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NextImg:Two victims of Iranian missile attacks named as Etti Cohen Engel and Yisrael Aloni

Two of the three people killed in the barrages of Iranian ballistic missiles Friday night and early Saturday morning have been named as Etti Cohen Engel and Yisrael Aloni.

Iran launched several barrages of ballistic missiles at Israel, sending Israelis across the country and rushing to shelters.

The three people who were killed were not in shelters when their homes were hit.

Engel, in her 60s, was critically wounded in the missile strike on Ramat Gan on Friday night and later died of her injuries.

Yisrael Aloni, 73, was killed in a barrage on the central city of Rishon Lezion early Saturday. Another person who has not yet been publicly named was killed in the same barrage.

Aloni’s son, Eran, told Kan news that his father was killed following a direct missile strike to his apartment building.

Aloni was alone in his basement apartment, which had no protected space, his son said.

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In addition to the three people killed, some 80 people were wounded by the few missiles that impacted residential areas. Approximately 200 ballistic missiles were fired from Iran, with most either falling short or being intercepted by air defenses.

The military said that around 25%, less than 50 missiles, were not intercepted “according to protocol,” meaning they were identified as being headed for open areas and were left to strike them without causing damage to any critical infrastructure.

A “small number” of missiles made it through air defenses, the Israel Defense Forces said, including in residential areas in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Rishon Lezion in central Israel.

Iranian media claimed hundreds of missiles were fired in the first barrage late Friday, while the IDF estimated that the actual number stood at less than 100.

Four waves of attacks overnight each consisted of dozens of missiles, according to the IDF, which declined to provide a specific number for each volley.

First responders evacuate a victim from a building hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv on June 13, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Iran’s state news agency IRNA claimed hundreds of ballistic missiles had been launched in retaliation for Israel’s biggest-ever attacks on Iran, which blasted Iran’s huge underground nuclear site at Natanz and other nuclear and military sites, and wiped out its top military commanders.

Israeli strikes in Iran continued throughout Saturday.

The Israeli operation was expected to last several days at least, according to military officials, who added that the IDF was preparing for heavy fire from Iran, but asserted that “at the end of the operation, there will be no nuclear threat” from the Islamic Republic.