\u201cThe crossings were struck to prevent regime forces from using them to transfer equipment and weapons,\u201d the IDF said in a statement.<\/p>\n
In the central city of Kashan, two people were killed in an attack on a rail bridge, a regional official told state media. In Iran\u2019s second-largest city of Mashhad, all train services were canceled until further notice after the Israeli warning, local media reported, citing the governor.<\/p>\n
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The island, located off Iran\u2019s western coast, is a vital oil export terminal for the country.\n<\/p>\n The attacks occurred hours before US President Donald Trump\u2019s ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was due to expire, after which he has threatened a major escalation in strikes, including on Iran\u2019s power plants and bridges.<\/p>\n Iran and Hezbollah continued their missile and rocket attacks on Israeli cities Tuesday, repeatedly launching salvos that caused blasts and damage throughout the country.<\/p>\n In Nahariya in the north, a woman in her 20s was lightly hurt following a Hezbollah rocket strike, medics said. Two other people were treated for acute anxiety. Some 10 rockets were fired from Lebanon in the attack, with at least one striking a road, causing injuries along with damage to nearby cars and homes.<\/p>\n Another rocket strike in Meron wounded a 36-year-old man. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said he was injured by shrapnel. A home in the border city of Kiryat Shmona was also damaged by another rocket fired from Lebanon, rescue services said.<\/p>\n Hezbollah has been barraging the north regularly with rocket attacks, sometimes in tandem with ballistic missile attacks by Iran, which continued on Tuesday to target Israel with cluster munitions that spread bomblets indiscriminately across large areas.<\/p>\n Iranian missile attacks with cluster munitions targeted central Israel twice on Tuesday \u2014 once in the morning, and once in the early afternoon \u2014 causing damage, though there were no reports of direct injuries as a result of either attack.<\/p>\n \u05de\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d6\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05e4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05e8\u05db\u05d6, \u05d1\u05d0\u05d7\u05ea \u05de\u05d4\u05df \u05d4\u05ea\u05d4\u05e4\u05da \u05e8\u05db\u05d1; \u05d8\u05e8\u05dd \u05d3\u05d5\u05d5\u05d7 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e0\u05e4\u05d2\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd@hadasgrinberg<\/a> (\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05ea\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05d1\u05e6\u05e2\u05d9 \u05de\u05d3”\u05d0) pic.twitter.com\/pnxBJTBfYM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05db\u05d0\u05df \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea (@kann_news) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n In the morning, there were at least six impact sites, including in Tel Aviv, Rosh Haayin, and Ramat Hasharon.\n<\/p>\n Sirens also sounded in the Eilat area in southern Israel in the morning, but that missile was assessed by the IDF to have struck an open area.<\/p>\n Another missile fired from Iran at southern Israel in the afternoon was intercepted, according to the IDF. A 46-year-old man was lightly injured by falling fragments following the interception, MDA said.<\/p>\n \t Overnight, a ballistic missile attack targeted Beersheba and the surrounding area in Israel\u2019s south, following a lull of about 12 hours since Iran\u2019s last assault. No injuries or impacts were reported as a result of the overnight attack.<\/p>\n Iran also kept up its attacks on Gulf neighbors, reportedly killing two people in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as targeting energy sites and prompting the temporary closure of the only bridge connecting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.<\/p>\n IDF warns Iranians: Don\u2019t take trains before 9 p.m.<\/p>\n The Israeli Air Force said Tuesday afternoon that it had completed an \u201cextensive\u201d wave of airstrikes in several areas of Iran, adding that the strikes had hit dozens of Iranian regime infrastructure sites.<\/p>\n An attack targeted a bridge near the city of Qom, south of Tehran, the deputy governor of the province said, according to state TV.<\/p>\n The IDF had issued an unusual \u201curgent warning\u201d to Iranians earlier Tuesday not to travel by train across Iran until the evening.<\/p>\n \t \u201cDear citizens, for your safety, we request that from this moment until 9 p.m. Iran time, you refrain from using and traveling by train across Iran,\u201d the IDF\u2019s Persian-language spokesman, Lt. Col. (res.) Kamal Penhasi, said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cYour presence on trains and near railway lines puts your lives at risk,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n On Monday, Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF had been instructed to \u201ccontinue striking with full force the national infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump had threatened on Monday<\/a> to strike all of Iran\u2019s power plants and bridges, saying the Islamic Republic had until 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday (3 a.m. Wednesday Israel time, 3:30 a.m. Tehran time) to strike a deal.