Iranian missiles strike across Israel, damaging Microsoft office

Iran on Friday launched a wave of attacks across Israel, including a direct strike on a technology centre, a Microsoft office and military infrastructure.

The latest missile assault from Iran consisted of 20 missiles, according to Israeli media. Initial reports show hits on Gush Dan, the Negev region and Haifa, which wounded 17 people, three of whom are in serious condition. 

Footage online shows smoke billowing in Haifa following a big explosion in the northern port city. A school in central Israel was amongst the areas reportedly hit by the new wave of Iranian missiles, Ynet reported.

Earlier on Friday, Iran struck the Gav Yam Negev Advanced Technologies Park, which reportedly houses active military and cyber facilities.

Circulating footage shows a small crater left amongst cars set ablaze in the car park of a residential building. The attack damaged several houses and sparked a large fire in the area.

According to reports, the blaze reached a Microsoft office, while Israel Railways announced the temporary closure of the Beersheba North-University station due to damage sustained in the attack.

The station, which is part of the intercity line from Tel Aviv to Beersheba-Dimona, has since been re-opened for operation.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the Microsoft office was "attacked due to its close cooperation with the Israeli army and its being part of the system supporting aggression, and not just a civilian entity."

"The cyber area that was attacked also includes the residences of people from the espionage and artificial intelligence fields, who operate in direct cooperation with the enemy army and its security apparatus," the statement added.

Footage circulating online shows cars in front of a building in flames after what was reportedly an Iranian missile attack in Be’er Sheva, located in southern Israel, on Friday. pic.twitter.com/3HzriIIfRU

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Iran's state media confirmed that the latest missile launch targeted the technology park.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared the attacks in a post on X, writing: "The Zionist enemy is being punished. It is being punished right now."

Since last Friday, when Israel launched a military operation against Iran, hundreds of missiles have been fired from Iran. Despite Israel's advanced air defence systems, it has not been able to intercept them all.

As a matter of policy, Israel's military censor has prohibited local and international media from publishing details about the exact locations targeted. Earlier this week, the Israeli army acknowledged in a statement that the country's air defences are not fully capable of repelling all missile attacks.

Israel strikes Tehran

Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced early on Friday that 11 of its members were killed in an overnight Israeli assault on East Azerbaijan Province, northwest Iran.

The air strikes targeted several military sites across Iran, with the Israeli military saying it struck a "research and development centre for Iran's nuclear weapons programme", including a production facility used to create missiles. 

"More than 50 fighter jets attacked selected targets of the nuclear weapons programme and industrial sites for the production of missile components in Tehran overnight," the army said in a post on X. 

Meanwhile, an Israeli drone attack on Friday afternoon reportedly targeted a nuclear scientist residing in an apartment in the Gisha area of ​​central Tehran.

According to Israeli media, the scientist was assassinated.

Israeli attacks on Iran have so far killed 639 people, the Human Rights Activists News Agency said, wounding over 1,300 others.