Israel channel Kan: Avraham Cohen (one of the representatives of the Israeli security structure) was eliminated last night in Bnei Brak as a result of an Iranian missile strike.

Situation after the barrage from Iran: 4 dead and 2 seriously injured at 4 crash sites in Gush Dan and one site in Haifa, where 3 are still considered disconnected | All updates https://bit.ly/3ZyyIW7

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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]

Haifa Refinery Hit by Iranian Missiles – 16 June Iran launched around 40 ballistic missiles overnight; several struck the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa. Fires broke out, 3 workers were killed, and the facility remains completely offline, disrupting energy supply in northern Israel. Civilian infrastructure is now a direct target in this escalating conflict.

MILITARY/STRATEGIC TARGET: BAZAN Group, formerly Oil Refineries Ltd (Haifa Bay, Israel) hit by IRGC missiles. IDF lifeline-supply might be in a perilous condition (and that's what UNRESTRICTED WARFARE is all about) #IRGC #IDF #NuclearWar #NuclearWeapons #OilRefinery #BAZAN

Haifa Bazan Oil Refinery. #Haifa #Iran #IsraelIranConflict

Israel reported damage on Sunday to an oil refinery in the northern city of Haifa after Iranian missile attacks. Iranian missiles hit the Bazan oil refinery complex in Haifa overnight, causing damage to pipelines and transmission lines, Bazan Group, which operates the complex, said in a statement cited by the Times of Israel news portal. Read: https://middleeastmonitor.com/20250615-iranian-missiles-damage-oil-refinery-in-northern-israel/…

The Israeli economy heavily relies on the BAZAN oil facilities in Haifa, which has been struck by Iran. Huge Iranian breach for American-Israeli defenses.

3 civilians killed as Iranian regime missile hits Bazan oil refinery in Haifa. Second strike in 48 hrs. Credit: Israel Live News #IsraelUnderAttack #Haifa #IranMissileStrike #BreakingNews

An Iranian ballistic missile that killed three people in Haifa overnight hit the Bazan oil refinery complex in the northern city, Israeli media reported, as it was permitted to publish on Monday evening. It was one of several deadly impacts caused by a ballistic missile barrage in the early hours of Monday morning. Four people were also killed in Petah Tikva, and another in Bnei Brak. Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav had confirmed that three people were killed in the northern city, but initially only told Channel 12 news that they had been working at a facility “that’s very important to us in the area, which we would be happy if it closed and left.” Only hours later was the news that the missile had hit the oil refinery complex permitted for publication. Rescuers attempted for hours to reach the three missing people, who were buried under rubble during the attack on the northern city. A fire also broke out at the location, complicating rescue operations. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms According to Haaretz, the fire hadn’t been brought under control as of Monday afternoon, and it was unclear when it would be. The three weren’t killed in the initial missile impact, Haaretz reported, but in the subsequent fire. At first, rescuers had been able to communicate with them, the report said, but they lost contact early on in the rescue mission, and fear for their well-being grew as the hours wore on. It is believed that the cause of death for all three was suffocation, as well as the extreme heat from the fire. Their identities have not been made public, but the news outlet reported that all were residents of Haifa and the nearby Krayot. It said two other workers had been with them when the missile struck, but managed to escape with light injuries. A ballistic missile attack a night earlier had also caused “localized damage” at the oil facility. Smoke billows from a site in the northern city of Haifa following a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on June 15, 2025. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) The facility, home to a distinctive cooling tower that looms over the densely populated Haifa Bay, has for years been threatened with attack by Israel’s adversaries, including Iranian proxy Hezbollah. It has never been known to have suffered a direct hit in the past. In October, Hezbollah published a video purporting to show one of its drones flying over the refinery site and other sensitive installations in the area. Residents, environmental activists and others have long lobbied for the Bazan facility to be shuttered and moved elsewhere, due to both the heavy pollution it causes to the area and fears of disastrous consequences should it be struck. In 2022, the government voted to relocate the facility by 2030. Work on the removal of an array of large oil tanks adjacent to the site was set to begin this year. Voicing the public’s discontent with the situation, Haifa Mayor Yahav told Army Radio on Monday that the government “needs to be brave and take these factories out of residential areas.” Israelis were the last to know Although the missile strike itself occurred shortly after 4 a.m., it took more than 12 hours for media outlets in Israel to be granted permission to publish any details from it, beyond reporting that three people were killed by a missile strike in Haifa overnight. International news outlets, meanwhile, were able to report on the location of the strike, and several news outlets, including Al Jazeera, which is banned from the air in Israel, were airing footage from the scene not long after the attack. Thus, Israelis were the last to know about the hit at the oil refinery complex. Israeli air defense systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles over Haifa on June 16, 2025. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir pledged on Monday to crack down on foreign media for broadcasting the location of missile impacts, citing assessments that they put lives at risk by allowing the Iranians to better triangulate their fire. “Broadcasts that show exactly where the missiles land on the State of Israel are a danger to the security of the country and I expect that anyone who does this will be treated as someone who harms state security,” the ultranationalist minister said. His office also announced that officials from the Communications Ministry, along with the police, would track down the source of what was thought to be an Al Jazeera broadcast in the Haifa area. It said, however, that the reporters and crew at the scene were not with Al Jazeera reporters, but rather “other foreign broadcasting channels, for which there is no blanket prohibition on filming — as long as they did not violate censorship regulations.” The Israel Police had said in a separate statement that officers were sent to clear international journalists who had been broadcasting live missile impacts in the Haifa area, which, in addition to being the home of the oil refinery, also hosts a major port and a naval base. Sam Sokol contributed to this report. You appreciate our journalism We’re really pleased that you’ve read 4 Times of Israel articles in the past month. You clearly find our careful reporting valuable, in a time when facts are often distorted and news coverage often lacks context. Your support is essential to continue our work. 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Dramatic footage of last night's missile strike on the refineries at the Zain plant in Haifa

