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Operation Rising Lion - update

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

As of June 23, 2025, over 500 ballistic missiles and over 1,000 UAVs have been launched at Israel from Iran.

Type: News
23.06.2025

Operation Rising Lion: Updated Data 23 June 2025, 15:00

(Source: National Public Diplomacy Directorate )

Since the beginning of the operation:

• Over 500 ballistic missiles have been launched
• Over 1,000 UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been launched

Casualties:

• 24 fatalities
• Over 1,361 people injured, including:
  • 14 in serious condition
  • 55 in moderate condition
  • over 1,292 with light injuries

Damage:

36,465 damage claims have been submitted to the Israel Tax Authority::

• 29,226 related to structural damage
• 3,392 related to vehicles
• 3,758 related to other property.

Evacuations:

About 15,000 people were evacuated from their homes:

• 10,996 evacuated to hotels.
• About 4,000 evacuated to friends and relatives.

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Following is a partial list of civilians who have lost their lives in the Iranian missile 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

• Maria Peshkarov, 31, of Ukraine, one of five Ukrainian citizens, all members of the same family, who were killed in a missile strike on Bat Yam on Sunday, 15 June. The family were accompanying Anastasia, 8, who came to Israel for cancer treatment at an Israeli hospital.
• Anastasia Buryk Peshkarov, 8, of Ukraine. Anastasia, who suffered from leukemia, was in Israel with members of her family to receive treatment at an Israeli hospital. She was killed in the attack together with four other members of her family.
• Ilya Peshkarov, 14, of Ukraine, one of five Ukrainian citizens, all members of the same family, who were killed in a missile strike on Bat Yam on Sunday, 15 June. The family were accompanying Anastasia, 8, who came to Israel for cancer treatment at an Israeli hospital.
• Kostyantyn Tutevic, 10, of Ukraine, one of five Ukrainian citizens, all members of the same family, who were killed in a missile strike on Bat Yam on Sunday, 15 June. The family were accompanying Anastasia, 8, who came to Israel for cancer treatment at an Israeli hospital.
• Olena Sokolova, 54, of Ukraine, one of five Ukrainian citizens, all members of the same family, who were killed in a missile strike on Bat Yam on Sunday, 15 June. The family were accompanying Anastasia, 8, who came to Israel for cancer treatment at an Israeli hospital.
• 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.