Sirens Sound Across Israel as Iranian Media Reports Direct Missile Strikes

Missiles and Sirens Reported Across Multiple Fronts

Following a series of severe explosions in western Tehran early on March 16, 2026—which damaged strategic infrastructure and aircraft at Mehrabad Airport and prompted local speculation of Israeli and United States involvement—Iranian media extensively covered a subsequent wave of attacks targeting Israel.

State-aligned conservative outlet فارس بین‌الملل و سیاست خارجی announced that sirens were activated in the center of the occupied territories and claimed to publish "initial images of missiles fired from Iran hitting the center of the occupied territories." The Saudi-owned العربیه فارسی, which typically provides a counter-narrative to Iranian state media but aligned on the factual events here, corroborated the central alerts, citing its correspondent that sirens had sounded in Tel Aviv and central Israel.

Simultaneously, alerts were triggered across the northern and southern fronts. Mainstream Iranian news aggregator آخرین خبر reported sirens sounding in settlements in northern occupied Palestine, specifically identifying the Misgav Am settlement in the occupied Galilee. Fars News noted that the Israeli Home Front reported these Galilee sirens were triggered after tracking several missiles fired from Lebanon, with additional alerts sounding in Kiryat Shmona and its surrounding areas.

In the south, آخرین خبر highlighted the sound of an explosion in Beersheba in southern occupied Palestine. The reformist-aligned حامیان پزشکیان cited the Israeli newspaper Maariv, noting that sirens had sounded for a third time in southern Israel.

Amid the escalating regional exchanges, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated کانال اخبار سپاه پاسداران 🏴 briefly reported that the sound of an explosion was also heard in Saudi Arabia.