Iran vows revenge over safety chief assassination as Tehran unleashes missile barrage on Israel and Gulf nations: Live updates

First responders inspect damage after a missile strike in Ramat Gan

Images shared by Israeli emergency services Magen David Adom showed destruction in multiple locations across the country today.

They include cars on fire, destroyed vehicles and rubble with Israeli bomb disposal experts ‘operating at several impact sites within the (Tel Aviv) district’.

The national railway company said in a statement posted online that shrapnel caused damage to platforms at Tel Aviv’s main station, announcing that trains were ‘temporarily suspended across the country’.

In the morning, most train services resumed, the company said in an update.

The military shared footage of Home Front Command teams at a train station, showing shattered glass at a platform and some damage to train windows.

In a separate statement, the Home Front Command said its search and rescue teams were ‘operating at several sites in central Israel where reports of impacts have been received’.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement they had launched missiles at central Israel ‘in revenge for the blood of martyr Dr Ali Larijani and his companions’.

An elderly couple have been killed near Tel Aviv today following an Iranian missile barrage aimed at Israel.

Authorities reported falling munitions had hit multiple sites in central Israel in the overnight offensive that triggered air raid sirens across the area.

The latest deaths took the toll from missile attacks on Israel since the start of the Middle East war late last month to 14 people.

Police spokesman Dean Elsdunne said that, according to an initial assessment of the deadly impact, a residential building was hit by a cluster bomb in Ramat Gan, a city just outside Tel Aviv.

Cluster munitions, which Iran and Israel have previously accused each other of using, explode in mid-air and scatter bomblets across a wide area.

The munition ‘collapsed the roof in on an elderly couple that were in their room. Unfortunately, this couple did not go to the safe room when the alarm sounded, and as a result, we have this unfortunate tragedy,’ Elsdunne said.

Several countries across the Gulf have intercepted drones and missiles following the latest attacks from Iran,

The Saudi defence ministry said it had intercepted a ballistic missile near Prince Sultan Air Base, which houses US military personnel.

Saudi Arabia also intercepted eight drones while Kuwait’s air defences responded to a rocket and drone attack, according to authorities from both countries.

Qatar’s defence ministry also said it intercepted a missile attack as blasts were heard in Doha.

While authorities in Dubai said it had successfully intercepted an attack with no injuries reported.

Iran’s top diplomat has the repercussions of the war in the Middle East would be felt globally.

‘Wave of global repercussions has only begun and will hit all – regardless of wealth, faith, or race,’ Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X.

His post was accompanied by a copy of the US National Counterterrorism Center director’s resignation letter prompted by the war.

Joseph Kent, who was appointed by Trump, announced his resignation Tuesday. ‘I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,’ he said.

Iranian army chief Amir Hatami has today threatened to launch what he described would be a ‘decisive and regrettable’ retaliation for the killing of security chief Ali Larijani (pictured) in an Israeli air strike.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a separate statement that it had launched missiles at central Israel ‘in revenge for the blood of martyr Dr Ali Larijani and his companions’.

Hamas offered condolences to Iran, writing on Telegram: ‘We renew our solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is being subjected to Zionist-American aggression, and affirm that the continuation of this aggression is a crime that targets the entire region and threatens its security and stability.’

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Tuesday confirmed the death of its chief Larijani, after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike.