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Casualties

Human losses

On 14 June, Channel 12 reported, citing Magen David Adom, that 63 people were injured in the Iranian ballistic missile strike –one in critical condition, another in serious condition, and eight with moderate injuries, while the rest suffered minor wounds. One fatality was confirmed. In Tel Aviv, rescue teams pulled two individuals alive from a collapsed building.[62] Later in the day Walla News reported the death of three Israelis and 172 injured.[63] Three Jordanian civilians were injured.[64]

On 14 June, five additional Israelis were reported killed across the North of Israel by Iranian missiles.[4]

On 15 June, it was reported that six civilians were killed, close to 200 were wounded and 4 remained missing after a missile strike in central Bat Yam.[51]

Material damage

A modern residential building in central Tel Aviv sustained serious damage. Fires broke out in multiple apartments, and smoke was seen rising from the structure. An adjacent building suffered major external damage, including shattered windows and twisted metal hanging from the facade. In Ramat Gan, several cars were found burned and three homes visibly damaged.[65] In Tel Aviv the Israeli defence ministry complex was damaged due to the impact of an Iranian missile.[66]

According to municipal authorities, nine buildings were completely destroyed in Ramat Gan, while hundreds of others sustained varying levels of damage. Approximately 100 residents were displaced from their homes due to the missile barrage.[65] The Israeli military stated that a limited number of buildings were damaged by shrapnel resulting from missile interception efforts.

Casualties

Fars News Agency reported that at least 78 people, including women and children,[141] have been killed and another 329 were injured during Israel's attacks on 13 June.[9] Iran's ambassador to the UN Amir-Saeid Iravani cited this figure in his address to the United Nations Security Council on the night of the attacks, saying that the majority of those killed were civilians.[142] Another source reported at least 90 dead.[143]

Regional sources said that at least 20 senior commanders were killed in the strikes.[144] Confirmed casualties include Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, IRGC commander Hossein Salami, IRGC senior commander Gholam Ali Rashid, and IRGC commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh.[145][146] The IDF said that a strike on an underground command center killed most of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force's leadership after they had convened for a meeting, including IRGC air force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh as well as the leaders of the IRGC's air defense and drone units.[147] In total, the IDF reported killing at least six senior military commanders—Bagheri, Salami, Ali Rashid, Ali Hajizadeh, IRGC air defense unit commander Davoud Shaykhian, and IRGC drone unit commander Taher Pour—and nine nuclear scientists.[148] The New York Times reported the death of Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani,[149] although Israel believes that he is still alive.[150]

Nuclear scientists Fereydoon Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi were also killed, according to Iranian state media.[18][151] Tasnim News Agency later added four more scientists who were killed.[152]

Civilians, including women and children, were reported by local media among the casualties.[153][19] Tasnim News Agency later reported that over 50 people were injured in Tehran's northern district of Tajrish, including 35 women and children, who were taken to Chamran Hospital.[154] The governor of Iran's north-western East Azerbaijan province said 31 people were killed during strikes in the province, including 30 soldiers and one member of the Iranian Red Crescent.[155] France24 interviewed several people inside Iran who said they personally knew the victims of the Israeli attack to be civilians.[141] Iranian hospital staff interviewed by France24 reported children were killed in the Israeli attacks.[141]

The Iranian army has claimed to have downed two Israeli fighter jets, allegedly killing one pilot and capturing the other.[130] The IDF has repeatedly denied claims of air force casualties or damage.[123][156] Due to the absence of bomb shelters in Tehran, Iranians were instructed to shelter in underground parking lots.[157]