'It's really scary': Australians desperate to leave as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies
At least 1,250 Australians are registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as wanting to be repatriated from either Israel or Iran, as the two countries target each other with ballistic missiles.
Iran has issued fresh warnings of more strikes to come as its capital came under direct Israeli fire on Tuesday evening, with at least 1,250 Australians in both countries awaiting news of repatriation to safety.
There were further strikes across the Iranian capital late on Tuesday, marking the fifth day of intense fighting between the two countries.
Iran-Israel conflict live updates: Get the latest as Israel and Iran trade missile strikesIran's Revolutionary Guard has vowed further strikes against Israel, urging residents in the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa to evacuate the areas.
Among the Australians taking shelter in Haifa were Alex Bar and his 15-year-old son, Alex, who spoke to the ABC from a bomb shelter inside the northern Israeli city.
Alex Bar and his son Alex are forced to take shelter from Iranian missile attacks multiple times a night. (ABC News: Allyson Horn)
The fortified room is filled with foam mattresses, chairs and bottled water that have all been recently moved in since Israel launched attacks on Iran last week.
Every night since then, the Bars have been jolted from their sleep and rushed to a shelter, multiple times a night, with alarms warning that waves of Iranian ballistic missiles are incoming.
"It's really scary. Like, in the middle of the night, you're sleeping, you're having dreams, and then you just get woken up by this weeo-weeo across the whole city, and you know you've got to run straight away," he says.
Israelis are sheltering in train stations and other safe places amid ongoing rounds of strikes from Iran. (Reuters: Ronen Zvulun)
Teenager Alex gives a frank but scary account of what he has experienced over the last few days.
"Then you're in the bunker, right, and 5 seconds later you just hear explosions."
The Bars arrived in Israel from Australia to visit family just days before the conflict erupted and are now trapped, with no way to get home.
At least 650 Australians in Iran and another 600 in Israel have registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for government assistance to leave the conflict zones.
On Tuesday, Mr Bar received his first communication from DFAT.
"The Australian Government is planning for assisted transport departures from Israel via land border crossings into Jordan," the email read.
"We are arranging bus transport through private companies. The arrangements are still being finalised.
"To use these arrangements, you must make your own way to any meeting point (likely in Tel Aviv).
"We are working to finalise transport arrangements at this stage. Due to the fluid security situation, any plans may be subject to change at short notice.
"You will be responsible for your onward travel after arrival in Jordan."
Alex Bar (right) says he is considering driving to Egypt as a plan B. (ABC News: Allyson Horn)
Mr Bar is increasingly worried that there is no firm date for any evacuation plan.
"My wife always asks me, when will you be able to come back?" he says.
"We have our plan B, but it's not the safest option, to travel across the whole country to the Egypt border, which is, like, a 5-hour drive and you don't know what is waiting for you.
"That's why at the moment we're trying to stay as close to the shelter as possible."
It came as Iran stepped up its rhetoric against Israel on Tuesday evening, warning residents in the cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv to evacuate in the face of imminent "punitive" attacks.
"Punitive operations will be carried out soon," Iran's armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi said in a video statement.
That comment came after Donald Trump urged residents in Iran's capital, Tehran, to evacuate.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards also said they had launched strikes at Israeli air bases.
"In the new wave of attacks, a large-scale missile operation was carried out against the air bases of the Zionist regime's army, which are the bases from which the regime's fighter jets take off towards our beloved country," the Guards said in a statement carried by state TV.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could face the same fate as Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was toppled in a US-led invasion and hanged in 2006 after a trial.
"I warn the Iranian dictator against continuing to commit war crimes and fire missiles at Israeli citizens," Katz told top Israeli military officials.
Some Iranian missiles are managing to hit their targets despite Israel's Iron Dome.(Reuters: Ronen Zvulun)
Late on Tuesday evening, multiple news organisations reported continuous, intense explosions and blasts across Tehran.
Israel's military said it launched at least two waves of strikes on Tuesday, local time, targeting missile and drone sites in western Iran.
It also said it had killed senior Iranian commander Ali Shadmani in an overnight strike on a "command centre in the heart of Tehran", just four days after his predecessor, Gholam Ali Rashid, was killed in Israel's initial surprise attack.
As of Sunday, Israeli attacks had killed at least 224 people and wounded more than 1,200 in Iran, the health ministry said. The deaths included top military commanders and nuclear scientists.
There were further strikes on the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday. (Reuters: Majid Asgaripour/WANA)
At least 24 people have been killed and 592 wounded in Iran's attacks on Israel, according to the Israeli Prime Minister's office.
It came as Iranian media on Tuesday reported widespread internet disruption.
It was not immediately clear what caused the disruption. Iran has imposed internet restrictions since Israel began its aerial campaign.
A cyber attack on Tuesday crippled Sepah Bank, one of Iran's main state-owned banks, the Fars news agency reported.
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