Iran launches a new wave of attacks on Israel, killing at least three people in Tel Aviv and hitting the port city of Haifa, hours after the Israeli military bombed the Iranian capital, Tehran. The death toll in Iran has risen to 224, including 70 women and children. The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two other generals were killed in Israeli attacks on Sunday.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Iranian response will stop when Israel halts its attacks on Iran. US President Donald Trump says he’s hopeful that Israel and Iran can make a deal, and adds that Washington will continue its support for Israel.
How Protected Are Israelis From Air Attacks?
We have more from Gideon Levy, the Israeli journalist at the Haaretz newspaper.
He told Al Jazeera that most Israelis are “very well protected” from air attacks.
“First of all, the alarm system is extremely well-functioning. This time, we get alarms much before the siren. We can prepare ourselves. In most parts of Tel Aviv, for example, there are many shelters. All the new buildings have their own shelters and safe homes. So, from this point of view, you have the feeling that the population is protected.”
However, this is not true for other populations in Israel, such as the Bedouins or the Palestinian citizens of Israel, Levy said.
In the predominantly Palestinian town of Tamra in northern Israel, which has a population of 35,000 people and where an Iranian missile killed at least four people on Sunday, there are no bomb shelters, he said.
But the next Jewish village of 1,000 inhabitants has several, he said.
“I think that the more nights like this will take place, Israelis will start to not only be tired and frightened, but then we finally start to ask, is it worth it? And where are we heading to? From war to war? From bombarding to bombarding? Because this time, unlike in Gaza, unlike in Lebanon, the price of the civilian population might be much heavier than ever. So Israel can take it for few days. It cannot take it for a long period of time.”