תיעוד דרמטי מפגיעת הטיל אמש בבתי הזיקוק במפעל בז"ן שבחיפה

Israel’s Bazan Group announced Monday evening that all operations at its Haifa Bay refinery and subsidiaries have been shut down following a direct Iranian missile strike very early in the morning. The company confirmed in a statement to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that the attack caused significant damage, including to its on-site power station. Three people were killed in the incident.According to the Energy Ministry, the attack struck a strategic facility and left the power generation unit—critical to steam and electricity production—heavily damaged. The ministry assured the public it is prepared to maintain national fuel supply and estimated that repair work will take about 10 days.liveThe direct hit to the Bazan refineryThe attack, which had not been publicly disclosed until Energy Minister Eli Cohen’s announcement in the evening, came as a surprise to some in Israel’s defense establishment. It is unclear whether the incident would have become public knowledge had Bazan not been a publicly traded company legally obligated to report material events.In its official statement, Bazan said: “As a result of the strike on the Bazan Group compound, the power station responsible for part of the steam and electricity production for the group’s facilities was significantly damaged. Additional damages occurred, and at this time all refinery operations and subsidiary facilities have been shut down.”Bazan added that it is working with the Israel Electric Corporation, which responded immediately to assist in restoring power to the site, and that it is currently assessing the full scope of the damage. The company also expressed condolences to the families of the victims.1 View gallery Damage at the Bazan power plantCohen visited the blast site along with Bazan’s CEO and the head of the Electric Corporation, Meir Spiegler. Cohen said the energy sector will continue to provide for the country’s fuel needs during the recovery period.Lihi Shahar, director of the Haifa Bay Environmental Protection Union, said the incident highlights long-standing concerns. “This was a known scenario. Just a day earlier, we saw damage and Bazan reported it to the stock exchange. Nationally, this raises serious questions about Israel’s energy security,” she said.Shahar criticized past claims by Bazan that wartime conditions proved the facility must remain operational. “Two or three missiles and that theory collapsed. Now we must ask: what are the alternatives? The Energy Ministry and the National Emergency Authority need to answer that,” she said.“We've been warning for years that there’s no airtight protection," Shahar added. "Back in 2018, we described this scenario—war with Iran, missile strikes, and now Bazan is offline. What now?”

