Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has advised residents of Tehran to leave the city, as the Israeli army issued an “urgent warning” to residents of a large district in the city to evacuate.
Netanyahu stated, “We say to the citizens of Tehran: ‘Get out of the area!’ – and we will take action.”
The Israeli military called on residents of a 30-square-kilometre district, home to about 300,000 people, embassies, shopping centres, and exclusive residential areas, to “urgently” leave the area.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing explosions in the west of the metropolis, with media reports of airstrikes in the east of the city.
Netanyahu accused Iran of attacking civilians in Israel, saying, “We are on the way to achieving our two goals: the elimination of the nuclear threat and the elimination of the missile threat.”
He added, “If we control the airspace over Tehran, we will hit these targets – targets of the regime.”
The Israeli military’s warning comes amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.
