Israel-Iran live updates: US helps shoot down missiles heading toward Israel

At least one woman has died and several other people are injured after rockets and shrapnel fell around Ramat Gan, Israeli police said in an online statement.

-ABC News' Chris Looft

Smoke billows after a projectile hit a building in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 14, 2025.

"Dozens of missiles" were launched from Iran toward Israel in the past hour, the Israel Defense Forces said in a post on X about 10 minutes ago.

"Some of the missiles were intercepted," the IDF said.

Search and rescue forces are operating in "a number of locations" across Israel, the IDF added.

The IDF has instructed that people can leave shelters but should stay close to them.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

The Israel Defense Forces said it identified missiles launched from Iran a "short while ago."

"Defense systems are operating to intercept the threat," the IDF said in a statement.

Sirens sounded across Israel at 1:10 a.m. Saturday, according to ABC News' team based in Israel.

The trace of a projectile is seen as it hits buildings in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 14, 2025.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller, Dana Savir and Dorit Long

Speaking at the UN Security Council Friday, Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon defended Israel’s decision to take military action against Iran as an "act of national preservation," insisting it had no other option.

Israel's Ambassador Danny Danon addresses during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following Israel's attack on Iran, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, June 13, 2025.

"This operation was carried out because the alternative was unthinkable. How long did the world expect us to wait?" Danon asked. "Until they assembled the bomb? Until they mounted it on a Shahab missile? Until it was en route to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, like the more than 100 missiles that descended an hour ago? How long should we wait?"

A projectile hit buildings as Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel, June 13, 2025.

He concluded: "Empty words will not stop Iran. Israel will. We will not wait for the bomb to fall."

-ABC News' Shannon Kingston

Amid the ongoing Iranian attacks on Israel, at least one woman has died and 41 people were injured, an Israeli emergency services spokesperson said in a statement.

In remarks before the UN Security Council, Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani claimed that 78 people had been killed in Israeli attacks across Iran -- using the term "martyred" -- and that another 320 had been injured.

In remarks before the UN Security Council, Iranian Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani claimed that 78 people had been killed in Israeli attacks across Iran -- using the term "martyred" -- and that another 320 had been injured.

In his remarks, Iravani also blamed the U.S. for its support of Israel, saying the latest strikes had been carried out "with full intelligence and political support from the United States regime."

The U.S. has said it was not involved militarily.

Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN, gives a statement after a UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security at the United Nations Headquarters, June 13, 2025 in New York City.

Iravani also said any country that stands behind Israel now would be viewed as "complicit," and called on the UN Security Council to take decisive action against Israel.

“Supporting Israel today is supporting war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the deliberate undermining of global peace and security,” he said.

Rescuers work at the site of a damaged building, in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025.

Iravani also emphasized that the attacks could have consequences that spread across the region and "endanger millions of lives."

-ABC News' Shannon Kingston

The U.S. was represented at the UN Security Council's emergency session on Friday by State Department Senior Bureau Official McCoy Pitt, who said the U.S. was advised by Israel that the actions carried out against Iran overnight were "necessary for its self-defense."

"Every sovereign nation has the right to defend itself and Israel is no exception,” Pitt said. "The United States was informed of the strikes ahead of time but was not militarily involved in these strikes."

The view from a living room of a residential building that was destroyed in an attack by Israel, June 13, 2025 in Tehran, Iran.

Pitt repeated Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statement, saying Iran and its proxies should refrain from targeting American interests in the Middle East in response to the attack, and stressed that the Trump administration would continue to pursue diplomacy with Iran.

"The United States will continue to seek a diplomatic resolution that ensures Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon or pose a threat to stability in the Middle East," he said. "Iran’s leadership would be wise to negotiate at this time."

-ABC News' Shannon Kingston

Calls for restraint from Iran in the face of Israel's attacks were "unjustified," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a statement on his conversation with the U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday.

Iran's response to Israel's attacks "will be firm and decisive," Araghchi also said.

A large portion of Iran's primary enrichment site -- Natanz -- "has been destroyed" in Israeli strikes on the country's nuclear sites, International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi told the United Nations Security Council.

Grossi also reported that there was significant damage to the site’s electricity infrastructure and that its backup generators have also been destroyed. He said although there was no indication of a physical attack on underground cascade, the loss of power to it may have resulted in damage to the centrifuges.

This handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on February 12, 2025 shows a tunnel complex near Iran's Natanz nuclear facility, south of the capital Tehran.

The IAEA also said the radioactivity levels surrounding the site were normal, meaning there was no immediate threat to the environment or population.

"However, due to the impacts, there is radiological and chemical contamination inside the facilities at Natanz," Grossi said, calling it "manageable with appropriate radiation protection measures."

"I have repeatedly stated that nuclear facilities must never be attacked regardless of the context or circumstances, as it could harm both people and the environment. Such attacks have serious implications for nuclear security, nuclear safety and safeguards, as well as regional and international peace and security," Grossi said.

-ABC News' Shannon K. Kingston

At least 41 people have been injured from the ongoing Iranian attacks on Israel, an Israeli emergency services spokesperson said in a statement.

Two people are in serious condition, the spokesperson said.

A large flash is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 13, 2025.