Iran struck Tel Aviv multiple times on Friday night in its three missile barrages, which resulted in damage to buildings and one confirmed death along with dozens of injuries.
Iran’s attack on the densely populated Israeli city comes after a senior security official told Israel’s Channel 12 that it would target Iran’s leaders and state infrastructure such as oil refineries if population centers were struck. So far, Israel’s attacks on Iran have primarily targeted nuclear and weapons sites, as well as locations with top military generals or nuclear scientists present.
Iran’s first two barrages resulted in over 30 injuries, ranging from minor to fatal. The impact of the third barrage remains unclear as search and rescue teams continue operations at the sites where projectiles landed.
Images from the strikes in Tel Aviv show buildings severely damaged by the missiles.
Fire and smoke rise from a building, reportedly hit by a missile fired from Iran, in central Tel Aviv on June 13, 2025. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
The Israel Defense Forces said that Iran fired fewer than 100 missiles in the first two barrages and dozens of missiles in the second barrage. The United States, Jordan, and Israel participated in shooting down the Iranian missiles.
A senior official told Axios that the United States acted to protect the hundreds of thousands of American citizens in Israel and other American assets in Israel.
Israel has killed seven high-ranking Iranian military officials including: Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Bagheri, Commander in Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard CORPS Hossein Salami, Commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters Gholam Ali Rashid, Commander of IRGC Aerospace Forces Amir Ali Hajizadeh, IRGC Air Defense Commander Davoud Shekhiyan, Senior Advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Shamkhani and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army Mehdi Rabbani.
Israel has taken out at least seven top Iranian military figures in the past 24 hours pic.twitter.com/XaJ0pCKE2N
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Senior State Department official McCoy Pitt told the U.N. Security Council today that Israel’s strike on Iran was “necessary for its self-defense.”
“Every sovereign nation has the right to defend itself and Israel is no exception,” he said. “President Trump was elected with a sweeping mandate from the American people: to advance peace and to avoid the grave mistakes of past administrations that led to forever wars.”
He added that the U.S. will continue to seek a diplomatic resolution that ensures “Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon or pose a threat to stability in the Middle East” and that “Iran’s leadership would be wise to negotiate at this time.”