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Iranian missiles hit Israel after US bombs Iran’s nuclear sites

Sirens rang in Israeli cities, with rescue services and media reports saying at least 20 people were injured.

Iranian missiles hit Israel after US strikes on Iran nuclear sites — Residents evacuate from a destroyed building in Tel Aviv. [Tomer Appelbaum/Reuters]

Iran has carried out a barrage of missile attacks against Israel, hours after the United States attacked key Iranian nuclear sites.

Loud explosions were heard in coastal hub Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Sunday shortly after the Israeli military reported incoming Iranian missiles and activated air defences.

Sirens rang in Israeli cities, with rescue services and media reports saying at least 20 people were injured.

Israeli police reported “the fall of weapon fragments” in an area near the northern port of Haifa, where local authorities said emergency services were heading to an “accident site”.

Tel Aviv, Haifa, and the southern city of Beersheba have been the three Israeli areas targeted by Iran frequently.

Reporting on missile strikes is subject to strict military censorship rules in Israel, where at least 50 impacts have been officially acknowledged nationwide and 25 people have been killed since the war started on June 13, according to official figures.

Iran has warned of “everlasting consequences” after President Donald Trump claimed the US attacks “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities at Isfahan, Fordow and Natanz.

Meanwhile, Iran’s National Nuclear Safety System Centre and the United Nations nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), say there has been no increase in radiation levels following the US strikes.

Medics evacuate a woman injured in an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv, — Medics evacuate a woman injured in a strike on Tel Aviv. [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]

Israeli emergency teams at the site of a missile strike in Tel Aviv. [Abir Sultan/EPA]

Israel Iran Mideast Wars — Rescue workers at the site of a missile strike in Tel Aviv. [Oded Balilty/AP Photo]

Israeli security forces and first responders gather at the site of an Iranian strike — Israeli security forces and first responders gather at the site of a strike in the Ramat Aviv area in Tel Aviv. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

Israeli soldiers stand next to a destroyed house at the site of an Iranian strike that hit a residential neighbourhood in the Ramat Aviv — Israeli soldiers stand next to a destroyed house in Tel Aviv. [Jack Guez/AFP]

Rescue workers and firefighters survey the site of a direct missile strike launched from Iran in Nes Ziona — Rescue workers and firefighters survey the site of a missile strike in Nes Ziona. [Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo]

Israeli security forces and rescue teams gather at the scene of an Iranian strike that hit Ness Ziona — Israeli security forces and rescue teams at the scene of a missile strike that hit Ness Ziona. [Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP]