Israel has launched a new strike on a military airport in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, Tasnim reported.  

The attack took place at 12:30 p.m. local time on Friday. 

Photos posted on social media showed thick puffs of smoke rising into the sky from the airport near Tabriz.

The Shahid Fakouri military airbase, where fighter jets are stationed, is believed to have been targeted.

Israel attacked a number of residential neighborhoods in Tehran and population centers in other parts of Iran in the pre-dawn hours of Friday. 

Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Hossein Salami, Commander of Iran's Central Headquarters in Khatam al-Anbiya Major General Gholam Ali Rashid and at least six Iranian nuclear scientists were among those killed in the Israeli strikes on Friday morning. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned Israel that it would be severely punished for the strike.