After the Israel Defense Forces warned Iranians to evacuate, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that the military “will strike targets and continue to peel the skin off the Iranian snake in Tehran and everywhere, stripping it of its nuclear potential and weapons systems,” reports the Times of Israel.

“The Iranian dictator is turning Tehran into Beirut, and its residents into hostages for the survival of his regime,” Katz added.

Earlier, Iranian media reported an Israeli strike on a residential building in Tehran.

Overnight, the Israeli army also carried out strikes that damaged oil facilities and a center linked to Iran’s Ministry of Defense.