DUBAI, Mar 26: Air raid sirens sounded and explosions rang out in several areas of Israel on Thursday as Iran launched multiple missiles, the military said, adding that the projectiles had been intercepted.
Falling shrapnel has wounded seven people since the first missile attack was detected in the morning, according to Israel's emergency service Magen David Adom.
The military said it had detected seven waves of incoming missiles over the course of the day, triggering sirens in central Israel, Jerusalem, Haifa and some areas of the occupied West Bank.
"Defence systems are operating to intercept the threat," it said as it announced each salvo.
AFP journalists in Tel Aviv reported hearing several blasts from the morning, with the first missile fire detected at 6:49 am (0449 GMT).
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AFP footage showed a residential building in the Tel Aviv area struck by debris from an intercepted missile.
Images showed damage to an apartment, with metal fragments scattered across the scene.
Rescue services and medics were deployed to assess the damage.
Earlier, a spokesperson for Magen David Adom told public radio that several houses were damaged in the central city of Kafr Qassem. Mayor Haitham Taha said the damage was caused by cluster munitions.
Magen David Adom said six people were wounded in Kafr Qassem and one in Tel Aviv.
AFP footage showed a large crater at the impact site in Kafr Qassem, as well as several cars overturned by the blast.
The first morning attack came more than 14 hours after the military last reported incoming missiles from Iran.
Central Israel also came under fire overnight from Lebanon, after the Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it had targeted military sites in the area. Israeli media reported that six rockets were intercepted.
In a separate statement, the military said a soldier was killed in fighting in south Lebanon on Thursday.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Iran to "get serious" about a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, after its foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing the US proposal but that there were no talks on winding down the war.
Trump's comments came as the economic and humanitarian toll of the conflict mounted, with fuel shortages spreading worldwide, sending companies and countries scrambling to contain the fallout.
"Indirect talks" between the US and Iran are taking place through messages relayed by Pakistan, with other states including Turkey and Egypt also supporting mediation efforts, Pakistan's foreign minister said.
The proposal is "one-sided and unfair", a senior Iranian official told Reuters Thursday, while also stressing that diplomacy had not ended despite the lack for now of a realistic plan for peace talks.
The official said the proposal, conveyed to Tehran by Pakistan, "was reviewed in detail on Wednesday night by senior Iranian officials and the representative of Iran's Supreme Leader".
It lacks the minimum requirements for success and serves only US and Israeli interests, the senior ?official said, adding that if realism prevails in Washington, "a path forward may still be found" to resolve the crisis.
Meanwhile, the United States has confirmed that a senior Iranian military figure, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, has been killed in an Israeli air strike.
US Central Command said in a post on X that Tangsiri, who led the navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), died in the attack.
In a statement, Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, urged all Iranian personnel serving in the IRGC navy to "abandon their post and return home" to avoid further risk of injury or death.
This marks Washington's first official confirmation of Tangsiri's death, following earlier reports in Israeli media. Iran has not yet formally acknowledged the killing.
Earlier on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran to "get serious" about talks to end the conflict that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Iran was "begging" for a deal, after Iran's foreign minister said messages conveyed through intermediaries did not amount to dialogue and that Iran had no intention of negotiating at present.
Global oil prices have climbed on Thursday in Asia after Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the country has "no intention of negotiating for now" with the US.
Araghchi has told state media that exchanges between Tehran and Washington have been "conveyed via friendly countries" and do not constitute negotiations.
US President Donald Trump has responded by saying Iran's leaders are "afraid" to admit they are in talks.
Brent crude has risen 1.6 percent to $103.85 (£77.71), while West Texas Intermediate has increased 1.4 percent to $91.61.
The Iranian parliament is moving to pass legislation that would require ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to pay tolls, according to Fars and Tasnim News Agencies.
The chairman of the parliament's Civil Affairs Committee said a draft law has been prepared and will soon be finalised by the legislature's legal team.
"According to this plan, Iran must collect fees to ensure the security of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz," the official said.
He added, "This is completely natural. Just as in other corridors, when goods pass through a country, duties are paid; the Strait of Hormuz is also a corridor. We ensure its security, and it is natural for ships and tankers to pay its duties." �"Agencies
