Israel-Iran updates: Iran launches more missiles at Israel, sirens sound in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

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 16, 2025, 2:58 AM 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. President Donald Trump told ABC News on Sunday, "It's possible we could get involved."

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Here's how the news is developing.
Jun 13, 2025, 3:49 PM EDT

US assisting in shooting down missiles headed to Israel

The U.S. is assisting Israel in shooting down missiles targeting the country, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.

Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel, June 13, 2025.
Tomer Neuberg/AP

Both U.S. military land and sea assets were used to assist Israel in shooting down Iranian missiles headed toward Israel, a U.S. official said.

Two U.S. Navy destroyers are now in the eastern Mediterranean after having been moved there in the wake of Thursday night’s Israeli attack on Iran, as a precautionary move, U.S. officials confirmed.

One of those destroyers is the USS Thomas Hudner, which carries air defense systems capable of shooting down long-range ballistic missiles.

There are nine U.S. Navy ships currently in the Middle East that have been primarily used as a deterrent and in operations against Houthi militants in Yemen.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

Jun 13, 2025, 3:38 PM EDT

Iran crossed 'red lines' when it fired on Israeli civilians, Israeli Defense Minister says

Iran crossed "red lines" when it fired missiles at civilians in Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement Friday evening.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "more is on the way," in a statement Friday evening when talking about Israel's attacks on Iran.

An explosion is seen during a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 13, 2025.
Tomer Neuberg/AP

"In the past 24 hours, we have taken out top military commanders, senior nuclear scientists, the Islamic regime's most significant enrichment facility and a large portion of its ballistic missile arsenal. More is on the way," Netanyahu said in a statement Friday evening.

"The regime does not know what hit them, or what will hit them. It has never been weaker," Netanyahu said.

-ABC News' Dana Savir

Jun 13, 2025, 3:34 PM EDT

Firefighters responding to fires in Tel Aviv, northern Israel, Jerusalem

Firefighters in Israel are dealing with "several scenes as a result of missile fire from Iran into Israel," the Israeli Fire and Rescue said in a statement Friday evening in Israel.

"In the [greater Tel Aviv] area, firefighters are working in a high-rise building to evacuate trapped people and extinguish the fire and at two additional destruction scenes," the Israeli Fire and Rescue said in the statement.

Firefighters are also responding to fires in northern Israel and the Jerusalem area, the release said.

Fire and smoke rise from a building, reportedly hit by a missile fired from Iran, in central Tel Aviv, June 13, 2025.
Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

-ABC News' Dana Savir

Jun 13, 2025, 3:08 PM EDT

Objects fall in 'several regions' in Jordan

Sirens were heard in Jordan twice as "airborne objects" fell in "several regions" in the country, the Jordanian Public Security Directorate said Friday night in post on X.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz

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