A fourth victim, a woman in a neighboring building, was killed by the blast wave. “This was an unusual event involving a direct hit on a protected room,” the IDF said in a statement. “Safe rooms are designed to withstand blasts, and this incident is under investigation. Still, they remain the safest protection available — everyone else in the building who sheltered in safe rooms survived unscathed.” An apartment building in Petah Tikvah, the site of a direct hit from an Iranian missile following a deadly overnight attack, June 16, 2025 (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel) Individuals were handed hard hats and escorted by local authorities to their apartments to collect essential belongings. The process was tightly controlled, with residents called in one by one, a reflection of the ongoing danger posed by structural instability and lingering debris. One young girl, watching the slow process of each floor being cleared, exclaimed to her grandmother: “They’re making progress! They’re already on the fourth floor — a few hours ago, they were only on floor one.” Some residents, however, voiced frustration. Clutching bags of essentials, Petah Tikva residents evacuate homes shattered by Iranian missile strike, June 16, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel) “They’re not letting me go home to take my things,” one man said, while others declined to speak to the press, overwhelmed by the shock and chaos. “We feel like animals at the zoo,” one woman muttered. Tal, a mother of three who lives just two buildings away from the site of the direct hit, stood beside a pile of bags on the sidewalk. “We’ve lived in that apartment for 11 years. The safe room shook like the missile had hit our own home,” she said. “All the windows shattered. Our furniture and belongings were thrown around the apartment.” “We’re now going to my parents’ in Givatayim, but we don’t know what’s next,” she explained. “No one has told us how long repairs will take. This is a full life — we are now trying to rebuild from scratch.” A hat of the IDF’s Paratroopers Brigade covered in broken glass, left behind in a car in Petah Tikva following a deadly missile attack from Iran, June 16, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel) Avraham Shapira, who lives in Ramat Gan but was staying with his daughter nearby, said: “I felt like our safe room was about to break off from the rest of the building.” He, like many others, expressed gratitude for surviving but uncertainty about what comes next. In Bnei Brak, a Torah ark stands in a shattered synagogue In the neighboring haredi city of Bnei Brak, a missile struck a local school, leaving the structure in ruins and killing one man in his 80s who was later pulled from a nearby building. Children walking by tried to make sense of the destruction. “What, a school fell?” one asked. “Yes, that’s a school,” another replied. The site of a destroyed school in Bnei Brak following a deadly overnight missile attack from Iran, June 16, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel) Yoseph Haim, out with his young children, said he hasn’t yet told his daughter that her school was destroyed. “I told her they’re building her a new one,” he said. Yehudit, a local resident walking with her young children, recalled huddling with her family in their apartment’s shelter as the sirens went off. “The house shook. We heard things falling — in our building, windows and wall hangings hit the floor,” she said. “There was always a promise that a missile wouldn’t fall in Bnei Brak… Apparently it can fall here.” When asked about the broader conflict, she added: “I think there is no choice. And I’m praying that there won’t be more damage.” A synagogue in Bnei Brak, destroyed in an Iranian missile attack, with the Torah ark still intact, June 16, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel) In a nearby synagogue reduced to wreckage, one man pointed out that the Torah ark — miraculously — remained intact. The sidewalks of Bnei Brak were filled with scenes of confusion, faith, and quiet resilience. Ultra-Orthodox residents handed out popsicles, pizza, and water to search and rescue crews. Others snapped photos of the damage with digital cameras. Some tried to cross police blockades on electric bikes to reach their homes. One woman, covered in dust and pleading with officers to retrieve her clothes, cried, “You didn’t experience being at home while the ceiling collapsed on you.” Two young children stop to see the damage caused to a storefront in Bnei Brak, following a deadly missile attack from Iran, June 16, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel) The Health Ministry said 287 people were hospitalized nationwide overnight due to missile attacks, as Iran targeted both the north and center of the country. The Magen David Adom rescue service reported five deaths in central Israel and three in Haifa in the night’s barrage, bringing the total death toll since the start of the Israel-Iran conflict to 24. Despite the carnage, some of those affected found moments of gratitude amid the wreckage, counting their blessings even as they faced the long road ahead. “Thank God, we got through this with miracles. Our home is mostly fine compared to others,” Haim said.

Israel National NewsNews BriefsCleared for publication: Avraham Cohen killed in Bnei Brak missile barrageJun 16, 2025, 4:15 PM (GMT+3)75-year-old Avraham Cohen was killed last night in Bnei Brak in the Iranian missile barrage, it was cleared for publication.Read moreYou may like

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Iranian missiles hit a synagogue in central Israel and damaged a school building in the ultra-orthodox Jewish city of Bnei Brak https://reut.rs/4n1zSTZ

Drone footage reveals massive destruction in Israel’s Bnei Brak after an Iranian missile strike overnight. An elderly man was killed, more than 20 people were injured, and a school hit in this escalating conflict. Israel warns Tehran will "pay the price soon." #IsraelIranConflict #BneiBrak #MissileAttack #BreakingNews #DroneFootage #israel #iran

"The missiles are meant to break us... But all they’ve done is strengthen our resolve," (Aleh staff member). Last night, the Aleh Special Education Center in Bnei Brak was heavily damaged in an Iranian missile strike. However, what remains unbroken is the Israeli spirit, with volunteers already beginning to support Aleh's reconstruction.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits missile strike site in Bnei Brak, inspects damage and speaks with residents

With the Israeli death toll in this war reaching 24 in just a few days, many of you may be wondering why Israelis are willing to put up with such a devastating price. You’ll find the answer in Ruti, a 71-year-old resident of Bnei Brak, whose building was hit by an Iranian missile overnight. Speaking to Kan 11 News this morning, Ruti said: “I just want to say something to all of Am Yisrael. A lady at my age, 71, with the whole price [we’re paying], it’s worth it, so that we won’t have a nuclear threat from Iran.” In just a few words, Ruti captured not just the Israeli spirit, but the often tragic nature of Israelis’ existence. Israelis are willing to see it through, despite the unspeakable costs—because we know just what is at stake, and that we don’t have a choice. And on that note, I’ll leave you with the opening to the song written by Ehud Manor some 40 years ago, Ein Li Eretz Acheret (I Have No Other Country): I have no other country Even if my land is burning.

"They rely on this place to survive, to experience joy. We must rebuild- for them," says Rabbi Yehuda Marmorstein, ALEH CEO An Iranian missile directly hit ALEH’s campus for disabled children in Bnei Brak, destroying therapy rooms, essential equipment & killing a nearby resident. The center served 300 severely disabled children.

Rescuers are at the site of a recent Iranian missile attack in Bnei Brak, central #Israel.

Shocking video of a strike in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv.

Scenes of massive destruction caused by Iranian missile strikes on Bnei Brak in Tel Aviv. One Israeli told Channel 14: "My home was completely destroyed, and if I hadn’t entered the fortified room, my entire family and I would have been killed." #Israel