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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 622

Iran attacks Israel

Pedestrians on Dizengoff Street in North Tel Aviv, June 15, 2025. (Ariela Karmel)
Ariela Karmel
Reporter's notebook
Ariela Karmel
When Tel Aviv grit meets Iranian missiles: A city’s calm mask and the fear beneath
Amid an unprecedented threat, residents cling to familiar routines — but beneath the city’s famously composed exterior, fatigue and doubt in leadership are harder to suppress
Top (L-R): Yaakov and Hadassah Belo, Uri Levy; Bottom (L-R): Daisy Yitzhaki, Dani Avraham, Igor Fradkin. All were killed in Iranian ballistic missile strikes on Petah Tikva and Haifa on June 16, 2025. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 17, 2025, 9:23 pm
Five more victims of Iranian missile strikes in Petah Tikva and Haifa named
Name of final victim of Petah Tikva strike yet to be released; Bazan remembers oil refinery workers as ‘dedicated professionals who fell while doing their duty’
By ToI Staff
El Al airplanes on the tarmac at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
June 16, 2025, 7:34 pm
Israel embarks on plan to bring more than 100,000 Israelis stuck abroad safely home
El Al opens registration for stranded passengers to map return flights; Arkia creates flight schedule for Israelis to return from Athens, Larnaca, Rome, Paris and New York
By Sharon Wrobel
Pedestrians on Dizengoff Street in North Tel Aviv, June 15, 2025. (Ariela Karmel)
June 15, 2025, 11:01 pm
When Tel Aviv grit meets Iranian missiles: A city’s calm mask and the fear beneath
Amid an unprecedented threat, residents cling to familiar routines — but beneath the city’s famously composed exterior, fatigue and doubt in leadership are harder to suppress
By Ariela Karmel
Israelis take cover in a public shelter in Jerusalem, during a ballistic missile attack fired from Iran into Israel on June 13, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)
June 14, 2025, 11:21 pm
Home Front issuing warnings 15-30 minutes before missiles hit; bomb shelters, safe rooms proving effective
Bomb shelters, safe rooms vital in saving lives, analysis shows; most underground parking lots not considered shelters; gatherings banned, schools, non-essential workplaces closed
By Emanuel Fabian
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
June 13, 2025, 1:33 am
Witkoff said to warn Iranian response to Israeli strike could lead to mass casualties
According to Axios, Trump’s envoy told Senate Republicans US concerned Israel’s air defenses could be overwhelmed by a retaliatory attack involving hundreds of ballistic missiles
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele (not in picture) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 14, 2025. (Pool via AP)
April 14, 2025, 11:33 pm
Trump: ‘I’ll solve the Iran problem; if we have to do something very harsh, we’ll do it’
President issues threat of military action, even as countries hold talks on regime’s nuclear program; US Air Force posts video year after helping Israel thwart huge Iran missile attack
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Omani security personnel watch a convoy believed to be carrying US Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff in Muscat, Oman, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
April 13, 2025, 5:21 am
From ‘Atoms for Peace’ to Witkoff: A history of Iran’s nuke program, and efforts to stop it
As the Trump Administration attempts, again, to thwart Iran’s decades-long effort to attain nuclear weapons, a look at key dates in the long-simmering conflict
By AP and ToI Staff
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps shows off an underground missile base at an undisclosed location in Iran, March 26, 2025. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 26, 2025, 9:15 pm
Iran Guards show off underground ‘missile city,’ claim ‘enemy’ falling behind
Iran’s military chief claims capabilities are now 10 times stronger than thoseused in October missile attack on Israel; several Iranian-made missiles identified in footage
By Michael Horovitz and Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attend a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 17, 2025. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP)
March 4, 2025, 4:56 pm
As Trump cozies up to Putin, Russia offers to mediate US-Iran nuclear talks
Kremlin spokesperson declares that Moscow will do everything in its power to help resolve all problems between two foes via negotiations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this image provided on January 24, 2025, by Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, a missile is launched by a vessel during the guard's drill in the Persian Gulf. (Sepahnews via AP)
March 4, 2025, 11:43 am
Russian missile experts flew to Iran around the time of Tehran’s attacks on Israel
Senior Russian officers have visited Iranian missile sites throughout the past year as military ties developed; unclear if they have specific expertise in nuclear weapons
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Ali Fadavi, deputy chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, delivers a speech during an anti-Israel protest, Tehran, August 9, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
February 18, 2025, 7:45 pm
Top Iranian general warns Tehran will strike Israel again at ‘appropriate time’
IRGC deputy Ali Fadavi’s hints at future attacks after Netanyahu said Israel ‘can and will finish the job’ against Iranian ‘axis of terror’
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on February 4, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
February 14, 2025, 2:53 pm
PM, Trump said to discuss US support for potential Israeli strike on Iran nuclear sites
WaPo claims Jerusalem wants to ‘seize the moment,’ seeks DC’s backing but willing to attack alone; says Israel already has US bunker busters to penetrate underground facilities
By ToI Staff
IAF F-16I fighter jets prepare to take off from the Ramon Airbase in southern Israel for strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, January 10, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 14, 2025, 11:22 am
After striking Houthis, Israeli pilots say air force ‘is ready to attack Iran now’
‘Yemen is further away than Iran. Now do the math,’ one IAF commander says, adding, ‘If I were sitting in Iran, I wouldn’t sit calmly’
By ToI Staff
'Tehran' director Daniel Syrkin on set for the season three of 'Tehran,' released in Israel on Kan in December 2024 (Courtesy)
December 28, 2024, 1:19 pm
‘Tehran’ director talks about keeping savvy Israelis convinced spy thriller is realistic
As the long-awaited third season airs in Israel, Daniel Syrkin says his local audience’s familiarity with Iran and the Mossad makes believability as important as compelling action
By Jessica Steinberg
This undated image provided by the Guam Department of Corrections shows Asif William Rahman. (Guam Department of Corrections via AP)
December 12, 2024, 1:44 am
CIA analyst accused of leaking Israeli plan to attack Iran ordered held pending trial
Prosecutor says Asif Rahman — whose actions posed a ‘danger to human life’ — was motivated by ideology, and had a to-do list with categories labeled ‘contingencies’ and ‘run’
By Matthew Barakat
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