Iran, Israel and Tel Aviv
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Iranian missiles struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn on Monday, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week’s G7 meeting that
Iran launched a heavy barrage of missiles at Israeli targets early Monday, hitting Tel Aviv and Haifa and igniting large-scale fires and destruction, in what regional sources described as the most intense assault to date.
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."
The US embassy in Tel Aviv has suffered damage after an Iranian missile struck a residential area of the city, the ambassador to Israel said.
Videos of the damage suffered by the US Embassy branch in Tel Aviv are going viral on social media, showing glass window panes shattered inside the building.
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