Missiles continue in Tehran and Tel Aviv

An explosion rocked Iran’s capital Sunday as Israel said it would carry out “non-stop strikes” against its leaders and military.

Iran meanwhile fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states in retaliation for the killing of its supreme leader in the surprise U.S. and Israeli attack that launched the widening war.

The blasts in Tehran — whose target was not immediately clear — sent a huge plume of smoke into the sky in an area where there are government buildings. Iranian authorities say more than 200 people have been killed since the U.S. and Israeli bombardment began.

Loud explosions caused by missile impacts or interceptions could be heard in Tel Aviv. Israel’s rescue services said eight people were killed and 28 wounded in a strike in the central town of Beit Shemesh.

The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and U.S. President Donald Trump's calls for the overthrow of the decades-old Islamic Republic, marked the start of a stunning new U.S. intervention in the Middle East and potentially a prolonged war.

Read more about it...

The Iron Dome is primarily designed for short-range rockets and mortars (e.g., Hamas), not high-speed, long-range ballistic missiles (e.g., from Iran), which are targeted by the Arrow systems.

Iran hides many of its launchers in underground "missile cities" which are incredibly difficult for conventional weapons to destroy.