Most of those confirmed dead were women and children, according to the authorities, although they have yet to publicly name the victims.

At least seven people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Iranian ballistic missile hit Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, overnight on Sunday, domestic media reported. Other reports put the death toll at six people. Israel's police said residential buildings took a "direct hit that caused extensive damage."

Israel and Iran exchange missile attacks for a third day; nuclear sites hit, death tolls rise, airspace shut, U.S. warns Tehran against retaliation.

Missiles and projectiles were seen in the skies over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv early on Sunday as Tehran unleashed a fresh attack on Israel which in turn launched an expanded assault on Iran.

Israel and Iran continue to exchange airstrikes strikes into the weekend, leaving multiple people dead outside Tel Aviv. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports from Bat Yam, a suburb of Tel Aviv, where a residential building was hit by a missile.

Onlookers gathered on Saturday at a central Tel Aviv residential building next door to Israel’s defense headquarters that was damaged after it took a hit from what appeared to be shrapnel from an overnight missile barrage from Iran.

Israel’s Iron Dome, once hailed as impenetrable, is now struggling against a new breed of Iranian missiles. In this explosive breakdown, we reveal how Iran’s Emad, Ghadr, and Kheibar Shekan ballistic missiles are piercing Israel’s defenses,

Israeli citizens were ordered to head to bomb shelters on Friday night amid retaliatory missile strikes from Iran.