Iran strikes Israel, missiles hit Haifa and Tel Aviv soon after US bombs Tehran’s nuclear facilities

Just hours after the United States of America joined the war against Iran by bombing its three most important nuclear facilities using some of its most devastating conventional arsenal, the Iranian armed forces launched another attack on Israel. Iran unleashed a fresh barrage of ballistic missiles targeting multiple locations across Israel, including Haifa and Tel Aviv, indicating that its appetite to retaliate has not been diminished by US B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk missiles targeting its nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Attack in Haifa and Tel Aviv

The Israeli military confirmed "at least 10 sites" were struck by Iranian missiles, prompting air‑raid sirens across central Israel. In Haifa, a northern port city, at least 31 people were wounded, according to the Jerusalem Post.


According to the Times of Israel, the Iranian missile strike in Haifa caused damage to the historic Al Jarina Grand Mosque, a stone structure built in 1775 and expanded in 1901, and nearby structures

Reacting to the attack, President Isaac Herzog condemned the missile strike, stating, "Iran is trying to kill Israelis of all faiths, Muslims included." He emphasized that Israel "will defend all Israelis. All faiths included. The outrageous attack took place in Haifa, a city that stands as a symbol of coexistence between Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze, Circassians and Baha'is.”

Human toll

The crisis has inflicted a heavy toll. At least 11 people were wounded in this morning’s strikes, and residents in the Arab‑Israeli town of Tamra are still grieving the loss of four women from the Katib family struck in a previous attack.

US bombing

This latest Iranian escalation followed US bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan early on June 22, which Tehran condemned as an unlawful act of aggression.

US President Donald Trump sent in his B-2 stealth bombers armed with GBU-57 Massive Ordinance Penetrator, popularly called bunker busters, to take out the deeply borrowed Fordow nuclear facility. The bombers, flying non-stop for 37 hours from the US Air Force base in Missouri, dropped six bunker busters on Fordow.

The sites in Natanz and Isfahan were hit by 30 Tomahawks launched from US submarines in the Persian Gulf.

Soon after the bombings, Trump announced that Iran’s nuclear facilities had been “obliterated”.

Iran’s retaliation, believed to include 20‑30 missiles, struck urban and infrastructure targets, including residential towers, government offices, a power plant, and port facilities.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, rallying national morale, vowed that Iran will "pay the full price", while adding to mounting international concern about an expanding war. UN officials and humanitarian advocates are calling for immediate de‑escalation to spare civilians further suffering.