Israel steps up attacks on Tehran
Israel appears to be expanding its air strikes on Iran’s capital.
The attacks on Tuesday targeting Tehran, as well as locations Israel branded military bases in western Iran, came as President Trump posted an ominous message warning residents of the capital to evacuate.
The Israeli army said Iran launched a new barrage of missiles on Tuesday, and explosions could be heard in northern Israel.
Iranian rescuers work at the site of an air strike on a residential area in Tehran
Vehicles wait in traffic tailbacks as people try to evacuate from their homes in Tehran as Israeli strikes continue
Explosions reported in western Tehran
Iranian state media IRNA reports that “continuous and intense” explosions are being heard in the capital, Tehran.
War will not end without damaging Iran’s Fordow facility: Israeli official
Israel’s National Security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, tells Channel 12 that the military operation against Iran will not end before damaging the country’s main uranium enrichment site Fordow.
Experts say that Israel will require US help, with a significant number of bombers and munition, to penetrate Fordow’s defences.
The facility, near the city of Qom, is built deep inside a mountain.
‘Search underway’ for Israeli pilot in Iran after plane downed
Iran’s Mehr news agency is reporting that a search is under way for an Israeli pilot after his plane was shot down.
The report said that “an Israeli enemy aircraft was targeted in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in southwestern Iran, and a search is underway for its pilot”.
