Powerful Explosions Rock Tel Aviv and Haifa as Iran Strikes Israeli Cities in Overnight Barrage
June 16, 2025
Iran launched an overnight missile offensive targeting Tel Aviv, Haifa, Petah Tikva, and surrounding areas.
According to Israeli officials, at least five civilians were killed and dozens more wounded in the pre-dawn strikes. Israel’s vaunted Iron Dome system intercepted the majority, yet devastating hits on homes, infrastructure, and even near the U.S. Embassy were reported, according to Reuters.
The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv suffered concussion damage from nearby strikes, prompting the temporary closure of the embassy and consulate. Fortunately, no American personnel were harmed.
An Iranian missile damaged the American embassy in Israel, it was reported this morning.
It came amid Iran’s early morning attacks on Tel Aviv and the northern city of Haifa in a fourth day of open warfare that killed at least five and injured dozens.
Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to the country, said the embassy in Tel Aviv was damaged “from concussions of Iranian missile hits” near the building.
“No US personnel were injured,” he added.
Donald Trump on Sunday warned Iran not to strike US targets, saying the “full strength and might” of America’s military could be used against the country.
However, concern grows that the US could be dragged further into the conflict and its forces in the Middle East targeted after helping to shield Israel from Iran’s missile barrage.
Heavy damage in central Israel. Several ballistic missiles landed, and Israeli search and rescue crews are now relentlessly working to see if anyone is trapped in the rubble of the buildings.
Tehran frames the barrage as retribution for Israel’s airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites.Meanwhile, Israel’s defense establishment vows that Iran’s leadership will pay the price with unwavering force.
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a sweeping air and drone strike campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear sites, military assets, and senior leadership. With over 200 aircraft and 330 munitions hitting more than 100 targets, it was the largest attack on Iran since the 1980s. But beyond its scale, the brilliance of the operation lay in its covert dimension: Israeli intelligence had secretly positioned drone systems inside Iran, enabling precision strikes that paralyzed air defenses before the first jets arrived.
The operation followed a three-pronged approach that defense analysts describe as a paradigm shift in modern warfare:
Phase 1: Pre-Positioned Assets Activation
Israeli commandos had embedded precision-guided drones and explosives inside Iran months earlier, including near Tehran. These dormant systems, hidden from radar due to their internal placement, were activated to strike air-defense radars and communications nodes—overwhelming Iran’s early-warning systems with low-observable threats and triggering what planners call “operational dislocation.”
Phase 2: Vehicle-Based Strike Systems
Concealed within civilian vehicles across Iran, Israeli-embedded launch platforms fired powerful munitions at key defensive targets. This tactic neutralized air defenses from within, clearing the path for incoming aircraft.
Phase 3: Conventional Air Campaign
Over 200 Israeli fighter jets—many F-35 Adirs with standoff munitions—conducted precision strikes on more than 100 nuclear and military sites. With Iran’s command systems disrupted and defenses degraded, Israeli aircraft operated with near impunity.
The campaign was the product of years of sustained intelligence preparation and real-time ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) dominance. A senior Israeli security official said, “The Mossad worked with a huge number of people, a mass of agents deep inside Iran, operating at the highest level of penetration imaginable. Some of these agents were retrained as commando fighters to carry out mission-critical operations.”
One of the most remarkable elements was Israel’s ability to embed autonomous weapons systems directly inside Iran. Mossad operatives established covert drone and missile launch sites near key military assets, including a confirmed base near Tehran. These internal assets struck surface-to-surface missile launchers overnight, eliminating threats before Israel’s main assault began. Officials now regard this internal strike capability as one of the boldest and most effective features of the operation.
Among those killed were IRGC commander Hossein Salami, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri, IRGC Aerospace Force commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, and nuclear scientists Fereydoon Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi. Most of the IRGC Air Force leadership was wiped out at an underground command center—a decapitation strike that eliminated decades of institutional knowledge in a single blow.
Critical nuclear sites, including Natanz, Fordow, and Khondab, were heavily damaged. Strikes spanned key provinces such as Tehran, Kermanshah, Tabriz, Esfahan, and Hamadan. Prime Minister Netanyahu claimed the attacks set Iran’s nuclear program back by years, though this remains to be independently verified.
The strikes also targeted Iran’s critical energy infrastructure, including the South Pars gas field and Fajr Jam refinery—signaling Israel’s willingness to hit both military and economic lifelines.
Operation Rising Lion stands on the shoulders of a long record of meticulously planned Mossad operations. In the 1970s, Operation Bayonet, also known as “Wrath of God”, systematically targeted Black September operatives responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre, eliminating them across Europe and the Middle East over two decades. In September 2024, Mossad executed a cutting-edge supply-chain sabotage: thousands of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies, covertly modified with explosives, were remotely detonated across Lebanon and Syria, killing dozens and paralyzing militant communications.
