The warning came on the fourth day of the conflict, when the Israeli military claimed it had achieved air superiority over the Iranian capital and could fly over the city without facing major threats.

Israel has no intention of deliberately harming the residents of Tehran, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said, walking back earlier comments he had made on Monday. "I wish to clarify the obvious: there is no intention to physically harm the residents of Tehran as the murderous dictator does to the residents of Israel,

Further strikes from Iran on Israel have left many people killed and dozens injured as the fiery war between the two nations continues. Iran's parliament announced it was preparing a bill that would see exit from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as the Israeli military said it has destroyed a third of Iran's surface-to-surface missile launchers.