Reuters. A massive smoke cloud was seen billowing from a site in central Israel’s Herzilya city on Tuesday (June 17) morning, following an Iranian missile attack.
Air raid sirens wailed in Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning, as several explosions were also heard. In Herzliya, damaged buses and craters could be seen from a parking lot near what appeared to be a long, flowing cloud of black smoke. Israeli police said in a statement that there has been damage to property in central Israel but did not specify what had been hit, local media reported.
Israel launched its air war on early Friday (June 13) with a surprise attack that has killed nearly the entire top echelon of Iran's military commanders and its leading nuclear scientists. It says it now has control of Iranian airspace and intends to escalate the campaign in the coming days.
Iranian officials have reported 224 deaths, mostly civilians, while Israel said 24 civilians had been killed. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said nearly 3,000 Israelis had been evacuated due to damage from Iranian strikes.
