Rocket trails can be seen in the sky above Netanya on 13 June 2025 after Iran fired retaliatory strikes on Israel<\/p>\n
Iran fired “hundreds of various ballistic missiles” towards Israel<\/a>\u00a0late on Friday, in what the Islamic Republic called the beginning of its “crushing response” to Israeli attacks.<\/p>\n \u201cMoments ago, with the launch of hundreds of various ballistic missiles toward the occupied territories, the operation of decisive response to the savage attack of the Zionist regime has begun,” Iran\u2019s official news agency, IRNA, reported.<\/p>\n Bright orange flashes illuminated the sky over Tel Aviv as Israeli air defence systems appeared to down some of the incoming missiles.<\/p>\n Still, fires and plumes of smoke could be seen in areas of Tel Aviv, whilst explosions were also reported in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n The head of Israel\u2019s emergency services told reporters that seven people were “lightly and moderately injured” following a strike that hit on the border of Tel Aviv and the city of Ramat Gan in Israel.<\/p>\n The retaliatory battack came after Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel’s deadly attacks on his country would “bring it to ruin”.<\/p>\n “The armed forces of the Islamic Republic will inflict heavy blows upon this malevolent enemy,” Khamenei said in a televised speech.<\/p>\n