The confrontation between Israel and Iran entered its third day on Sunday, as both sides launched heavy aerial and missile strikes with mounting civilian casualties and growing concern over regional escalation.
At least 10 civilians have been killed so far in Israel since the exchange began Friday evening. In Bat Yam, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, emergency teams confirmed six deaths, including two children. In northern Tamra, four more lost their lives. More than 100 others have been injured, some seriously, as families huddled in their homes and rushed to bomb shelters to avoid the overnight missile barrages.
President Isaac Herzog expressed deep sorrow in a statement this morning: “A very sad and difficult morning … the loss includes children, elderly, women and men from across the tapestry of Israeli society.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched multiple waves of ballistic missiles targeting central and northern Israel late Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday, prompting the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to issue urgent evacuation notices in Farsi, urging residents near military installations to leave at once.
Israel responded with precision strikes of its own against Iran. Late Saturday, Israeli jets bombed Tehran’s Shahran oil depot, setting the city’s skyline ablaze and igniting fuel tank explosions. State-controlled Iranian media reported extensive damage to the depot and surrounding facilities.
The intensity and persistence of the strikes have disrupted scheduled nuclear negotiations. Talks set to resume this weekend in Oman were abruptly canceled amid the violence.
Amid the chaos, President Donald Trump, writing on Truth Social, stated: “The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran tonight,” while warning that any Iranian aggression toward American personnel would invoke a decisive response. He also suggested that “we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel,” though the prospects of detente appear dim.
As the dust settles across the region this Sunday, the risk of a wider conflict remains high. Civilians on both sides of the border live with the immediate impact—and uncertainty—of a confrontation that shows no sign of stopping.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Defense Forces issued a warning to Iranians on Sunday morning, telling residents to leave the area around military facilities.
“All persons who are … present in or around military weapons production factories and their support institutions should immediately leave these areas and not return until further notice,” the IDF’s Farsi-language account said on X.
It added: “Your presence next to this infrastructure puts your life at risk.”
