The operation has targeted key military and nuclear sites, with reports indicating that strikes have expanded to include military facilities in western Iran.

Israel says Iran is targeting civilians as the Israeli military hammers Iranian launch sites and says it controls Tehran's skies.

Ahram Online provides live coverage of the unfolding military confrontation between Israel and Iran as the two sides waged deadly strikes against one another for a fourth day.

Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, killing at least five people, while the Israeli military claims its warplanes now control skies from western Iran to Tehran. The Israeli strikes amount to a deep and comprehensive blow to the Iranian threat, Defrin said.

Buildings three blocks away from the site of an overnight Iranian missile impact in Tel Aviv showed signs of damage, including cracked windows, on Monday. Closer to the impact site, businesses and apartments were largely bombed out. A 15-story high-rise overlooking the impact site over a parking lot was left entirely windowless.

In a small, tight-knit town near Haifa in northern Israel, residents here never thought they would experience such horror.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday promised harsh retaliation against Tehran following a fresh wave of deadly Iranian rocket attacks on Israeli cities overnight. "The arrogant dictator from Tehran has become a cowardly murderer who fires targeted shots at the civilian home front in Israel to deter the [Israel Defense Forces] from continuing the attack that is collapsing its capabilities,

Emergency services rushed to provide medical assistance early on Sunday to dozens in Israel affected by a new wave of missiles from Iran.