LIVE: 5 killed, dozens injured as Iran launches fresh missile attacks on Israel
Iran announced it had launched some 100 missiles and vowed further retaliation for the surprise attack on its nuclear programme and military leadership that Israel began last Friday
Iran on Monday (June 16) launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported projectiles striking and shrapnel falling in Israel's north and centre, wounding at least 67 people.
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Fourth day of warfare
Powerful explosions, likely from Israel's defence systems intercepting Iranian missiles, rocked Tel Aviv shortly before dawn, ushering in a fourth day of open warfare between the regional foes. Plumes of black smoke rose into the sky over the major coastal city.
Authorities in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv said that Iranian missiles had hit a residential building there, charring concrete walls, blowing out windows and heavily damaging multiple apartments. There was no immediate word on the number of casualties from that strike as rescuers searched through the ruins.
Iran says it fired 100 missiles
Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said it was treating 67 wounded people evacuated from four different places hit by missile strikes. It said most of the people were in moderate or mild condition.
Iranian state TV said the country fired at least 100 missiles at Israel, signalling that it had no intention of yielding to international calls for de-escalation as it pressed on with its retaliation for Israel's surprise attack Friday on Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme and military leadership.
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The latest salvo comes after a weekend of escalating tit-for-tat attacks between Israel and Iran that raised fears of a wider, more dangerous regional war.
Iran on Sunday said Israel struck oil refineries, killed the intelligence chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and hit population centres in intensive aerial attacks that raised the death toll from Israel's campaign to 224 people. Health authorities also reported that 1,277 were wounded, without distinguishing between military officials and civilians.
Israel said Iran had fired over 270 missiles since Friday, 22 of which slipped through the country's sophisticated multi-tiered air defences and caused havoc in residential suburbs, killing 14 people and wounding 390 others as of late Sunday.
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- 16 Jun 2025 12:19 PM IST
Israel, Iran conflict leads to fuel crisis in Pak’s Balochistan
The Israel-Iran conflict has led to a fuel crisis in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, which shares borders with Iran and Afghanistan.
Since Sunday, a large number of petrol stations, heavily dependent on petrol and diesel smuggled from Iran, started closing across Balochistan, causing panic among people.
Hundreds of vehicle owners who lined up at petrol stations returned home disappointed as these stations, which sell smuggled Iranian fuel products, started closing.
Later, as per notifications issued by deputy commissioners across Balochistan, all pedestrian and trade movement, including fuel delivery, has been suspended indefinitely as a “precautionary security measure”.
The notification also said that the border crossings with Iran in Panjgur and Gwadar districts had been sealed for security reasons.
The Gabd-Kalato 250 border point in Gwadar, a key route for local trade and oil transport from Iran, was also closed until further notice, a Levies official confirmed.
The developments came as the federal government increased the prices of both petrol and diesel, with their rates climbing by Rs 4.80 and Rs 7.95 per litre, respectively.
Iranian fuel, which is cheaper than the fuel processed and sold by Pakistani companies, is the main source of supply for Balochistan despite a ban on its sale in many areas that goes unheeded at many petrol stations.
The Levies source said that due to the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, the supply of fuel from Iran had been affected as this was brought into Pakistan from border towns.
The border districts of Balochistan with Iran, including Turbat, Gwadar, Panjgur, Chagai, Washuk, and Mashkail are worst-affected, as they were not only facing suspension of Iranian oil supply, but also a food shortage, as most edible supplies come from Iran.
Around 60 to 70 per cent of petrol stations have been closed due to the suspension of the supply of Iranian smuggled oil through Makran, Rakhshan and Chagai areas.
A spokesperson for the Balochistan government, however, played down the situation, claiming that there was no fuel shortage in the province, as most petrol stations were open in the provincial capital.
- 16 Jun 2025 9:12 AM IST
Air raid sirens go off in Israel as Iran launches new wave of missile attacks
Iran launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported projectiles striking and shrapnel falling in Israel's north and centre, wounding at least 67 people.
Powerful explosions, likely from Israel's defence systems intercepting Iranian missiles, rocked Tel Aviv shortly before dawn, ushering in a fourth day of open warfare between the regional foes. Plumes of black smoke rose into the sky over the major coastal city.
Authorities in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv said that Iranian missiles had hit a residential building there, charring concrete walls, blowing out windows and heavily damaging multiple apartments. There was no immediate word on the number of casualties from that strike as rescuers searched through the ruins.
Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said it was treating 67 wounded people evacuated from four different places hit by missile strikes. It said most of the people were in moderate or mild condition.
Iranian state TV said the country fired at least 100 missiles at Israel, signalling that it had no intention of yielding to international calls for de-escalation as it pressed on with its retaliation for Israel's surprise attack Friday on Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme and military leadership.
The latest salvo comes after a weekend of escalating tit-for-tat attacks between Israel and Iran that raised fears of a wider, more dangerous regional war.
- 16 Jun 2025 7:31 AM IST
Iran wants to kill Trump, claims Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Iran views US President Donald Trump as a threat and has worked to assassinate him.
“They want to kill him. He’s enemy number one,” Fox News quoted him as saying on Sunday.
“He’s a decisive leader. He never took the path that others look to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak, giving them basically a pathway to enrich uranium, which means a pathway to the bomb, padding it with billions and billions of dollars,” he said.
The Israeli prime minister also claimed that he himself was a target of the Iranian government as a missile was fired into the bedroom window of his home.
Stating that his country was faced with an “imminent threat” of nuclear destruction and was left with no option but to act aggressively in the “12th hour.”
