Israel eliminates Iran’s war chief Ali Shadmani in Tehran airstrike, disrupting regime’s top command just days after predecessor’s death.

Israel appeared to be expanding its air campaign on Tehran five days after its surprise attack on Iran’s military and nuclear program, as President Trump posted an ominous message warning residents of the city to evacuate.

When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

But Israel's formidable and sophisticated military forces - with an arsenal largely, but not exclusively, provided by the United States - are enabling it to overpower a much larger enemy. The BBC looks at the military balance in the latest war in the Middle East.

The Israeli military's new "Barak Magen" air defense system intercepted eight Iranian drones after launching from a naval ship on Sunday night.

In total, Tehran has sent 370 ballistic missiles toward Israel, with around 30 hitting targets in the country, the Israeli government says.

Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner's trip for counterterrorism training in Israel is canceled after Israeli airstrikes in Iran.

"Israel is being assisted this way or that way by some Iranians," ex-Israeli National Security chief Giora Eiland told Newsweek.