The company, Bazan, tells regulator it will likely resume full operations in October; missile impact killed three employees Israel Oil Refineries said Sunday that it had partly resumed activities at its Haifa facility, which was shut down following an Iranian missile strike two weeks ago. The company, known by the Hebrew acronym Bazan, said in a regulatory filing in Tel Aviv that it was gradually restoring operations and would likely be fully operational by October. It noted that it holds insurance covering damage and profit losses of up to $250 million caused by acts of terrorism and war. Bazan said on June 15 that its pipelines and transmission lines in Haifa had been damaged by Iranian missile strikes, which killed three employees, and that it was examining the impact of the damage on its operations and implications on its financial results. Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE Energy Minister Eli Cohen said separately on Sunday that Israel’s energy system “functioned flawlessly throughout the war, and the swift resolution of the issue at Bazan is further proof of the strength and resilience of Israel’s energy sector.” The 12-day war with Iran, which ended with a US-brokered ceasefire last week, saw Israel strike Iran’s nuclear program, missile facilities and military leadership. Israel said the operation was necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its avowed goal of destroying the Jewish state. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms Iran retaliated by launching over 500 ballistic missiles and around 1,100 drones at Israel. The attacks killed 28 people and wounded over 3,000 in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals. Smoke billows from the missile impact site in the northern city of Haifa on June 16, 2025, where three people were killed in an Iranian strike on the Bazan oil refinery complex. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) A major player in Israel’s energy market, Bazan has long been a target of Israel’s adversaries. Prior to being devastated by Israel in open war last fall, Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah published a video in June 2024 that purported to show one of its drones flying over the Bazan refinery site in Haifa and other sensitive installations in the area. Bazan is owned by Petrochemical Enterprises, which took over control from ICL (formerly Israel Chemicals Ltd.) in September 2022. In 2024, Bazan supplied 65 percent of Israel’s diesel fuel for transportation, 59% of its gasoline, and 52% of its kerosene (used for jet fuel and cooking gas), according to information sent to the stock exchange in March. Sue Surkes contributed to this report. 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.

