Photos: Israeli leaders visit area hit by Iranian attack in Tel Aviv

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and opposition leader Yair Lapid were the first leaders to arrive this Sunday at one of the points north of Tel Aviv , where the great destruction caused by the Iranian attack launched this morning in response to the US bombings in the Persian country can be seen.

"You can see the devastation caused by an Iranian missile here in Tel Aviv . But thank God that the civilians followed the instructions of the Home Front Command and are all safe," Herzog told reporters, referring to the branch of the military responsible for issuing directives to the population in the event of a crisis or war.

Herzog once again thanked (as he had done hours earlier in a statement) US President Donald Trump for his participation in the war against Iran, launched by Israel ten days ago under the pretext that the Iranian regime had reached "a point of no return" in developing a nuclear bomb that posed a threat.

This residential area in northern Tel Aviv was completely devastated, with most of its buildings partially destroyed, EFE confirmed on the ground, including a nursing home that had been evacuated days earlier.

"It's an extraordinary miracle because otherwise it would have been much more serious. The problem with older people is that they can't get to shelter (in time) because they walk very slowly," Arie Levy, president of the organization Rescuers Without Borders, explained to EFE .

The opposition leader took advantage of the situation to attack Iran. "What you see here is the difference between us and our enemies. The United States and Israel have been attacking nuclear targets, missile launchers... and they (Iran) attack civilians, women, and children because that's how the Iranian regime is," Lapid said.

However, since Friday the 13th, Iran has also attempted to attack military, intelligence, and energy targets, among other strategic points, in Israeli territory , but Israeli military censorship prevents free reporting of the affected locations.

Lapiz also described Trump's decision to join the offensive against Iran as a "historic change" in the region, something he said "will make the world a safer place."

Around 7:30 a.m., some of the ballistic missiles fired from Iran reached Israeli territory, where some landed in different parts of the center and north of the country, leaving dozens injured.

Since the beginning of hostilities between Israel and Iran, Tel Aviv has been one of the hardest hit by Iranian ballistic missiles, despite Israel's robust air defense system and a new warning protocol that warns the population about 20 minutes before a possible missile incoming.

Many of the buildings in central Tel Aviv are old and do not have bomb shelters.

In total, 24 people have died on the Israeli side —in addition to a woman who suffered a heart attack in a bunker—while in Iran, the Health Ministry puts the death toll at more than 400 and more than 3,000 injured, although a Washington-based human rights group puts the death toll at more than 850 and nearly 3,400 injured.