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Israel and Iran launched a new round of attacks as the conflict between the two heavily armed rivals enters its fifth day.
Israel and Iran exchanged missile fire for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump abruptly left the G7 summit and warned Tehran residents to "immediately evacuate" amid rising fears of a wider conflict.
TEL AVIV/DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, citing what he said was the country's rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development.
Anxiety reigns in an unusually quiet Tel Aviv, as Israeli residents tell MEE it is 'very hard to live in this country'
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."
Tel Aviv stocks erased early losses and ended higher on Sunday in the first trading session since the start of a wave of missile strikes between Israel and Iran on Friday, as Israel and its economy attempt to remain as open as possible.
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.
Aerial attacks between Israel and Iran continued overnight into Monday, marking a fourth day of strikes following Israel's Friday attack. That surprise strike hit the heart of Iran's nuclear program, killing several nuclear scientists as well as high-ranking military leaders, according to Israeli officials.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, killing at least five people, while Israel claimed in the fourth day of the conflict that it had now achieved “aerial superiority” over Tehran and could fly over the Iranian capital without facing major threats.