Early Monday morning, the Israeli military warned residents in several areas of an imminent Iranian attack and urged them to remain near shelters and safe rooms. Iran struck a residential block in Petach Tikva, in central Israel, killing at least four people, officials said.

Israel has hit Iran with its biggest wave of air strikes in years, targeting the country's nuclear programme, and is promising to continue its attacks. Senior military figures and nuclear scientists were killed in the overnight strikes and there are unconfirmed reports that civilians,

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other late on Saturday, stoking fears of a wider conflict after Israel expanded its surprise campaign against its main rival with a strike on the world's biggest gas field.