Iran ballistic missile strikes Petah Tikva — second missile wave hits central Israel

A second wave of Iranian ballistic missiles targeted central Israel on April 3, with ABC Australia verifying footage showing the moment an Iranian ballistic missile struck Petah Tikva — a major city in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. Air raid sirens activated across communities throughout central Israel as the IDF's early warning system tracked the incoming threat. No immediate reports of large-scale casualties from the impact were available. The Petah Tikva impact confirms this was a live-fire event, not solely a warning-siren scenario. The strike came hours after the morning attack near Kiryat Ata in northern Israel, demonstrating Iran's ability to sustain multiple geographically distinct missile salvos in a single day despite 35 days of US and Israeli strikes on its missile infrastructure. US intelligence assessed that roughly 50% of Iran's ballistic missile launchers remain intact.