Five people who were killed in Iranian ballistic missile strikes in the early hours of Monday morning have been named as Yaakov and Hadassah Belo, Daisy Yitzhaki, and Igor Fradkin and Uri Levy. The five were killed when missiles slammed into Israeli cities in at least five locations, claiming the lives of eight people in total. Close to 300 others were injured in the same barrage. Fradkin and Levy were among three people killed in a strike on the Bazan oil refinery complex in Haifa, northern Israel. The identity of the third victim, Dani Avraham, was made public Monday night. 1080p720p360pAuto Yitzhaki, 85, and Yaakov and Hadassah Belo, both 77, were killed in a barrage on the central city of Petah Tikva, in which four people were killed. The name of the city’s fourth victim has yet to be released. Ofir Belo, the couple’s Brazil-based son, announced the death of his parents in a Facebook post on Tuesday, saying he was “in total shock.” Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms The two were sheltering in their safe room when a missile with a large explosive warhead slammed into their 20-story apartment block, impacting a wall right between two safe rooms, which were unable to withstand the intensity of the blast. The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit a building in Petah Tikva, June 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) Israeli authorities say reinforced rooms located inside apartments are suitable protective spaces in case of attack, though they are largely designed to protect against shrapnel and shock waves, and unlike underground bunkers used for public shelters, cannot necessarily stand up to a direct impact of heavy explosives. According to officials, reinforced rooms have saved countless lives in the missile barrages from Iran thus far. Yitzhaki, who was killed in the same strike, is thought to have been outside of a protected space at the time of the attack. Her caregiver was also injured in the impact, according to Ynet. Responders are seen next to a damaged building following a strike by an Iranian missile in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025 (Jack GUEZ / AFP) In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Petah Tikva Mayor Rami Greenberg confirmed that Yitzhaki was among the four killed in the Iranian missile strike, and said the municipality would formally release the names of the other three victims later in the day. “With deep sorrow and great pain, we bow our heads together with all city residents over the cruel murder of four Petah Tikva residents in yesterday’s deadly missile barrage,” he said. “We are assisting the families in every way necessary, and will continue to stand by them in these difficult moments.” Fradkin, 50, and Levy, 58, were killed when the Bazan oil refinery, where they both worked, was struck by an Iranian missile. Their coworker Dani Avraham, 59, from Kiryat Motzkin, was named as a victim Monday night. Damage at the Bazan Group’s oil refinery in the Haifa Bay after it was hit by an Iranian missile overnight, June 15-16. (Used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law) Avraham, a father of two, was remembered by the Kiryat Motzkin municipality as a “modest man, dedicated and respected, who worked in the energy industry for more than 30 years and was always willing to help even in difficult times.” Fradkin, a resident of nearby Kiryat Ata, worked at the oil refinery for 17 years, his family said, and he “believed deeply in what he did,” considering it to be his part in “taking care of the country.” He was survived by his wife, three children and a granddaughter. He will be buried on Wednesday at the Tel Regev Cemetery. “My heart goes out to the Fradkin family in this difficult time of loss and bereavement,” Kiryat Ata Mayor Yaakov Peretz said in a statement. “On behalf of myself and the residents of the city, I offer my deepest condolences. Smoke billows from a missile impact site in the northern city of Haifa on June 16, 2025, where three people were killed in a strike on the Bazan oil refinery complex. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) Levy, who lived in Haifa and worked for decades at the oil refinery, was survived by his wife, three children and a grandson. One of his sons got married just two weeks ago, the Kan public broadcaster reported. He was buried at the city’s Sde Yehoshua Cemetery earlier on Tuesday. Bazan offered condolences to the families of the three men, whom they said were “dedicated professionals who fell while doing their duty.” The three weren’t killed in the initial missile impact at the refinery complex, Haaretz had reported Monday, but in a subsequent fire that broke out at the site. At first, rescuers had been able to communicate with them, the report said, but they lost contact early on in the rescue mission, and fear for their well-being grew as the hours wore on. It is believed that the cause of death for all three was suffocation, as well as the extreme heat from the fire. In total, 24 people have been killed and hundreds more have been wounded by Iranian missile strikes since Friday, when Israel launched a major offensive against Iran, hitting nuclear sites and scientists, missile bases and top military officials. Iran has launched some 350 ballistic missiles at Israel since Friday, the vast majority of which were intercepted, according to IDF statistics released Monday. 