Iran, Israel and Tel Aviv
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Israel struck Iran's state-run television station during a live broadcast, forcing a reporter to run off camera following an explosion.
Iran launched missiles at Israel. Israeli defense systems are active, and leaders warn of an escalating conflict.
Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate the middle of Iran’s capital as Israel’s air campaign on Tehran appeared to broaden on the fourth day of an
Frank Ashley, the former interim Dean at the Bush School, was traveling to the Middle East as fighting was breaking out.
At least seven people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Iranian ballistic missile hit Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, overnight on Sunday, domestic media reported. Other reports put the death toll at six people. Israel's police said residential buildings took a "direct hit that caused extensive damage."
Eliezer Reinhold lives in a suburb of Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva. Reinhold is the father-in-law of Florida State University’s Chabad of Tallahassee Rabbi, Schneur Oirechman. Reinhold visits Tallahassee several times a year, but is currently in Israel. He said the last few days have been long, and every night brings the chance for missile attacks.
Onlookers gathered on Saturday at a central Tel Aviv residential building next door to Israel’s defense headquarters that was damaged after it took a hit from what appeared to be shrapnel from an overnight missile barrage from Iran.
Israeli citizens were ordered to head to bomb shelters on Friday night amid retaliatory missile strikes from Iran.