Israel and Iran continued to target each other with missiles and airstrikes overnight and into Saturday morning local time, with air raid sirens sounding across Israel, including in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, as citizens were urged to seek shelter.
Iran said on Saturday that strikes against Israel will continue, and threatened to expand the attacks to include U.S. bases in the coming days, Reuters reported citing comments made by senior Iranian military officials to Iran’s Fars news agency.
Iran launched another barrage of missiles toward Israel early Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces said, while Iranian state media reported that air defenses in Tehran were being activated to intercept incoming strikes.
An emergency worker carries a rescued dog named Tes from a building damaged in an overnight strike on June 14, 2025 in Ramat Gan, Israel. Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike on Israel starting late on June 13, after a series of Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day targeted Iranian military and nuclear sites, as well as top military officials.
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The IDF told Israeli citizens to seek protected shelter until further notice while its “Iron Dome” missile defense systems intercept the new threat, NBC News reported.
Meanwhile, an NBC crew in Tehran reported that drones, missiles and fighter jets could be heard across parts of the city as Iran deploys its own air defenses.
The latest rocket launches come as Israel continues carrying out military operations against Iran following what it called a “preemptive strike” against that country’s nuclear program and other targets, while Tehran seeks retribution.
A view of the damage after one of the missiles fired by Iran in retaliation for the attacks hit very close to the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 13, 2025.
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The United States military is helping to shoot down Iranian missiles and projectiles being launched at Israel, three American officials told NBC on Friday.
The Pentagon had recently moved military assets into the region ahead of Israel’s initial strike, another U.S. official told NBC.
The assets include U.S. Navy destroyers that were positioned off the coast of Israel in order to intercept aerial counterattacks from Iran, that official said. The U.S. also used ground-based interceptors, including THAAD and Patriot batteries, two U.S. officials told NBC.
Photos and videos from Tel Aviv showed Israel’s Iron Dome intercepting rockets over the city.
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 13, 2025.
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The U.S. has insisted that the American military was not involved in Israel’s “unilateral action.”
But President Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that the U.S. was aware of Tel Aviv’s plan. And in a call with NBC, he seemed pleased with Israel’s performance, saying, “They had the finest equipment in the world, which is American…
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