Iran launches another round of missiles at Israel in retaliation for attacks
Iran launched a new round of missile strikes against Israel late on Saturday, with fires and columns of smoke reported at a sensitive site in the northern city of Haifa and other parts of the country.
Images and videos seen by Middle East Eye showed scores of missiles, or the fragments of missiles, above the skies of Haifa and Tel Aviv, with missile strikes also reported in the northern city of Tamra.
Israeli first responders said that at least five people were injured in the attacks on Haifa, adding that an Iranian missile struck a two-story building in Tamra killing one woman and injuring 13 others.
Media restrictions have made it increasingly difficult to assess the full damage from Iran's strikes, with Israeli news outlets fully complying with the rules set out by the Israeli military.
Iranian media said that the latest strikes were part of the second wave of its 'True Promise Operation Three' on Israel, with the latest attack using a combination of drones and "more than 100" missiles, with Haifa and Tel Aviv being the main target tonight.
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"The attack will disrupt the sleep of residents," state TV reported.
Iran's Press TV claimed that Iranian missiles and drones also hit military targets. Middle East Eye could not independently verify the claims.
The attacks on Israel come as fires were reported in parts of the Iranian capital Tehran, and sirens rang out reportedly in response to further Israeli air strikes.
Meanwhile, Iran's state media IRNA reported, citing the country's oil ministry, that Israel targeted the Shahran oil depot and a fuel tank, but that the situation was "under control."
"According to initial reports, the fuel levels in both tanks were not high, and the situation is fully under control," IRNA reported.
The attack on the Shahran oil depot, located in northwest Tehran, came hours after state media reported that an Israeli drone strike hit Iran's South Pars gas field.
Videos posted on social media showed a large blaze and thick plumes of smoke rising from the world's largest natural gas field, which is which is shared by Iran and Qatar.
Separately, Israeli Army Radio reported that Israel had carried out air strikes on Yemen at the same time it was trading fire with Iran.
Israeli Army Radio reported that the objective of the mission was to assassinate a senior Houthi official. However, Hazem al-Assad, a member of the Yemeni group's political bureau, said Israel was suffering blows from Iran, and was "promoting lies to create a fake victory to cover its defeats."
Earlier on Saturday, US President Donald Trump said he held an hour-long phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin where they discussed the conflict and how it should come to an end.
"President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
"He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end," Trump said, referring to Russia's war against Ukraine.
However, in an interview with the Atlantic magazine, Trump appeared to push back against his "America first" supporters who argue the US shouldn't be funding Israel's wars, saying stopping Iran's nuclear program was a prerequisite for peace.
For those people who say they want peace - you can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon," he said. "So for all of those wonderful people who don’t want to do anything about Iran having a nuclear weapon - that's not peace."
This is a developing story.
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