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, the IDF published new footage showing airstrikes on Iranian air defense systems, of which more than 130 have been destroyed during the war, according to the military.<\/p>\n \u05ea\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05e2\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d8\u05d9\u05dc: \u05db\u05da \u05d7\u05d9\u05dc \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d5\u05e7\u05e3 \u05de\u05e2\u05e8\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9<\/p>\n \u05e6\u05d4”\u05dc \u05de\u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05da \u05d1\u05de\u05d0\u05de\u05e5 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d9\u05d8\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d4\u05e2\u05de\u05e7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05e2\u05e8\u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e9 \u05d5\u05de\u05e2\u05e8\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d7\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05df.<\/p>\n \u05d1\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d3\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e6\u05e2\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d4\u05db\u05d5\u05d5\u05e0\u05ea \u05dc\u05de\u05d3”\u05df, \u05d4\u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05de-130 \u05de\u05e2\u05e8\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/4CqrTd4Teh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc (@idfonline) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The IDF also confirmed having bombed another petrochemical facility in Iran a day earlier, saying it was \u201cone of the few remaining facilities\u201d used to manufacture materials for ballistic missiles.\n<\/p>\n Iranian media reported Monday that airstrikes hit the Marvdasht Petrochemical Complex, near Shiraz. Hours earlier, the Israeli Air Force bombed Iran\u2019s largest petrochemical facility in Asaluyeh.<\/p>\n In a statement, the IDF said that the facility near Shiraz \u201cwas used by Iran\u2019s armed forces to produce nitric acid, a substance necessary for manufacturing explosives and additional materials used in ballistic missile development processes.\u201d<\/p>\n Iranian media reported that at least nine people had been killed in the city of Shahriar, west of the capital. In the city of Pardis, east of Tehran, at least six people were killed in a strike and recovered from buildings, according to Iranian reports.<\/p>\n Khorramabad International Airport also came under attack Tuesday, the judiciary\u2019s Mizan news agency reported.<\/p>\n Iran says IDF strike hit Tehran synagogue<\/p>\n Iranian media reported Tuesday that the Rafi Niya synagogue in Tehran was damaged in an airstrike.<\/p>\n Video from the site appeared to show rescuers moving around, and what looked like a Hebrew prayer book in the rubble.<\/p>\n Iran has a small Jewish population<\/a> still living in the country. Many fled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.<\/p>\n An Israeli official told The Times of Israel that the Foreign Ministry was looking into the reports. The Diaspora Affairs Ministry, in an internal report, noted there were conflicting reports as to the circumstances of the incident and as to whether the synagogue was damaged or completely destroyed.<\/p>\n The IDF did not immediately comment on the matter, but an Israeli official told The Times of Israel off the record: \u201cIsrael doesn\u2019t target synagogues. Anyone claiming otherwise thinks you\u2019re gullible.\u201d<\/p>\n Iranian outlet Mehr News Agency says a Jewish synagogue in central Tehran was badly damaged during US-Israeli airstrikes. pic.twitter.com\/giRLdw0xsr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n IRGC urges parents to send kids to checkpoints amid strikes<\/p>\n A Revolutionary Guards general in Iran urged parents on Tuesday to \u201csend your kids to man checkpoints.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Gen. Hossein Yekta, previously identified as leading plainclothes units of the all-volunteer Basij force, made the comments on an Iranian state television channel.<\/p>\n \u201cMoms, dads, take your kids\u2019 hands and go out on the streets,\u201d he said. \u201cDo you want your kid to become a real man? Let him feel like a hero standing right at the heart of the battlefield. Moms, dads, at night send your kids to man checkpoints. They become men!\u201d<\/p>\n Basij checkpoints have been repeatedly targeted<\/a> in airstrikes. The IRGC has previously said that children as young as 12 are being recruited to man those stations and to perform other duties during the war.<\/p>\n Hossein Yekta of Khamenei\u2019s Academic Think Tank Calls on Iranian Parents to Send Their Children to Man Roadblocks at Night: Your Sons Will Turn into Men; We Are at the Walls of Jerusalem, and We Will Carry Out Massacres There; The Infallible Imam Said: \u201cKill! 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