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Operation Rising Lion - update

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

As of June 18 2025, approximately 400 ballistic missiles and hundreds of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been launched at Israel from Iran

18.06.2025

Operation Rising Lion: updated data, June 18, 2025, 09:30

Since the beginning of the operation:

• Approximately 400 ballistic missiles have been launched
• Hundreds of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been launched
• Approximately 40 impact sites have been identified

Casualties:

• 24 fatalities
• Over 804 people injured, including:
  • 8 in serious condition
  • 41 in moderate condition
  • over 755 with minor injuries

Damage:

18,766 damage claims have been submitted to the Israel Tax Authority::

• 15,861 related to structural damage
• 1,272 related to vehicles
• 1,633 related to contents and other property.

Evacuations:

• 3,800 people have been evacuated from their homes.

Following is an incomplete list of civilians who have lost their lives in the attacks. Additional names will be added after families are notified, and further details are made available:

Monday, 16 June 2025

• Dezi Yitzhaki, 85, of Petah Tikva - Killed by an Iranian missile that struck her home in Petah Tikva
• Ya'akov Belo, 22, of Petah Tikva - He and his wife Dasi Belo were killed when an Iranian missile struck their home in Petah Tikva
• Dasi Belo, 77, of Petah Tikva - She and her husband Ya'akov Belo were killed when an Iranian missile struck their home in Petah Tikva

Sunday, 15 June 2025

• Uri Levi, 58, of Haifa - A worker in the oil refinery, he was killed by an Iranian missile attack on Haifa.
• Igor Fradkin, 50, of Kiryat Ata - A worker in the oil refinery, he was killed by an Iranian missile attack on Haifa.
• Daniel Avraham, 59, of Kiryat Motzkin - A worker in the oil refinery, he was killed by an Iranian missile attack on Haifa.
• Michael (Mickey) Nachum, 61, of Bat Yam. Killed by an Iranian missile attack on Bat Yam.
• Meir Vaknin, 56, of Bat Yam. Killed by an Iranian missile attack on Bat Yam.
• Avraham Cohen, 75, of Bnei Brak.Killed by an Iranian missile attack on Bnei Brak.
• Balina Ashkenazi, 94, of Bat Yam. Killed by an Iranian missile attack on Bat Yam.
• Efrat Saranga, 44, Bat Yam. Killed by an Iranian missile attack on Bat Yam.

Saturday, 14 June 2025

• Four people, including a 13-year-old girl, all members of the same family, were killed when s missile struck a building in the northern Israeli town of Tamra.
  The four victims were identified as Manar Khatib, 45, and her two daughters - Shada, 20, and Hala, 13. The fourth victim was their relative Manal Khatib, 41, who was in their house at the time.

Friday, 13 June 2025

• Israel Aloni, 73, of Rishon LeZion was one of three civilians killed in the Iranian barrage overnight on Friday nigh. He was in the basement of his home at the time of the strike. Severely wounded by shrapnel, he was transported to Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
• Yevgenia Blinder, 60, a resident of Petah Tikva, worked as a caregiver in the house next to Aloni's and was killed in the same rocket attack.
• In a separate incident on Friday night, Eti Cohen Engel, 74, of Ramat Gan, a mother of four daughters, was killed when an Iranian rocket struck her home.