More than 200 Israeli Air Force aircraft were involved in the first strikes against Iran early this morning, Israeli Army (IDF) spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin told a press conference.

According to him, fighter jets dropped more than 330 munitions during the strikes and more than 100 targets were hit.

Defrin also confirmed that several senior Iranian officials were killed in the Israeli strikes, including Iran's military commander Mohammad Bagheri, IRGC Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami and Khatam-al-Anbiya Central Head of Staff Gholam Ali Rashid.

Other officials were also killed, he added.