Overview
- Iran fired more than 370 ballistic missiles since June 13, with roughly 30 breaching Israel’s multilayered defenses and killing 24 people and wounding 592.
- A direct strike on a safe room in a 20-storey Petah Tikva high-rise collapsed the reinforced bunker, killing four residents inside.
- The Home Front Command acknowledged that mandated 40-centimeter-thick concrete shelters were not built to survive direct impacts, prompting an urgent civil defense review.
- Over 300 families have been evacuated from damaged apartment blocks in Petah Tikva and neighboring cities, underscoring widespread displacement.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stern warning to Tehran as Israel weighs targeted reprisals with airstrikes continuing.