{"id":10179,"date":"2026-04-06T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/06\/iran-missile-attacks-tel-aviv-haifa-casualties-damage\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:11:15","slug":"iran-missile-attacks-tel-aviv-haifa-casualties-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/06\/iran-missile-attacks-tel-aviv-haifa-casualties-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Casualties and Destruction in Tel Aviv and Haifa Following Iranian Missile Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a new wave of missile attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran on Israeli-controlled territories, areas of Greater Tel Aviv, Haifa, and several northern settlements were targeted, resulting in extensive financial damage and human casualties according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian Quds News Agency reported that at least 27 locations within the Greater Tel Aviv area were hit by missiles. Israeli sources have also confirmed that a residential building in the Ramat Gan area in central Tel Aviv was damaged, with four people wounded in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah targeted the town of Kiryat Shmona with missile strikes. Air raid sirens sounded in Nahariya, Acre, and surrounding areas, followed by several explosions heard in these cities.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli media described the destruction as significant. According to reports, several buildings were completely destroyed, and dozens of vehicles caught fire due to missile strikes.<\/p>\n<p>In Haifa, it has been reported that four people lost their lives. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret over the deaths in response to these events.<\/p>\n<p>These developments come amid a renewed escalation of military tensions in the region, raising concerns about the potential expansion of conflict across the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian missile attacks on Tel Aviv, Haifa, and northern settlements cause casualties and extensive damage amid rising Middle East tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}