Many of those confirmed dead were women and children, according to the authorities, although they have yet to publicly name all of the victims.

Blasts have been heard in Tehran and sirens have sounded in Israel as US president convenes National Security Council.

Two additional bodies were recovered from the rubble of an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam early Monday morning, ZAKA announced. The number of dead in the city alone from the missile strikes has risen to nine since ZAKA's announcement. Another person is still missing in the city due to the strikes, KAN reported.

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Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on Sunday (Jun 15), killing and wounding civilians and raising concerns of a broader regional conflict, with both militaries urging civilian

Iranian media report new Israeli attacks on the west of the country on Monday, after Iranian strikes broke through Israel's iron Dome defences overnight.

The death toll in an earlier strike in Bat Yam, a city adjacent to Tel Aviv, rose as more bodies were extricated from rubble, meanwhile, and a research center at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot was destroyed in a strike. On Sunday, missiles arrived during the day for the first time.

PM Netanyahu visited war-hit Bat Yam after Iran's deadly missile barrage flattened homes and killed civilians. Walking through debris, he urged Israelis to follow safety rules and mourned the lives lost.