ISTANBUL

Iranian missiles have struck multiple locations in central and northern Israel, killing eight people and injuring 208 others, Israeli media reported on early Sunday.

Around 50 rockets were fired at central Israel in the latest wave of Iranian attacks, according to Israeli Channel 12.

The rockets landed in the Bat Yam and Rehovot areas near Tel Aviv in central Israel, killing four people, Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported.

Channel 12 reported that the attacks also left 195 people injured, five of them in critical condition.

It said that approximately 35 people were missing after a missile hit a building in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv.

The Maariv newspaper said that six sites were directly hit by Iranian missiles.

Media reports indicate that the Weizmann Institute of Science, a research university founded in 1934 in the city of Rehovot by Chaim Weizmann, who later became Israel's first president, was severely damaged in these strikes.

- Attacks on northern Israel

Four people were killed and 13 others were injured in strikes on northern Israel, according to Israeli media reports.

Several buildings and streets near Haifa, Tamra, and Krayot sustained "heavy damage" as a result of the missiles falling, Channel 12 reported.

Separately, the Israeli army said that it intercepted two drones north of the southern city of Eilat.

Earlier, the Israeli army said it is “operating to intercept missiles launched from Iran,” and that the military is “currently striking military targets in Tehran.”

In the early hours of Friday, Israeli forces attacked Iran, hitting nuclear and missile facilities and killing top military commanders and scientists. Iran responded with ballistic missiles targeting several areas across Israel.