Live, Israel-Iran: Loud explosions heard in Israel after a new salvo of Iranian missiles

According to the Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's emergency service, following the latest salvo of Iranian missiles in Israel last night, emergency workers have so far evacuated 29 injured people from the various affected locations, including three with moderate injuries and 26 with minor injuries. Search and rescue operations are continuing actively at all locations, the MDA reported on the social network X.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call on Sunday that diplomacy was the best "long-term" solution with Iran.

Von der Leyen, however, stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire, saying that "Iran should obviously not have a nuclear weapon." But "of course, I think a negotiated solution is, in the long term, the best solution," she added at a press conference on the first day of a G7 summit in Kananaskis, western Canada.

She also said that Benjamin Netanyahu had promised during the call to do more to deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. "I insisted that the humanitarian aid that is not reaching Gaza must enter Gaza. He promised that it would and would."

The Israeli military announced early Monday that it had detected a new salvo of missiles launched by Iran, which its air defenses were attempting to intercept, and loud explosions were heard in Jerusalem by an Agence France-Presse journalist.

"Recently, the army identified missiles launched from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel" and "defense systems are activated to intercept the threat," the army said in a statement, asking the population "to go to a protected place and remain there until further notice."

Donald Trump called on Israel and Iran to "find a deal" on Sunday, even if they may have to fight first, he said, as intense exchanges of fire between the two countries continued for the fourth consecutive night.

"Iran and Israel should make a deal, and they will make a deal," the US president wrote on his Truth Social network on Sunday morning, adding that "many calls and meetings are taking place right now." Late in the day, before leaving for the G7 in Canada, Donald Trump renewed his call to the two countries: "I think it's time to make a deal and we'll see what happens. Sometimes they have to fight, but we'll see what happens. I think there's a good chance there will be a deal," he said on the threshold of the White House before boarding his Marine One helicopter.

The Israeli army said on Sunday night that it was striking surface-to-surface missile launch sites in central Iran, on the fourth day of its offensive against the Islamic Republic.

"The Israel Defense Forces are striking surface-to-surface missile sites in central Iran. We are responding to this threat from our airspace and from Iranian airspace," army spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani told X.

A woman was killed in western Syria by a drone crash, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Sunday, saying the aircraft was likely Iranian. The woman died in a rural village in Syria's Tartus province "after a drone fell on her house," the London-based NGO said.

Since the massive attack launched by the Israeli army against Iranian military and nuclear sites, followed in response by salvos of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones against Israel, Agence France-Presse correspondents and witnesses in Syria have observed dozens of missiles in the Syrian skies, some of which were intercepted and exploded in different regions.

Israeli strikes against Iran since Friday have also left more than a thousand people injured, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. "After 65 hours of aggression by the Zionist regime (...) 224 women, men, and children have died as martyrs," Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour wrote on X, adding that "more than 90%" of the victims are civilians.

France had carried out "interceptions" of Iranian missiles and drones targeting Israel from a base in Jordan in April 2024, but relations between Paris and Tel Aviv have deteriorated since the start of the Israeli humanitarian blockade on Gaza.

The intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Kazemi, was killed Sunday along with two other officers in an Israeli strike, according to the official IRNA news agency . "Three intelligence generals, Mohammad Kazemi, Hassan Mohaghegh, and Mohsen Bagheri, were assassinated and martyred," IRNA wrote, citing a statement from the Revolutionary Guards.

The French president expressed his disagreement on Sunday with the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could play a mediating role in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

"I do not believe that Russia, which is currently engaged in a high-intensity conflict and has decided not to respect the United Nations Charter for several years now, can be a mediator in any way," declared Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Greenland, while Donald Trump said he was "open" to this suggestion.

Iran said Sunday that Israel would soon be "uninhabitable." "The scale of the devastating response by Iran's brave fighters will surely encompass all parts of the occupied territories (Israel)," said Colonel Reza Sayyad, a spokesman for the armed forces.

"Leave the occupied territories because they will certainly no longer be habitable in the future" and the shelters will "not guarantee security," he added in a broadcast address.

European Union foreign minister Kaja Kallas has called a special meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers for Tuesday to focus on the conflict between Israel and Iran, a senior official in her office announced Sunday. "Given the gravity of the situation in the Middle East," the 27 are being urged to coordinate their efforts to "reduce tensions," the official said. Tuesday's meeting will be held via videoconference.

"The criminal Israeli regime carried out a brutal and deliberate attack on one of the Iranian Foreign Ministry buildings, located across from the Institute for Political and International Studies" in Tehran, wrote Said Khatibzadeh, a deputy foreign minister, along with a video showing damage to a library. Mr. Khatibzadeh reported several civilians and colleagues injured.

Several areas were "hit" in Israel following the latest salvo of missiles fired Sunday evening by Iran, the Israeli army reported, with firefighters speaking of a "direct hit on a residential building" on the Mediterranean coast.

"Search and rescue teams from the Home Front Command (passive defense) were dispatched to several affected sites in Israel, following the latest salvo from Iran," a military statement said. The army lifted the maximum alert at around 9:10 p.m. (8:10 p.m. in Paris), informing the population that they could leave their shelters.

Iranian media outlets, including IRNA, Fars, and Tasnim, reported Sunday evening that new missile attacks had been launched on Israel, amid a military escalation between Iran and its arch-enemy.

"Revolutionary Guard missiles were fired toward the occupied territories," Tasnim news agency reported, referring to Israel, a state not recognized by the Iranian government, which presents it as its sworn enemy. State television, for its part, broadcast live images from Israel in anticipation of the strikes.

Sirens sounded in northern, central, and parts of southern Israel Sunday evening after the army announced missile launches from Iran. "Sirens sounded in several areas of Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel," the army said in a statement, urging people to take shelter.

In Jerusalem, journalists from Agence France-Presse (AFP) saw at least ten missiles fly over the black sky, before hearing the sound of continuous violent explosions in the distance.

Air defense systems were activated Sunday evening in Tehran and western Iran, the IRNA and Mehr news agencies reported, as Israel said it struck "dozens" of targets described as missile installations.

"Anti-aircraft defenses have been activated in several locations in Tehran," IRNA said, without providing further details immediately. "A few minutes ago, Kermanshah's anti-aircraft defenses were activated" in several parts of the province, Mehr reported, including its namesake capital, located more than 500 kilometers west of the capital Tehran.

"We attacked their high command. (…) A few moments ago, we had the head of [Iranian] intelligence and his deputy in Tehran," the Israeli prime minister said Sunday in an interview with the American channel Fox News . "Our brave pilots are in the skies over Tehran and we are targeting military and nuclear sites," he added.