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Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Operation Rising Lion - update

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

As of June 26, 2025, over 550 ballistic missiles and over 1,000 UAVs have been launched at Israel from Iran.

26.06.2025

Operation Rising Lion: Updated Data 26 June 2025, 16:00

(Source: National Public Diplomacy Directorate )

Since the beginning of the operation:

  • Over 550 ballistic missiles have been launched at Israel from Iran
  • Over 1,000 UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been launched

Casualties:

  • 28 fatalities (27 civilians, including 4 children, and one soldier).
  • 3,343 arrived and were treated at hospitals.
    The medical condition of the wounded as determined upon their arrival at hospitals:
    • 23 in severe condition
    • 111 in moderate condition
    • 3,043 in mild condition
    • 144 suffering from anxiety
    • 22 whose condition has yet to be determined.
      > Among the wounded, 346 were children.

Damage:

41,651 damage claims received by Israel Tax Authority:
• 32,975 related to structural damage.
• 4,119 related to vehicles.
• 4,456 related to other property.

Civilian evacuations (Home Front Command)::

*More than 15,00 people were evacuated from their homes.
> 1,402 senior citizens and 522 children and adults with disabilities were evacuated from their homes.

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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:

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

  • Naomi Shaanan, 73, of Be'er Sheva, has been identified as the fourth victim of the Iranian missile attack on Be'er Sheva that destroyed her apartment building. She was killed along with three other people in the building.
  • Michal Zacks, 50, of Be'er Sheva, was killed together with her son Eitan and his girlfriend Noa when her home was struck by an Iranian missile.
  • Noa Bugalovsky, 18, of Arad, a high-school senior, was visiting her boyfriend Cpl. Eitan Zacks at his home in Be'er Sheva when the building was struck by an Iranian missile. She was killed in the attack, together with her boyfriend Eitan and his mother Michal Zacks.
  • Cpl. Eitan Zacks, 18, of Be'er Sheva was killed in his home when it was struck by an Iranian missile. He was killed together with his girlfriend Noa, who was visiting him, and his mother Michal.

Monday, 16 June 2025

  • Yvette Shmilovitch, 95, a Holocaust survivor, was killed by an Iranian missile that struck her home in Petah Tikva. Three other people were killed in the strike.
  • Dezi Yitzhaki, 85, of Petah Tikva, was one of four people 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, along with three other residents of the building, 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, along with three other residents of the building, 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.



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