Israel-Iran updates: Iran launches more missiles at Israel, sirens sound in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

The IDF said it is currently striking "surface-to-surface missile sites."

ByRiley Hoffman, Leah Sarnoff, Jack Moore, Jon Haworth, Nadine El-Bawab, Kevin Shalvey, and David Brennan
Last Updated: June 16, 2025, 2:58 AM EDT

Aerial attacks between Israel and Iran continued overnight into Monday, marking a fourth day of strikes following Israel's Friday attack. That surprise strike hit the heart of Iran's nuclear program, killing several nuclear scientists as well as high-ranking military leaders, according to Israeli officials.

The U.S. did not provide any military assistance or have any involvement in Israel's Friday strike, a U.S. official told ABC News. President Donald Trump told ABC News on Sunday, "It's possible we could get involved."

Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
Jun 15, 2025, 7:57 AM EDT

Israeli jets flying nonstop over Iran for 50 hours, official says

An Israeli military official told ABC News that the country's warplanes have been flying over Iran for 50 hours nonstop since the beginning of Israel's strikes on the country on Friday.

The Israel Defense Forces are still searching for missile sites and other targets as strikes expand, the official said. They did not say how long attacks are expected to continue.

A plume of heavy smoke and fire rises over an oil refinery in southern Tehran, after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike, on June 15, 2025.
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Among those targets hit so far are Iran's Defense Ministry in Tehran, plus gas and oil sites near Bandar Abbas, which the official said were "dual-use" sites -- meaning for both civilian and military use.

The official confirmed that Israel has not hit the Fordow nuclear site, which is buried deep underground.

Before the operation started, Israel believed Iran had about 2,000 ballistic missiles, the official said. They did not say how many are believed to be remaining.

When asked if Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- the country's supreme leader -- is a target, the official refused to answer.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Dada Jovanovic

Jun 15, 2025, 7:47 AM EDT

IDF tried to kill Houthi chief of staff in Yemen, official says

An Israeli military official confirmed to ABC News that the Israel Defense Forces tried to kill the Houthi chief of staff in Yemen in an overnight airstrike.

The official said Israel is still waiting to see the outcome of the attack.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Dada Jovanovic

Jun 15, 2025, 6:40 AM EDT

Trump says US has 'nothing to do' with latest Iran strikes

President Donald Trump said in a post to Truth Social early Sunday morning that the "U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight."

President Donald Trump is pictured during celebrations for the U.S. Army's 250th Birthday Parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2025.
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"If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," the president added. "However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!"

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Jun 15, 2025, 5:36 AM EDT

13 killed in Israel by 2 nights of Iranian strikes, prime minister says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Sunday that at least 13 people have been killed since Friday in Israel by Iranian strikes, as Tehran retaliates to Israel's ongoing attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, military sites and leaders.

Rescue teams clear rubble in a neighbourhood in the northern Israeli village of Tamra, following an overnigh missile attack from Iran on June 15, 2025, where four people, including a child, were reported killed.
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Two consecutive nights of Iranian attacks saw around 200 ballistic missiles fired into the country, the prime minister's office said, with 22 places in Israel hit either directly or by falling missile debris.

At least 380 people have been injured, the prime minister's office said, nine seriously.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Dada Jovanovic

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