The Israeli casualties are now being extracted. No clashes are being reported at the moment, suggesting that the Qassam fighters withdrew right afterwards.

Israeli media confirms that "a number" of Israeli soldiers have been wounded. No deaths have been reported as of yet.

Unconfirmed reports in Palestinian media state that 3 Israeli evacuation helicopters are involved in airlifting Israeli casualties from the Gaza Strip to a hospital. This is more than the usual number for a normal "security incident".

Clashes are now being reported at the incident site. Qassam fighters are likely attacking the rescue unit deployed to evacuate the soldiers. This suggests that the evacuation helicopters are yet to depart from the strip.

Iranian air defence activity is reported in the Pasteur neighborhood of Tehran.

Initial reports of an explosion in Tehran.

The explosion occurred in the Moallem district, northern Tehran.

The explosion was apparently heard near the General Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces.

Iranian air defence has been activated in Khuzestan Province, southern Iran.

The evacuation helicopters have taken off from the Gaza Strip and are now airlifting the Israeli casualties to a hospital.

Israeli Channel 13: "Another aerial target was intercepted over Syria, did not cross into the country's territory and did not trigger alerts."

Continuous Iranian air defence activity is heard in the skies over Tehran.

Initial reports of an explosion in the city of Homs, Syria.

The moment of the explosion in Tehran

Missile launches to central Israel

From Iran

Sirens are expected to sound in central and southern Israel due to Ballistic missile launches from Iran.

~9 minutes away from Israeli airspace

Sirens are also expected to sound in northern Israel.

Ballistic missiles fly over Iraq

Sirens sound in southern Israel