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6 days ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
Iran launched at least 27 missiles at Israel on Sunday morning, hours after the US attacked three Iranian nuclear sites, escalating the Middle East conflict. Israeli medical workers say 16 people were injured in the attack, one moderately and 15 lightly, with search and rescue teams "continuing to search additional scenes".
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6 days ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
Israeli politicians across the ideological spectrum have welcomed US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, with only a minority of left-wingers warning that an open-ended war could have devastating consequences for the Middle East. Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, widely viewed as one of the strongest challengers to current leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the next elections, described the strikes as "a historic action that crushes the nuclear head of the Iranian octopus".
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
Israel was hit on Thursday by what appears to be the largest wave of attacks since the war with Iran broke out, with a hospital suffering extensive damage. An Iranian missile unleashed destruction on the sprawling Soroka hospital complex in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva. The National saw shattered glass, water dripping from burst pipes, mangled cars, and fallen cladding at the site.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
Israel was hit on Thursday by what appears to be the largest wave of attacks since the war with Iran broke out. The Israeli military said search and rescue forces were working in "several locations across the country". The National heard the sounds of missile interceptions and impacts for at least 10 minutes in Jerusalem. The fire service said there was a "direct hit" on a residential building in the Tel Aviv area. Israeli medics said 32 people were injured, including two seriously, in the barrage.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said bluntly on Wednesday: "The Americans should know that any US military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage."It was an emphatic warning to the world's mightiest superpower, made all the more remarkable by the fact that only days ago US President Donald Trump was touting high-level talks with Iran to secure a nuclear deal.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
Missile alerts are nothing new in Tel Aviv, but an Iranian hypersonic counter-barrage is inflicting greater devastation than the Israeli city is used to. Assi Gregoire, a 57-year-old cleaner, heard an alarm go off at 4am during one strike, with police and rescue teams arriving "almost immediately" to check the area. His family was put up in a hotel and volunteers helped him to move his belongings.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that “residents of Tehran will pay the price” for Iran’s bombing of Israeli cities, the latest instance in which he has threatened civilian populations since the Gaza war began. “The boastful dictator from Tehran has turned into a cowardly murderer, firing targeted shots at the civilian rear in Israel to deter the [military] from continuing the attack that is collapsing his capabilities,” Mr Katz wrote on X on Monday.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the order to launch a massive attack against Iran last week, sparking an open-ended war between the arch enemies, many thousands of Israelis, Palestinians and other residents were left with next to no options to return home. Ben Gurion Airport, a proud, ultra-high security symbol of Israel's resilience, was shut down indefinitely, so great is the risk from Iranian missile fire.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm |Lizzie Porter |Sinan Mahmoud |Tim Stickings
Israel and Iran were on a war footing on Sunday as a third day of strikes led to evacuations, emergency shelter plans and frantic efforts to contain the Middle East conflict. The Israeli military said it was hitting “dozens more targets” in Tehran, hinting at a lengthy campaign as warplanes bombed military sites, laboratories and a tanker aircraft in Iran. Iranian state media said car bombs had blown up near government buildings on Sunday.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Thomas Helm
After striking Iran on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in just a matter of hours, went from having his coalition on the brink of collapse to almost all of the opposition politicians behind his “Rising Lion” operation against Iran. The turnaround is yet another example of how Mr Netanyahu almost always seems to survive. The leader of the opposition, Yair Lapid, having only just finished an attempt to dissolve the parliament, said on X that Israel’s operation was “a necessity”.
