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Iran and Israel continued to exchange attacks into Monday amid the latest round of conflict between the two nations.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, killing at least five people, while Israel claimed in the fourth day of the conflict that it had now achieved “aerial superiority” over Tehran and could fly over the Iranian capital without facing major threats.
Israel struck buildings in Tehran belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, or IRIB, Iran's state-owned media company, with the blasts seemingly heard live on television hours after the Israeli military said residents and workers in that part of the capital should leave.
Petah Tikva, in central Israel, suffered some of the worst damage after Iran fired a huge wave of ballistic missiles overnight.
TREY YINGST, FOX NEWS: 65 total missiles were fired at Israel overnight. The Israelis struck back, killing the head of Iran's intelligence agency and his deputy. The Israelis also say they have taken out one-third of ballistic missile launchers.
The Iranian regime faces pressure as Israel strikes military targets, with Iranian Americans advocating for the overthrow of what one Iranian American describes as a "paper tiger regime."
Israel expanded its attacks on Iran on Monday, striking the headquarters of state television after ordering residents to leave part of Tehran, as the fiercest and deadliest confrontation in the history of the Israeli-Iranian conflict entered its fourth day.
The Israeli military warned on X that residents of Tehran’s District 3--a northern neighborhood that includes a hospital, a sports complex, a concert hall, a cinema and several hotels--should evacuate ahead of planned military activity in the area.
Ghorbani, who left his home country in 2014, praised Israel's strikes: "They are everything the Iranian people have dreamed of for the past 46 years."
Israeli officials have urged hundreds of thousands of people in Tehran to evacuate in preparation for new strikes against Iran, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring that Israel
The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, part of Iran's state TV broadcaster, says it has been attacked by Israel, according to reports in Reuters. It follows threats earlier today from the Israeli defence minister, who said the state broadcaster was "about to disappear".