# Israel and Iran trade strikes for a fourth day as hospitals and state TV come under fire
Event date: 2025-06-16
Israel and Iran exchanged attacks for a fourth straight day on June 16, with strikes reported on a hospital and a state television building in Iran and Iranian missile fire hitting areas around Haifa and Tel Aviv.
Al Jazeera’s report said the latest Israeli attacks struck civilian-facing sites in Iran, including Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah and a building used by state television. The broadcaster described the TV strike live on air, saying its presenter was forced off-screen as an explosion tore through the area.
The same report said Iranian media then reported a new wave of drone and missile attacks aimed at Tel Aviv and Haifa. In Haifa, the Bazan oil refinery company said all refineries and subsidiary companies were shut down after an Iranian missile impact, and three people were killed in that strike.
The scale of the conflict had already expanded by the time of this report. Al Jazeera said Iranian attacks on Monday killed at least eight people in Israel and wounded dozens, while Israeli strikes had killed at least 224 people in Iran since Friday. The total death toll across the four days was close to 250, according to the report.
The article also said Iran accused Israel of targeting hospitals and rescue workers, while Israel’s defense minister threatened Iranian media infrastructure. Those exchanges matter because they show that both sides were using public warnings, television coverage and symbolic targets as part of the war effort, not just military sites.
The human toll was more than numbers. The report said there were casualties among journalists at the Iranian TV building and that three Iranian Red Crescent workers were killed during rescue operations. It also described warnings issued in both directions, with Iranian state media telling viewers that Israeli channels could be next and Israeli officials implying that Tehran’s residents would pay a price.
What stands out from the supplied evidence is the collapse of any clear boundary between military and civilian targets. Hospitals, broadcasters, oil infrastructure and residential areas were all mentioned in the same dispatch. That is a major reason the conflict had already become one of the most dangerous regional escalations in recent years.
The article should therefore focus on the continued exchange, the strike on Iranian state TV, the reported hospital hit and the immediate death tolls, while avoiding any claim not directly supported by the packet.
