In connection with the Israeli air campaign, the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service, has been operating on Iranian soil and targeting senior Iranian nuclear scientists and military officers in an attempt to shatter the Iranian military’s chain of command.

Khamenei has condemned the attacks and promised to retaliate, saying Israel had "sealed for itself a bitter and painful destiny."

Israeli forces stepped up bombing of Iranian cities, while Iran pierced Israeli air defences with a successful volleys of retaliatory missile strikes.

Day four of intensifying hostilities between Iran and Israel draws to a close, but with no end to the exchanges of missiles and drones in sight. Euronews has this roundup of the key events from Monday evening.

Netanyahu claims Israel has taken control of Tehran's skies and is 'on path to victory' - Civilians killed as explosions rock Israeli cities as Iran and Israel exchange missile fire for a fourth day i

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that Israel "controls the skies over Tehran" and is progressing towards eliminating Iranian nuclear and missile threats. This statement, made during a visit to the Tel Nof airbase,

Video shows an Israeli strike on an Iranian state TV station during a live broadcast. Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to rule out assassinating Iran's supreme leader. Watch The World with Yalda Hakim live from Jerusalem at the top of this page.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (local time) claimed that Iran's Islamic regime had pinpointed US President Donald Trump as a threat to its nuclear program and actively worked to assassinate him.