Sahar Emami lauded as ‘lioness’ and warrior after she kept broadcasting amid Israeli bombing of state broadcaster

Israel’s military said it has destroyed more than 70 Iranian air-defense missile batteries. The strikes, which involved waves of fighter jet attacks, targeted missile launchers and radar systems spread across Iran.

An Iranian state television reporter stopped a live broadcast when an explosion occurred an hour after Israel issued a warning to evacuate the area of Tehran where the TV studios are located.

Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi claims the regime is at its weakest following Israeli strikes, stating it's only a matter of time before people overthrow the government.

Several people have been injured in the Israeli port city of Haifa, 90km from Tel Aviv, following the latest Iranian strikes, according to Israel's public broadcaster Kan. It added that there is a fire at the scene. Emergency services say there are responding to "several hit sites" following Iran's latest barrage.

Londoners with friends and family in Iran are only able to watch with concern from thousands of kilometres away as conflict continues to escalate between the country and Israel.

Authorities in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa said an Iranian missile had hit a residential building.

In the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, many people seem to be lining up to support the military operation against Iran — despite an Iranian missile hitting here days ago

The pro-Israeli hacktivist group Predatory Sparrow claimed on Tuesday to have hacked and taken down Iran’s Bank Sepah. “We, ‘Gonjeshke Darande,’ conducted cyberattacks which destroyed the data of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ ‘Bank Sepah,’” the group wrote.