Following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Mossad accelerated high-value strikes. On January 2, 2024, a drone strike in Beirut killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri alongside senior military commanders. Then on April 1, 2024, an airstrike on Iran’s consulate annex in Damascus killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a top Quds Force general, and much of Iran’s IRGC command in Syria.
These high-impact missions culminated in Operation Rising Lion, a campaign that redefined modern conflict through deep infiltration, autonomous strike capabilities, and synchronized real-time execution. Analysts now cite it as a model for future operations—demonstrating how precision technologies and human intelligence can dismantle hardened targets faster than any traditional assault. Reviving the spirit of World War II–era “ungentlemanly warfare,” Israel has replaced sabotage teams and bomber raids with stealth drones and fifth-generation fighters, ushering in a new standard for strategic surprise.
West Chester Borough officers were alerted by the public that a person was concealing a firearm and walking along the area of North High Street, West Chester, where a large rally was also gathering.
Officers were able to identify the suspect and quickly conducted a pedestrian stop.
Police questioned the man before taking him into custody after finding an unlicensed firearm during a search.
No injuries were reported during the incident.
Protester Impersonating a Police Officer He was planning something, look at the Magazines they find on him pic.twitter.com/ADC0cp3shK
The investigation is ongoing, and members of the public with any information are being asked to call the West Chester Borough Police Department at 610-696-2700.
A fatal shooting occurred during a “No Kings” protest in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, near the end of a march from Pioneer Park to the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building.
The victim, a protester, was transported to a nearby hospital but died from their injuries.
Three people were taken into custody, and a person of interest was arrested with an AR-15 rifle.
A man believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators and hit both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday.
Police took the alleged rifleman, Arturo Gamboa, 24, into custody Saturday evening on a murder charge, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said at a Sunday news conference. The bystander, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, died at the hospital.
Detectives don’t yet know why Gamboa pulled out a rifle or ran from the peacekeepers, but they accused him of creating the dangerous situation that led to Ah Loo’s death. The Associated Press did not immediately find an attorney listed for Gamboa or contact information for his family in public records.
Redd said a man dressed in a neon green vest fired three shots from a handgun at Gamboa, inflicting a relatively minor injury but fatally shooting Ah Loo.
Over a Hundred More Christians Massacred by Islamists in Nigeria in Ongoing Genocide Campaign — Where is the Media Coverage?
June 15, 2025
Fulani Islamic militants have unleashed another round of unspeakable violence on the village of Yelewata in Nigeria’s Benue State.
Over the weekend, attackers stormed homes, locked families inside, and set them ablaze — killing over 100 civilians, including women and children.
The attack, which began late Friday and stretched into the early hours of Saturday, left dozens missing and hundreds injured. With no access to medical aid, survivors watched their communities reduced to ash.
100 Christians were just m*rdered in the Yelewata village in Benue, Nigeria by Islamic t*rrorists.
Benue is located in Nigeria’s “Middle Belt,” an important where the Muslim North meets the Christian South.
Foreign-funded jihadist groups and radicalized Fulani herdsmen are pushing southward in deadly waves, slaughtering Christian farming communities under the banner of conquest.
The Yelewata massacre is not an isolated event, but rather a systematic campaign of genocide and extermination.
Just days prior, in coordinated assaults across Benue and Plateau States, Fulani jihadists murdered over 130 Christians in cold blood.
Between May 24th and June 2nd, villages like Gwer West, Apa, and Munga Dasso were turned into charnel houses.
Victims were butchered, burned, or executed as militants moved with total impunity.
Heartbreaking massacre of over 100 Christians in Benue State #Nigeria.@amnesty is right to call on Nigerian Government to intervene but fails to mention religious nature of killings. US must designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) again for tolerating… pic.twitter.com/uhJ7jMplHv
In April alone, jihadist fighters slaughtered more than 179 Christians during Easter — a sacred time for believers. By May, the killing fields expanded again.
The sheer speed and scale of these atrocities reveal a chilling pattern: the intentional extermination and displacement of Christian populations.
According to Genocide Watch, over 45,000 Christians have been killed since 2009 by jihadist groups including Boko Haram, ISWAP, and Fulani militants.
More than 2.2 million people are now displaced, living in destitution without food, shelter, or medical care. Yet most the world remains silent.
Among those speaking up is Pope Leo, although he did not offer any ideas on how to stop it.
Pope Leo XIV has condemned the events in Benue, Nigeria in which the lives of 200 Christians were ended in a massacre
'On the night of June 13-14, a terrible massacre took place in the town of Yelwata, Gouma Local Government Area, Benue State, Nigeria, in which about two hundred… pic.twitter.com/TA6OF4dIJM
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