- 16 Jun 2025 7:24 AM IST
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader: US official
US President Donald Trump rejected a plan presented by Israel to the US to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a US official familiar with the matter told AP.
The Israelis informed the Trump administration in recent days that they had developed a credible plan to kill Khamenei.
After being briefed on the plan, the White House made clear to Israeli officials that Trump was opposed to the Israelis making the move, according to the official, who was not authorised to comment on the sensitive matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Trump administration is desperate to keep Israel's military operation aimed at decapitating Iran's nuclear programme from exploding into an even more expansive conflict and saw the plan to kill Khamenei as a move that would enflame the conflict and potentially destabilise the region.
Asked about the plan during an interview on Fox News Channel's "Special Report with Bret Baier", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not directly address whether the White House rejected the plan.
"But I can tell you, I think that we do what we need to do, we will do what we need to do," Netanyahu said. "And I think the United States knows what is good for the United States." Netanyahu's spokesperson, Omer Dostri, later called reports about the Israeli plan to kill Khamenei "fake".
Netanyahu in the Fox interview also said regime change "could certainly be the result" of the conflict "because the Iranian regime is very weak".
- 15 Jun 2025 9:20 PM IST
Iran, Israel should make deal just like I got India, Pak to make one: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that he could secure a deal between Iran and Israel just as he had done between other arch-rivals, as he repeated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last month by “using trade”.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump also claimed that “many calls and meetings are now taking place” on the issue.
“Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP!” Trump claimed.
In his post, Trump listed other conflicts where he claimed he had intervened and stopped the fighting. He said that during his first term, Serbia and Kosovo were going at it “hot and heavy”, as they have for many decades, and this long-time conflict was ready to break out into “WAR”.
“I stopped it (Biden has hurt the longer term prospects with some very stupid decisions, but I will fix it, again!). Another case is Egypt and Ethiopia, and their fight over a massive dam that is having an effect on the magnificent Nile River. There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way!"
He said, “Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place. I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!”
Trump has repeated the claim over a dozen times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan. Trump said that he told the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a “lot of trade” with them if they stopped the conflict.
- 15 Jun 2025 9:17 PM IST
IndiGo's Tbilisi, Baku flights make a stop at Doha
IndiGo flights to Tbilisi and Baku are now making a technical stop for refuelling at Doha, and Air India is re-routing its European flights through the Egyptian airspace due to the Iranian airspace closure, officials said on Sunday.
Amid the conflict and growing tensions between Iran and Israel, the Iranian airspace has been shut for commercial flights.
The duration of flights from India to Europe have increased as airlines are taking longer routes due to the closure since Friday.
Already, Air India flights to North America are flying longer routes due to the Pakistan airspace closure.
Increased flying hours means higher operational costs as aircraft have to burn more fuel and airlines also face issues with Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) for the crew.
- 15 Jun 2025 9:15 PM IST
Omar speaks to Jaishankar over safety of J-K students in Iran
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said he spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar regarding students from the Union Territory stranded in Iran and was assured that necessary steps will be taken to ensure safety of all Indian students.
"Just spoke to @DrSJaishankar regarding the situation in Iran, particularly the welfare & safety of Kashmiri students in the country. The Hon Minister assured me that @MEAIndia is in close contact with their counterparts in Iran & will take all necessary steps to safeguard all Indian students in Iran," Abdullah posted on X.
- 15 Jun 2025 9:14 PM IST
Govt must urgently review energy risk scenarios: GTRI
With the Israel-Iran conflict intensifying, the government must urgently review energy risk scenarios, diversify crude sourcing, and ensure strategic reserves are sufficient, think tank GTRI said on Sunday.
Due to the war, India is increasingly at risk of collateral economic fallout, with energy security, trade routes, and key commercial interests facing growing uncertainty, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said.
“The escalating hostilities and rising regional tensions are posing direct threats to India's strategic and economic links with West Asia,” GTRI Founder Ajay Srivastava said, adding India has significant trade exposure to both warring nations.
- 15 Jun 2025 9:13 PM IST
All Indians safe: Embassy in Israel
All Indians in Israel are safe and the embassy is constantly monitoring the situation and the safety of its nationals amid a conflict with Iran, the Indian mission said on Sunday.
Embassy sources told PTI that it has set up a 24/7 helpline and is maintaining contact with members of the community.
Emphasising that the “safety and security of Indian nationals is paramount to us”, the mission in a fresh advisory issued on Sunday advised its nationals to “stay vigilant, strictly avoid any unnecessary movement and adhere to safety protocols as advised by the Israeli authorities and home front command".
“The Embassy of India in Tel Aviv is in touch with members of the Indian community in Israel, including caregivers, workers, students, businessmen and tourist groups,” the mission said in a release.
“The embassy continues to monitor the situation closely and is in regular touch with the Israeli authorities,” it said.
Given that the Israeli government has announced a national emergency and the airspace is closed, the mission advised Indian nationals to strictly abide by safety protocols.
The mission said that the round-the-clock helpline established by it on Tuesday is “functional” for “any assistance regarding the present situation”.
It also listed contact numbers (+972547520711 and +972543278392) and email ([email protected]) to reach out to those in need. - 15 Jun 2025 9:11 PM IST
Iran-Israel war could hurt trade: Exporters
The Iran-Israel conflict has further increased global economic uncertainties, impacting world trade, including India's exports, as it is expected to drive up both air and sea freight rates, exporters say.
They said that India's exports to Europe and counters like Russia may get impacted due to this war.
If the conflict continues for long, the movement of merchant ships through routes such as Strait of Hormuz between Iran and UAE, and Red Sea would be affected.
Freight and insurance charges will go up as a result, they say.
