The Commander of the IDF Homefront Command, Major General Rafi Milo, spoke from the site of the Iranian ballistic missile impact this morning in Bat Yam.

One of the missiles that Iran fired at Israel in the early hours of Sunday morning scored a direct hit on an apartment building in the central city of Bat Yam and Rechvot. In Bat Yam, six people were killed, including two children, an eight-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, and two women, aged 69 and 80. Later on Sunday morning, two more bodies were recovered from the rubble. Dozens are missing, and search operations are underway at the site. MDA reported that paramedics treated 99 people at the impact site in Bat Yam, including four in serious condition, seven in moderate condition, and 88 with light injuries. Bat Yam resident Meir Yehuda told Kan News, “The entire neighborhood was filled with smoke. The road was covered in glass, window shutters, and all kinds of debris.

Hezbollah has long been considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel. But since Israel launched its massive barrage against Iran this week, the Lebanese militant group has stayed out of the fray. A network of powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq has also remained mostly quiet — even though Israel allegedly used Iraq’s airspace, in part, to carry out the attacks. Domestic political concerns, as well as tough losses suffered in nearly two years of regional conflicts and upheavals, appear to have led these Iran allies to take a back seat in the latest round convulsing the region. The ‘Axis of Resistance’ Hezbollah was formed with Iranian support in the early 1980s as a guerilla force fighting against Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon at the time.

The death toll from heavy rains that inundated parts of San Antonio has risen to 13, and all those missing have been found, authorities said Saturday. More than 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rain fell over a span of hours on Thursday, causing fast-rising floodwaters to carry more than a dozen cars into a creek. Some people climbed trees to escape. Firefighters rescued more than 70 people across the nation’s seventh-largest city. More than a dozen cars got stuck or overturned in Beital Creek. The San Antonio Fire Department said 11 of those who died were found in the Perrin Beitel search area around the creek. One person was found several miles upstream. (AP)

Demonstrators crowded into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, marching through downtowns and blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights. Organizers of the “No Kings” demonstrations said millions had marched in hundreds of events. Governors across the U.S. had urged calm and vowed no tolerance for violence, while some mobilized the National Guard ahead of marchers gathering. Confrontations were isolated. Huge, boisterous crowds marched in New York, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles, some behind “no kings” banners. Atlanta’s 5,000-capacity event quickly reached its limit, with thousands more gathered outside barriers to hear speakers in front of the state Capitol.

TRAGIC UPDATE: The death toll at the scene of the Iranian missile attack in Bat Yam has risen to 6 after two additional fatalities were recovered. The victims include a woman around 60, a man around 70, a woman around 55, a boy around 10, a girl around 8, and a teenage boy around 18. There are reportedly still 18 people unaccounted for. Search and rescue operations continue.

The IDF releases footage of Israeli strikes on ballistic missile launchers in Iran. In the past hour, the Air Force carried out another wave of strikes in western Iran, targeting missile storage and launch infrastructure.

UPDATE: MISSING PERSON FOUND: The individual who was reported missing on Shabbos afternoon in Boro Park has been safely located. Boro Park Shomrim extends its thanks to Chaverim and all volunteers from across neighborhoods who participated in the successful search.