Two of the three victims killed by the Iranian missile attacks on Shabbos were identified as Yisrael Aloni, H’yd, and Etti Cohen Engel, H’yd, A siren had sounded before the attack, but a glitch in the IDF’s alert system resulted in no prior warnings from the Home Front Command before the barrages in Ramat Gan and Rishon L’Tzion. All three victims were not in protected spaces when they were fatally injured. The IDF said that the deaths could have been avoided since there were protected spaces near those killed. “If they had entered the shelter, nothing would have happened,” officials said.

Three people were killed by missiles fired by Iran at Israel on Friday night and early Shabbos morning. A man and a woman in central Israel were pronounced dead early Shabbos morning after a missile struck a residential neighborhood in central Israel. Twenty-seven people were injured and evacuated to nearby hospitals. Extensive damage was caused to buildings and vehicles in the area. The mayor of the city where the strike occurred told Kan Reshet Bet: “These are the most difficult images I have ever seen. You have to see what is happening here to understand why you need to stay in protected spaces.” On Friday night, a 60-year-old woman was killed and 62 people were injured by missiles fired from Iran that fell in several locations in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

Iran launched a massive barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel late Friday night, as sirens blared across the country and civilians rushed to bomb shelters. The IDF confirmed that it had detected the launch of over dozens of ballistic missiles from Iran, with many aimed at central Israel, including Tel Aviv and the Gush Dan region. The assault follows Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear targets, which have left the Islamic Republic reeling. Interceptor missiles lit up the night sky over Israel as air defense systems attempted to neutralize the incoming threat. Multiple interceptions were observed, including near Jerusalem and central Israel, though at least some missiles managed to penetrate the defensive shield.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society says three children were injured by shrapnel on Friday, after Israel said a missile from Yemen landed in an Arab Village near Hebron. “Three children, aged six, seven and 12, were injured by shrapnel from a missile that fell in the town of Sa’ir near Hebron,” the Red Crescent said in a statement. The Israeli military says that “a missile launched from Yemen fell in the area of Hebron, no interceptors were launched.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Nation on Friday afternoon and says the strikes against Iran were ordered in November 2024, following the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Netanyahu revealed that the decision was driven by fears Iran would accelerate its nuclear ambitions after its proxy network was dismantled by Israel. Originally planned for late April 2025, the operation was delayed for undisclosed reasons. However, after Israeli strikes crippled Iran’s ballistic missile program last year, intelligence revealed Tehran was producing 300 ballistic missiles monthly. “We decided we couldn’t wait anymore. We are at midnight,” Netanyahu declared.

During a phone interview with Reuters on Friday, President Donald Trump said he is no longer certain whether Iran’s nuclear program still exists following Israel’s dramatic airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear targets. “We knew everything,” Trump said, confirming the United States was fully briefed on Israel’s operation in advance. “I tried to save Iran humiliation and death. I tried very hard because I would have loved to have seen a deal worked out.” Despite the intensity of the strikes and reports of heavy losses among top Iranian military and nuclear officials, Trump said diplomatic avenues remain open. “They can still work out a deal — it’s not too late,” he added. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff w scheduled to meet with an Iranian delegation in Oman on Sunday.

Esmail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, was killed during an Israeli strike in Iran, The New York Times reported on Friday evening, citing an Iranian source. Qaani succeeded Qasem Soleimani as commander after the latter was killed in a targeted operation by the United States in 2020. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Israel duped the Islamic Republic prior to its unprecedented attack on Iranian soil overnight Thursday in a number of ways, including hinting that nothing would happen before Avner Netanyahu’s wedding next week; US envoy Steve Witkoff’s fictitious meeting with Iran on Sunday; and Trump’s “warnings” to Netanyahu to refrain from attacking Iran, Channel 12 News reported. According to Yisrael Hayom, military analysts are calling the deception operation the most sophisticated in Israel’s modern history.

President Trump urged Iran on Friday to make a deal “before there is nothing left and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that he gave Tehran “chance after chance” to come to an agreement, but it couldn’t be done. His comments come after Israeli strikes. “I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come – And they know how to use it. Certain Iranian hardliners spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen.

In something out of a movie, the Mossad has done something they have never done before: Released footage of an operation; this one deep inside Iran. As YWN reported earlier Friday, Mossad operatives embedded deep within Iran played a critical role in a multi-phase operation that neutralized key Iranian ballistic missile threats, working in tandem with IAF strikes. The operation targeted missiles aimed at Israel, and prevented a wide-scale response by Iran. Mossad agents, operating covertly across Iranian territory, deployed specialized combat systems with pinpoint accuracy to strike strategic targets. The meticulously planned operation unfolded in three distinct phases, each showcasing Israel’s advanced capabilities in intelligence, technology, and execution.