The Israeli military said Monday that it can now fly over the country's capital, Tehran, without facing major resistance after crippling Iran’s air defenses in recent strikes, enabling Israel to hit an expanding range of targets with relative ease.

Israel launched a surprise attack on a range of targets in Iran, sparking a barrage of missile attacks from Iran into Israel. Iran claimed it had taken down three Israeli F-35 fighter jets, and an apparent image of one such jet spread across the internet.

Sahar Emami, a popular news anchor, has turned into a symbol of Iranian women’s courage and strength after she returned to the screen immediately after an Israeli air strike hit the state’s television studio during a live broadcast.

The successful hit reportedly hobbled Iran’s ability to respond to the first wave of Israeli Air Force strikes across the country

Iran has arrested dozens of people on suspicion of spying as fears grow in the Islamic Republic over the extent of its infiltration by Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.

Ths Israeli air force says it struck and destroyed surface-to-surface missile production sites, detection radar sites, and surface-to-air missile launchers in Tehran. Ths Israeli military has carried out waves of strikes in Iran since early Friday.

Israeli officials have given conflicting messages on whether they are looking to force a regime change in Iran with their military campaign. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News on Monday that assassinating Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would “end the conflict,

The Israeli air force targeted several trucks carrying weapons, including trucks transporting surface-to-air missile launchers, moving from western Iran toward Tehran in an attempt to evade IDF strikes, the IDF said Monday. The weapons and missile launchers were destroyed in the strikes.