In pictures: Iranian retaliatory strikes cause extensive damage in Israel

Israelis woke up to plumes of smoke and damaged buildings after Iran launched a series of retaliatory strikes in response to Israel’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities and kill senior Iranian officials and scientists. (Reuters)

Emergency services reported several injuries across Tel Aviv, while the strike caused widespread material destruction in the city’s centre. (AFP)

The attack forms part of a sharp escalation in the ongoing hostilities between Iran and Israel – a confrontation that started following Israel’s largest aerial assault yet on Iran on Friday which left hundreds dead and wounded. (Faiz Abu Rmelah/Middle East Eye)

People walk by a site hit by a missile fired from Iran onto south of Tel Aviv. (Faiz Abu Rmelah/Middle East Eye)

Air raid sirens sounded across Israel into the early hours of Saturday, sending residents rushing into shelters as Iran launched five successive waves of missiles into the centre and north of the country. Israel said it had intercepted most of the missiles; however, the attacks killed at least three people. (Faiz Abu Rmelah/Middle East Eye)

The Iranian government has vowed to continue to strike Israel following Tel Aviv’s decision to strike nuclear facilities in Iran. (Faiz Abu Rmelah/Middle East Eye)

Immediately after the first salvo, a thick plume of smoke billowed over the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv, an AFP journalist reported.

A residential building next to the defence ministry in Tel Aviv was also struck. (Faiz Abu Rmelah/Middle East Eye)

First responders worked to remove a dozen vehicles destroyed by bits of fallen concrete, metal bars and wooden planks from a destroyed residential building. (Reuters)

Israel’s paramedic services said more than 70 people in total were wounded in the Iranian attack on central Israel, including 34 in the Tel Aviv area. (Faiz Abu Rmelah/Middle East Eye)