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. 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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTIranian Strikes Kill at Least 8 in Israel as Conflict Enters Fourth DayDozens of others were injured overnight across Israel, the authorities said. Israel was striking military sites in Iran and the four-day-old conflict showed no sign of slowing.VideoBlack smoke billowed from the Iranian state TV headquarters after an Israeli strike hit the building on Monday. The attack comes as the fighting between Israel and Iran show no signs of slowing down.CreditCredit...Getty Images/Getty ImagesJune 16, 2025Iranian strikes on populated areas of Israel overnight killed at least eight people, the local authorities said on Monday, as Israel’s military attacked military sites in Iran and the four-day-old conflict between the Middle East’s two most powerful militaries showed no sign of slowing.Four of the people died when a missile hit a residential block in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, and three more in Haifa, the local authorities said. An 80-year-old man died when his home collapsed as a result of a shock wave from a strike in Bnei Brak, a city east of Tel Aviv.Sigal Kovalski, 47, who lives in Petah Tikva, said that she and her family heard an explosion and saw dust trickling into the room where they were sheltering. When they emerged, they found their apartment completely ruined.“The windows were broken, the floor was covered with shattered glass and the furniture was in pieces,” she said.Photos and videos from Petah Tikva showed a high-rise residential building with several floors blackened and visibly blown outward, with concrete and debris dangling from the blast site.Nearly 100 people were injured across central Israel on Monday, including in Haifa and Tel Aviv, and search and rescue operations were continuing, according to Magen David Adom, the national emergency service.Iranian missiles also hit Israel’s largest oil refinery, in Haifa Bay in northern Israel, according to footage verified by The New York Times. Firefighters were trying to contain a blaze ignited by the strike and to rescue people trapped in the area, said Tal Volvovitch, a spokeswoman for the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority.The attacks followed a day of strikes on multiple locations in Iran and Israel, including a rare daytime Israeli air raid on Tehran that caused casualties and damage to buildings and infrastructure. Internet traffic from Iran dropped significantly, according to NetBlocks, an internet monitoring group. That left many Iranians unable to contact emergency services or connect with the outside world.The fighting, which began on Friday with an Israeli attack on Iran, has been the fiercest and most prolonged between Israel and Iran in decades. It has stoked fears of a wider regional conflict that could draw in the United States and other powers.The Israeli strikes have killed at least 224 people in Iran, according to the country’s health ministry. Several top Iranian security chiefs are among the dead, and more than 1,400 people have been injured.In Israel, at least 21 people have been killed in Iran’s retaliatory barrages since Friday, according to the national emergency service.Natan Odenheimer is a Times reporter in Jerusalem, covering Israeli and Palestinian affairs.Related ContentMore in Middle EastArash Khamooshi for The New York TimesPhilip Montgomery for The New York TimesOhad Zwigenberg/Associated PressAmr Abdallah Dalsh/ReutersJack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesImage by Ronen Zvulun/ReutersEditors’ PicksBrian ReaAnnie McElwainCaroline Tompkins for The New York TimesTrending in The TimesMark Weinberg for The New York Times. Food Styling by Barrett Washburne.Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: James Ransom for The New York Times; Food Stylist: Maggie RuggieroThe New York TimesYe Fan for The New York TimesHeather Willensky for The New York TimesSaher Alghorra for The New York TimesImage by Ronen Zvulun/ReutersMattie Neretin/Sipa, via AP ImagesBrian Fraser for The New York TimesOhad Zwigenberg/Associated PressAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT

