The Israeli Air Force carried out a targeted airstrike on the offices of Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, in Tehran earlier today. Video captured the precise moment of the strike, with footage showing the anchor fleeing the studio in panic. Prior to the attack, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for the area surrounding IRIB’s headquarters in Tehran. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated a short while ago, “The Iranian propaganda and incitement mouthpiece is on its way to disappear.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Amid intensifying Israeli airstrikes and internal chaos, Iran is scrambling to de-escalate the conflict and return to the negotiating table—potentially even at the cost of its uranium enrichment program. According to a Wall Street Journal report published Monday, Iranian officials have urgently reached out to Israel and the United States through Arab intermediaries, signaling a desperate desire to end hostilities and restart nuclear talks—so long as the U.S. refrains from direct military involvement. In confidential messages relayed via Arab governments, Tehran reportedly warned that continued isolation could force it to accelerate its nuclear ambitions and broaden the war.

The name of the victim of the Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak was released for publication on Monday afternoon. He was identified as Avraham Cohen, H’yd, 75, a resident of the city. There were also 21 people injured in the attack, two moderately. They were evacuated to Maayanei HaYeshua Hospital in the city. The destruction in Bnei Brak: Photo: Ezra Trebalsi (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

The identities of four of the victims of the Bat Yam missile attack were cleared for publication on Monday and Sunday evening. The names of the remaining victims have not yet been cleared for publication, but the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced that five of them hold Ukrainian citizenship. Among the victims are two children aged 8 and 10, and an 18-year-old. Since the start of the war, 24 civilians have been killed, and there is still grave concern for the life of a woman who is defined as missing at the impact site in Bat Yam. The victims who have been identified are: Meir (Miro) Vaknin, H’yd, 56, a resident of the city, was married and a father of three. Michoel (Miki) Nachum, H’yd, 61, a resident of the city and father of four children.

A senior Iranian diplomat has revealed that Iran’s military and political leadership are willing to abandon uranium enrichment in order to preserve the regime, amid growing fears that the ongoing war with Israel could spell the end of the ayatollah’s regime. Speaking to IranWire on condition of anonymity, the diplomat—who previously served in the Islamic Republic’s intelligence services—said bluntly: “The real priority of the Supreme Leader and our government is survival.

Israel responded to the deadly Iranian missile attack on Israeli civilians on Monday morning by announcing that the war is moving to a new phase. According to a Yisrael Hayom report, the IDF is expected to soon announce an evacuation order for residents of neighborhoods in Tehran ahead of extensive airstrikes by the Air Force that will lead to the collapse of buildings—similar to what was done in the past in Beirut, Lebanon. The goal is to stop Iranian attacks on Israeli population centers. Israel sees this as a real threat and is directing its response deep into civilian areas in Tehran—as part of moving the war to the enemy’s territory itself.

IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin gave a brief update to the media on Monday following the heavy barrage early in the morning that left eight people dead and hundreds injured. “We are succeeding in thwarting large parts of the Iranian fire,” Defrin said. “Tonight, 65 missiles and dozens of drones were fired—most of them were intercepted by our defense systems.” Nonetheless, he acknowledged the night’s tragic toll. “This is the face of the Iranian terror regime,” Defrin said.

Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer (Religious Zionist party) was in Azerbaijan when Israel launched the war on Iran. He returned to Israel overnight Sunday after a tense journey home, under heavy security and great concern for his life. Although Israel maintains warm ties with Azerbaijan, which shares a border with Iran, Israeli security officials were greatly concerned that Iran would take advantage of his presence in a neighboring country and try to kill him in retaliation for the assassinations of its senior commanders. Iran has carried out a series of attacks in Baku in the past, including against Israeli ambassadors in the country, which made the presence of an Israeli minister in the country particularly dangerous.

Amid the death and destruction perpetrated on Israel by the Islamic Republic early Monday morning, images of babies, including newborns, being rescued from buildings hit by missiles, were particularly heartrending. B’Chasdei Hashem, none of the babies were seriously injured. In Tel Aviv, a four-day-old infant was rescued from a building adjacent to one that suffered a direct missile hit. MDA paramedic Dr. Gal Rosen described the scene: “When we arrived at the impact site, we saw extensive destruction from the missile hit near buildings on the street, and there was a fire. Some residents exited the buildings on their own; others were rescued with the help of firefighters.

The IDF’s Home Front Command launched an investigation into the impact of an Iranian ballistic missile on a residential building in Petach Tikva early Monday morning, in which four people were killed, including two who were inside their reinforced room (“mamad”) at the time of the strike. Initial findings revealed that the missile hit directly the wall between two reinforced rooms, and the wall was unable to withstand such a direct hit from a missile with a particularly heavy explosive payload, Army Radio reported on Monday morning. Two of the people killed were inside one of the reinforced rooms that sustained a direct hit.