New Delhi, April 3 -- Iran fired missiles at Israel and some Gulf nations while explosions could be heard around Tehran and the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday. There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

Israel's military, meanwhile, said that its air defences were operating to down missiles fired from Iran.The military said in a statement it had "identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel".

It further added, "defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat". According to Israeli military radio, a train station in Tel Aviv was damaged by shrapnel, without saying from where it had been fired.

This comes only a day after US-Israeli strikes targeted the 'B1 bridge in Karaj'...