Several babies and children have been killed or injured on both sides as the Israel-Iran war intensifies, with a three-month-old infant rescued from rubble in Israel, whilst the youngest Iranian victim is only a few months old.

In Rishon LeZion, Israeli emergency services rescued a baby from the remains of a home destroyed by Iranian missiles. Fire and Rescue Service Captain Idan Chen described pulling the infant to safety.

"I pulled her into my arms and then gave her to the first police officer I saw, and then started lifting out all the other family membersm" the officer said.

Police officer Aviv Saranga, who assisted in the rescue, told Ynet: "We received reports of people trapped inside the buildings, including a baby just a few months old. I held the baby for a while. We also rescued her parents and brought her to them."

However, Iranian sources report that several babies and children were also casualties of Israeli strikes on Iranian territory, highlighting the civilian toll on both sides of the escalating confrontation.

According to Rokna news agency, multiple women and children were killed during the Israeli attacks on Iranian territory on June 13-14, with young Mahya Nikzad among the victims whose photograph has been widely shared across Iranian media after she was blown out of her apartment bed in the middle of the night to be found dead in a car park outside under rubble.

Twenty children were among 60 people killed when Israeli forces struck a residential building in Tehran's Shahid Chamran district, local sources reported to 19 Dey newspaper.

The attack on the housing complex represents one of the deadliest single incidents in the Israeli strikes on Iran, with rescue operations continuing around the clock to search for survivors or recover bodies from the rubble.

Emergency services are working continuously at the site where the residential building was directly targeted by missiles, according to Iranian media reports on June 14.

The strike on the civilian housing block has been described by Iranian sources as amongst the most devastating attacks, with innocent children comprising a third of the casualties in this single location.

Israel projectiles have also hit Tehran’s Hakim Children’s Hospital in the southern Yaftabad neighbourhood, according to local reports.

Deputy director of medical treatment Reza Shervin Badr, noting that the projectile hit in an open area and within the hospital wall, added: "Fortunately, none of the patients, companions, or hospital staff were injured in this incident."