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Israel-Iran live updates: Iran launches at Israel, sirens in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

Iran and Israel continued on Sunday their aerial attacks, which began Friday with a series of Israeli strikes on Iran.

​Iran and Israel continued on Sunday their aerial attacks, which began Friday with a series of Israeli strikes on Iran.   

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 15, 2025, 6:01 PM 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.

Key Headlines

Here’s how the news is developing.

3 hours and 6 minutes ago

IDF conducts strikes in central Iran

Israel is conducting renewed strikes on Iran overnight Monday, local time, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

The IDF said it is currently striking “surface-to-surface missile sites” in central Iran.

-ABC News’ Will Gretsky

3 hours and 29 minutes ago

IDF says over 100 UAVs have been intercepted so far

The Israel Defense Forces said it has intercepted over 100 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, launched from Iran since the operation began on Friday.

Missiles launched from Iran are intercepted as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, June 15, 2025.Amir Cohen/Reuters

“The Aerial Defense systems and the missile boats are operating to intercept and eliminate threats,” the IDF said of its Air Force and Navy.

-ABC News’ Will Gretsky

3 hours and 59 minutes ago

At least 224 killed, over 1,200 injured in Israeli strikes: Iranian Ministry of Health

As aerial attacks between Israel and Iran continue, the Iranian Ministry of Health said the death toll from Israeli strikes has risen to at least 224 killed and 1,277 injured and hospitalized, according to spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour.

A plume of heavy smoke and fire rise from an oil refinery in southern Tehran, after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike, June 15, 2025.Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images

-ABC News’ Will Gretsky

3:46 PM EDT

US told Israel President Trump opposed to plan to kill Iranian supreme leader

The U.S. communicated to the Israelis that President Trump is opposed to a plan to kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, adding that Iran has not killed an American and discussions of killing political leaders should not be on the table, according to a U.S. official.

The U.S. is not considering joining the war with Iran to eliminate its nuclear program, according to another U.S. official.

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, speaking Sunday to ABC News’ “This Week,” declined to rule out that Khamenei was a potential Israeli target, saying that “nobody who is threatening the destruction of Israel should be off the target list.”

– ABC News’ Selina Wang

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