'Tehran is burning:' Israel attacks Iran oil sites, over 200 Iranians killed

Israel attacked Iranian oil infrastructure on Saturday in an escalation of a campaign it started two days before which in total has killed over 200 Iranians according to a rights group, as Tehran again hit Israel with missile barrages. The Iran-focused human rights group HRANA reported that Israeli attacks on Iran since Friday killed 215 people and wounded nearly 700, mostly civilians. Over 50 were confirmed to be military personnel, it added, saying figures were preliminary.

An Iranian missile salvo on the northern Israeli city of Haifa killed three people, Israeli medics said, hours after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned of escalation if Tehran kept attacking. The Iranian dictator is turning the citizens of Iran into hostages and bringing to reality the fact that they, and in particular the residents of Tehran, will pay a heavy price for the criminal harm to the citizens of Israel," Katz said.

"If Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front - Tehran will burn," he added in a statement on Saturday. Later in the day he tersely   (Read More)