Israel launches 'large-scale strikes' on Iran after missile attack on Jerusalem

Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said it launched “large-scale strikes” on the Iranian capital on Monday as the US-Israeli campaign against Iran continued on the third day.
“The Israeli air force... has begun an additional wave of strikes against the Iranian terror regime at the heart of Tehran,” the military said in a statement.
The new Israeli strikes came just hours after the US President Donald Trump issued a warning on Sunday saying that the attacks on Iran would continue until all of the "objectives" are achieved.
In a video message on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump also confirmed that three US service members had been killed and added that there would likely be more casualties.
The attacks also followed Iranian missiles injured three people in Jerusalem late on Sunday.
“A direct impact of a munition was identified on one of the main roads in Jerusalem,” police said in a statement, sharing footage showing officers at a highway section littered with rubble.
Israel’s emergency medical service Magen David Adom said three people were injured, including a 46-year-old man with moderate shrapnel wounds.
The medical organization earlier said several others were treated for light injuries at the site.
AFP journalists heard a series of loud blasts above the city, after the Israeli military said it had detected missiles launched from Iran.

Advertisements Israel’s Kan public television and Channel 12 broadcast footage showing police officers and rescuers deployed in areas where visible damage could be seen, one “in the center of the country” and the other in the Jerusalem area.
In the Jerusalem area, the footage showed a road strewn with debris and rocks.
In the center of the country, damaged cars could be seen.
Military censorship prohibits the media from disclosing the exact locations of the impact sites.
Meanwhile, the European Union has warned of the cost to the Middle East of a long war, and said it was reinforcing its naval mission in the Red Sea with additional vessels as Iran’s retaliation to US-Israeli strikes threatens maritime traffic, according to a European diplomat.
Two new French ships will join the EU’s Aspides mission, bringing to five the number of warships taking part, the diplomat told AFP.
Danish shipping company Maersk said it was halting passage through the Suez Canal and the Strait of Hormuz for “safety” reasons.
The Danish group was the latest of several shipping groups to make similar announcements after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declared the strait closed on Saturday. — Agencies