The death toll in an earlier strike in Bat Yam, a city adjacent to Tel Aviv, rose as more bodies were extricated from rubble, meanwhile, and a research center at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot was destroyed in a strike. On Sunday, missiles arrived during the day for the first time.

Vaknin, a 56-year-old resident of Bat Yam, was identified as the fourth fatality in the missile strike on the city. He was married and a father of three

Many of those confirmed dead were women and children, according to the authorities, although they have yet to publicly name all of the victims.

Two additional bodies were recovered from the rubble of an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam early Monday morning, ZAKA announced. The number of dead in the city alone from the missile strikes has risen to nine since ZAKA's announcement. Another person is still missing in the city due to the strikes, KAN reported.

"Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal," says US President Donald Trump, adding that he will be the one to make it happen. In a social media post, Trump points to recent tensions between countries around the world which he says he helped to stop.

Israel and Iran traded more missile attacks Sunday despite calls for a halt to the fighting, with neither country backing down as their conflict raged for a third day. Iran said Israel struck its oil refineries,

Rescue efforts continue Sunday as residents recall near escapes and the city begins reckoning with its wounds; Netanyahu, Herzog, and Ben Gvir visit the scene The post In a race against time, Bat Yam searches for survivors of Iran strike amid grief and dust appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Israel has launched a series of strikes against Iran, targeting the country’s nuclear program and other military infrastructure. Iran has launched its own strikes in retaliation.

PM Netanyahu visited war-hit Bat Yam after Iran's deadly missile barrage flattened homes and killed civilians. Walking through debris, he urged Israelis to follow safety rules and mourned the lives lost.