Rescue efforts continue Sunday as residents recall near escapes and the city begins reckoning with its wounds; Netanyahu, Herzog, and Ben Gvir visit the scene The post In a race against time, amid grief and dust,

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

PM Netanyahu visited war-hit Bat Yam after Iran's deadly missile barrage flattened homes and killed civilians. Walking through debris, he urged Israelis to follow safety rules and mourned the lives lost.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen touring the site of the early morning Iranian missile strike on a Bat Yam apartment building, where six Israelis were killed and dozens more wounded, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

Trump: Hope Israel and Iran reach ceasefire deal • Israel's air superiority may bring war's end sooner than expected • 16 Israelis killed, at least 390 wounded

Donald Trump declared that, “for the first time in a thousand years, the world will look at this region not as a place of turmoil and strife, and war and death, but as a land of opportunity and hope.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was adamant that the intelligence was “absolutely clear” that Iran was on the verge of obtaining a nuclear weapon — and described himself as President