Several Israeli Arrested on Charges of Installing Cameras to Live Broadcast Iran's Attacks on Haifa The Israel regime police announced the arrest of several people who intended to film and publish live the possible Iranian missile strikes on the port of Haifa. These individuals installed cameras on the balcony of one of the hotels overlooking the port of Haifa in order to record in real time the moment the rockets hit.

Cleared for publication: Igor Pradkin, a 50-year-old resident of Kiryat Ata, and Uri Levy (58) have been named as two of the people murdered in the Iranian Missile attack that hit Haifa. May their memory forever be a blessing.

Tragically, more victims have been identified from Iran’s ongoing attacks against innocent Israeli civilians. Nastia Borik, 7, who came to Israel from Ukraine to receive life-saving leukemia treatment, was murdered alongside her mother, grandmother, and two young cousins. Dani Avraham, 59, was a devoted father of two who was always willing to help others. Yaakov and Hadassah Belo, both aged 77, were a beautiful couple dedicated to each other and their family. Igor Fradkin, 50, leaves behind a grieving wife and five children. ⁠Uri Levy, 58, was a kind-hearted and genuine friend to all who knew him. Daisy Yitzhaki, 85, was a beloved pillar of her community. May their memory be a blessing

Sirens blared in the minutes before an Iranian ballistic missile crashed into the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan on the night of June 13, alerting residents to get into bomb shelters.  The next morning, the people of Tirzah Street emerged to the sight of collapsed buildings and cars crushed into one another – hundreds of metres of destruction. One 74-year-old woman was killed. People placed Israeli flags over the damage caused by an Iranian missile that hit Tirzah Street in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan, the night of June 13-14, 2025. To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Just hours before Iran’s strike on Ramat Gan, Israel had launched a surprise attack on Iran, kicking off a new armed conflict between the two nations. In a speech broadcast on June 13, 2025, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu justified the attack by citing the “clear and present danger” that the Iranian nuclear program posed to "Israel’s survival”. During the conflict, Israel killed about 30 Iranian senior security officials and 11 Iranian nuclear scientists. The Israeli army attacked more than 900 military sites, and between 800 and 1,000 Iranian missiles were destroyed on the ground. 36 Iranian strikes verified by the Observers team The strike on Ramat Gan was one of the first to hit Israeli soil. Despite the Israeli strikes on Iran’s military bases, Iran was still able to fire more than 500 missiles at Israel during the 12 days of the war, according to The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), an Israeli think tank with links to the University of Tel Aviv. While most of the missiles were intercepted by the Israeli defence system, INSS reported that more than 50 missiles struck the country.  The two parties, however, have had divergent narratives on the impact of the Iranian strikes both during and after the 12 days of the conflict. Iranian authorities bragged about their successes, claiming that they hit 16 strategic sites in Israel, while Israeli authorities minimised the damage caused by the Iranian strikes. The FRANCE 24 Observers team identified and geolocated 36 different Iranian strikes in Israel using open source data and by cross-referencing both amateur and professional images. The images that we verified show large swaths of destruction in several residential areas, as well as evidence that strikes hit strategic and military sites. Even though Israel incurred less damage than Iran, our investigation reveals that major strikes did take place but were kept under wraps by Israeli censorship. During the hostilities, the Israeli army ordered Israeli and international media outlets to refrain from publishing images of strikes on or near military targets.  Our team identified 36 Iranian missile impacts in Israel during the 12-day war. 28 strikes hit civilian sites, four hit military targets, three hit energy infrastructures, and one hit a university research institute. To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Watch our video report. © Observers Silence around strikes on military sites  Thanks to amateur images leaked online, our team was able to identify four Iranian missiles that landed on or near Israeli military zones.  On June 17, an Iranian missile hit Camp Moshe Dayan, just a few hundred metres from the headquarters of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. The camp, located in Ramat HaSharon to the north of Tel Aviv, is home to both Israeli military intelligence offices and Unit 8200, which specialises in intercepting communications. An amateur video shows the impact of the missile on the camp, and photos taken on the ground that were published on Telegram enabled us to confirm that at least one building – a hangar – was damaged, though we don’t know what the hangar was being used for before it came under fire. Three other missiles visible in the video hit civilian targets near the camp.  Despite the site’s strategic importance, neither the authorities nor Israeli or international media outlets reported this strike.  This video, posted on Facebook on June 17, 2025, shows the impact of Iranian missiles on the town of Ramat HaSharon, located near Tel Aviv. One of the missiles (visible at 0’34”) hit Camp Moshe Dayan. The three other missiles hit a bus parking lot (0’54”) and two fields (0’27” and 0’55”). You can also see plumes of smoke from Israeli interceptor missiles. To display this content from Facebook, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. It was the same story for a strike that hit the Kirya, a neighbourhood in Tel Aviv, on June 13. The Kirya is home to both the headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israeli Ministry of Defence. While reporting live, Trey Yingst, a journalist with the US news channel Fox News, had just said that a building in the complex had been hit by an Iranian missile when he was interrupted by a man who told him, in English, to “go back”.    