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Sunday, June 15, 2025
IDF continues search and rescue mission at site of Bat Yam strike, some 20 still missing
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Responders work amid building rubble following a strike by an Iranian missile in the city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, early on June 15, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
Soldiers of the Home Front Command’s Search and Rescue Brigade continue to operate at the site of an Iranian ballistic missile impact in Bat Yam, the military says.
Daylight reveals a much clearer image of the impact site in Bat Yam, to the south of Tel-Aviv, where the death toll currently sits at 4 and the injuries at over 200, while around 35 are believed to still be missing beneath the rubble. Search-and-rescue teams with IDF Homefront… pic.twitter.com/ZzC6XB3BMN
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 15, 2025
The strike killed four people and wounded over 100.
Currently, some 20 people are still feared missing.
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