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 the battle between the two old enemies could lead to a broader regional conflict.

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

Iranian missile strike damaged the US embassy in Tel Aviv and residential areas, escalating the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, with both sides exchanging missile attacksExplosions rocked Haifa,

The recent Iranian missile barrage on Israel has caused severe destruction in the coastal city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv.

The past four days have redefined the threat landscape in the Middle East. What began as a precision Israeli air campaign to degrade Iran’s nuclear infrastructure has morphed.

Israel repeatedly struck Iran’s largest enrichment site at Natanz and at its Isfahan nuclear complex. But the extent of the damage to the country’s nuclear program—or Iran’s ability to race secretly toward a nuclear weapon—isn’t clear.