The journalist asks his cameraman to turn towards another building. However, he is interrupted again, and the cameraman is forced to turn his camera towards the ground. The video isn’t visible on the social media channels of Fox News, but it was copied and then shared online. While speaking live to camera on June 13, 2025, in front of the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Fox News journalist Trey Yingst says that a building in the Kirya military complex - which he refers to as the “Israel’s version of the Pentagon” - was just hit by an Iranian missile. When a man tells him to go back (0’28”), the journalist tells his cameraman to film another building (0’40”). To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. By examining photos and videos of the strike, our team was able to determine that the strike hit the Da Vinci complex, a 32-floor residential building, which is located right next to the military complex. The way that information about this attack was reported in other Israeli and international media outlets also makes it look like censorship was at play. Israeli newspaper Haaretz waited until June 29 to mention this strike in an article – a full two weeks after the attack took place, even though the images of it had already circulated online.  We were also able to verify two other strikes that hit military targets thanks to data from the University of Oregon. One strike hit the airbase in Tel Nof, to the south of Rehovot. Another hit Camp Zipporit, located to the north of Nazareth.  Our team asked the IDF on August 1 if they could confirm that Iranian missiles had hit Israeli military sites during the conflict.   The army had not responded by the publication of this article. If the army does send a statement, we will update this article.  An oil refinery that has halted operations for several months  Additional Iranian strikes have hit strategic infrastructure for the Israeli economy. We identified that three Iranian attacks damaged energy infrastructure. Two hit and damaged an oil refinery in the port city of Haifa on the night of June 14. We were able to geolocate one of the impacts using images published by the press and those we found on social media. We were able to geolocate the other using satellite images.   If you compare an aerial view of one building located in the western part of the oil refinery on June 21 – a few days after the strike – with another image from December 2024, you can see that it looks like the roof has caved in, leaving the building’s skeleton exposed.  At left is a Google Earth satellite image from December 2024 showing the long, narrow roof of a building in the Haifa oil refinery (outlined in orange). In the image at right, taken on June 21, 2025, by Planet Labs, you can see that the roof has collapsed, leaving the building’s skeleton exposed. The surrounding buildings outlined in green, red, and blue enabled us to locate the site where the strike hit. © Planet Labs, Google Earth After the wave of attacks on the night of June 14, Bazan Group – which runs the oil refinery – halted its activities for nearly two weeks. The company informed the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that it wouldn’t be back to full operations until October. It further reported that damage to the refinery caused by the Iranian missiles is estimated at between 150 and 200 million dollars. Three employees died in a fire caused by the attack.  Several million dollars of damage caused to a research institute  Another one of the so-called "strategic” Iranian missile strikes hit the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, on the night of June 14. The institute is ranked among the best in the world (outside the United States). It also has strong links to the Israeli defence industry. The AP, quoting the Institute, reported that the missile hit two buildings. One housed a biology lab. The other, which was still under construction, was to be used for chemistry research. More than 45 labs were damaged, according to the Times of Israel. Researchers at the institute estimated the damage at hundreds of millions of dollars. According to several images verified by our team, one of the buildings hit by the strike was completely destroyed.  The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (Kan) has released on June 25, 2025 drone footage that "reveals for the first time" the extent of the damage caused by an Iranian missile that struck the Weizmann Institute of Science ten days earlier, on the night of June 14-15, 2025. The images show a completely destroyed building — which housed a Cancer Research Institute, according to a scientist interviewed — and damage to one of the university's historic buildings. To display this content from Instagram, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Residential areas in ruin Out of the 36 strikes that our team geolocated on Israeli soil, 28 hit civilian sites. Some hit fields, beaches, and parking lots, but others caused extensive damage across the country.  The town of Rehovot, located about 20 kilometres south of Tel Aviv, was one of the cities most impacted by Iranian missiles. One strike on the night of June 14 landed downtown, damaging or destroying a number of neighbouring buildings. Drone images filmed a few hours after the impact by local media outlet News Rehovot give a sense of the scale of the damage. This drone video gives a sense of the extent of the damage caused in the town of Rehovot by the Iranian strike on June 15. Barriers block off access to some of the destroyed buildings while smoke can be seen rising from another building (0’04”). The front of one building seems to have completely caved in (0’37”) just a few metres from the crater created by the strike. To display this content from Facebook, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Videos available on TikTok show the extent of the damage, including shops with blown-out windows and crumbled facades more than 250 metres from the point of impact.  Iranian strikes hit a number of residential areas in Israel throughout the month of June. A missile hit a parking lot in the southwest of Tel Aviv on June 16, tearing apart most of the surrounding buildings. speech broadcast on June 10, our team shows how we located damage nearly 300 metres from the point of impact. This video, published on June 16, 2025, shows the damage caused to surrounding buildings when an Iranian missile landed in a parking lot in the southwestern part of Tel Aviv. A number of buildings sustained significant damage. Starting at 0’11”, you can see the Brown Lighthouse hotel in the background. It is located dozens of metres from the crater caused by the impact of the missile (visible at 0’06”). To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. 3,500 people injured, 41,000 requests for compensation filed  Farzin Nadimi, a researcher at the Washington Institute who specialises in Iranian security and defence, says that civilian areas were among the targets of the Islamic republic.  “At some point, during or from the very beginning of the campaign, they actually intended to strike residential areas,” Nadimi told our team. “You shouldn't forget that they consider all Israelis as enemies, enemy combatants.” Nadimi says that these strikes may have been part of an Iranian strategy to negotiate an end to the conflict.  “They knew that by pressuring the Israeli civilians and by destroying the residential areas, they would pressure the Israeli government and the military to probably agree to a ceasefire,” he said. The destruction caused by Iranian missiles to Israel had a direct impact on the lives of many Israelis. Nearly 3,500 Israelis were injured during the conflict with Iran, according to INSS, and about 30 people died. More than 41,000 applications were submitted to the Compensation Fund at the Israel Tax Authority. In Israel, these funds cover some of the damage to buildings and materials caused by war. However, this damage remains minor compared to what Iran experienced. Around 935 Iranians were killed and more than 4,700 people were injured by Israeli and American bombs, according to INSS. Blind missiles Outside of the missiles that caused damage, our team also identified strikes that hit roads, parking lots, and even uninhabited zones.  For example, we identified one strike that took place on June 14 in the northern Israeli city of Tirat Carmel. A video of the missile falling shows that it hit a beach, located a few dozen metres from a road and 200 metres from the closest homes. It was a full two kilometres from the Tirat Carmel military base.  A missile landed in a parking lot in the town of Beersheba on June 20, damaging several nearby buildings and setting fire to a number of cars. A new military base, which houses the southern command of the army and a division specialised in cyber defence and communication technology, is just 300 metres from the point of impact. The parking lot is also close to Beersheba’s so-called "cyber campus" where American companies Microsoft, IBM and Dell all have offices.  A number of cars caught fire in the parking lot in Beersheba hit by an Iranian strike the morning of June 20, 2025. To display this content from X (Twitter), you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. The Iranian authorities have not clearly communicated what they were targeting, so it is hard to determine their intentions. Nadimi thinks that the missiles that fell a few hundred metres from military and strategic targets lacked precision. “While they were quite ‘successful’ at hitting residential blocks in central Tel Aviv, for example, they still lack precision to specifically strike a certain building in a military, security, or intelligence complex.” When reporting on a strike that hit Soroka Hospital on June 19, Israeli newspaper Haaretz suggested that Iran might be following a strategy of “ballistic terror.” This would explain the three Iranian strikes using cluster missiles. These weapons, used to hit a number of targets at once, hit buildings housing a school and nursery in southern Israel on June 20. There were no victims.  Strong censorship from the authorities  All of the strikes that we reported in this article were either partially or fully kept under wraps by Israeli military censorship. A Chief Censor in the Israeli military is tasked with limiting the sensitive information disseminated by both Israeli and international media outlets. Guidelines updated in May specify that information about “the impact and results of enemy actions and attacks… carried out against the state of Israel” must be submitted to the Censor before publication.  Authorities doubled down on these policies after the conflict with Iran began. In a communiqué dated June 16 and addressed to all Israeli and international newsrooms present in Israel, the Chief Censor said that “the use of drones or fixed-position cameras to capture wide-area footage around the impact site is strictly prohibited”. On June 17, Israeli police arrested journalists from the Turkish Arabic-language channel TRT and the Egyptian channel Al Ghad TV who were filming the port in Haifa. Police also seized some of their material. In the communiqué sent June 16, 2025 ,to Israeli and international newsrooms operating in Israel, the Chief Censor of the Israeli Army spelled out reporting restrictions put in place to “prevent assistance to the enemy during wartime”. © The FRANCE 24 Observers And while Israel has been trying to limit the spread of information about all missile impacts on its territory, information about strikes that damaged military sites is even more tightly controlled. In the same communiqué, the Chief Censor banned “filming damage at or near military sites” and broadcasting “the exact address of the impact location” in “civilian areas near security facilities”.