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Israel had "no other choice" but to attack Iran because it was proceeding "dramatically" towards a nuclear bomb, Israeli President Isaac Herzog has told Sky News.

Speaking to Yalda Hakim, he said Iran was "rushing" to the bomb "under disguise".

He also suggested the Israeli war cabinet was discussing Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid reports that President Donald Trump vetoed a plan to kill him.

Read more on the Sky News exclusive below:

Israel has struck a military base in western Tehran, according to state media.

Iran's Fars news agency said the attacks triggered the air defence system.

It comes less than an hour after Israel issued an evacuation warning for parts of the Iranian capital.

In a statement, initially issued in Farsi, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said: "Dear citizens, for your safety, we ask that you immediately leave the aforementioned area in District 3 of Tehran. 

"In the coming hours, the Israeli army will take action in this area to attack the Iranian regime's military infrastructure, just as it has done in recent days around Tehran. 

"Your presence in this area puts your life at risk."

It comes after Israel claimed it had achieved air superiority over Iran.

Israel deployed a similar tactic during its ongoing fighting with Hamas in Gaza.

It has repeatedly issued evacuation orders to the largely displaced population of the enclave, before striking its targets in residential areas.

Here's the latest from the Iranian capital.

In Tehran, emergency crews searched through the rubble after another night of fighting between the two countries.

The city was one of a number of targets, along with nuclear and energy infrastructure.

Israel said it used a new air defence system overnight.

The Barak Magen was deployed on Monday as part of the country's defence network - see our 9.29am post on the Iron Dome for more.

Sky News defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke says: "Any defence system can be overwhelmed by numbers, and the Iron Dome is being overwhelmed in some respects.

"But the Israelis have issued a new clip of their latest system, the Barak Magen system.

"A sea-based one, on one of their missile ships... it can deal with multiple threats at once."

He adds that by releasing clips of the new system, Israel was trying to "keep the spirits up" of the Israeli people after the deaths overnight.

Israeli airline El Al has extended a suspension to commercial flights due to "recent security developments".

It said that its entire flight schedule was cancelled to 19 June, but that flights to a number of locations were cancelled to 23 June.

These locations included: Berlin, Tbilisi, Barcelona, Batumi, Warsaw, Rhodes, Munich, Tivat, Lisbon, Tokyo, Krakow, Venice, Thessaloniki, Marseille, Crete, Kefalonia, Santorini, Chisinau, Belgrade, Tirana, Porto, Mykonos, Lefkada, and Moscow.

While blocking all bookings for departures up to 30 June, El Al didn't give a time it expected normal operations to resume.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 38 Palestinians have been killed in new shootings near food distribution centres in the south of the enclave.

It's the deadliest figure yet in the near-daily shootings that have taken place as thousands of Palestinians move through Israeli military-controlled areas to reach food centres. 

Witnesses say Israeli troops open fire in an attempt to control the crowds of Palestinians.

There was no immediate comment by the Israeli military. It has said in previous instances that troops fired warning shots at what it calls suspects approaching their positions. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking from the Tel Nof Air Force base, during a visit with his defence minister and chief of staff.

During the trip south of Tel Aviv, he said Israel had two goals in Iran.

These were: "Eliminating the nuclear threat and eliminating the missile threat."

Overnight, Israel struck at a number of nuclear sites in Iran.

Netanyahu also told the people of Tehran to "get out" - echoing similar tactics Israel deployed in Gaza, telling large numbers of people to leave their homes and striking at residential areas.

Israel wants Iranian regime change

President Isaac Herzog has also been speaking this afternoon.

He visited one of the sites of a missile attack in central Israel, in the city of Petah Tikva, where four people were killed.

Standing in front of a damaged building, he said that it was time for a regime change in Iran.

"I think the Iranian people are fed up, and they want change. And so, of course, do the entire region, we deserve change," he said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has told his Iranian counterpart his country is ready to facilitate nuclear negotiations and peace talks with Israel.

He made the comments today in a call with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian.

In a statement, his presidency said: "President Erdogan said that Turkiye stands ready to undertake a facilitating role to end the conflicts as soon as possible and return to nuclear negotiations."

Turkey has also hosted peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, in Istanbul.

Israel struck a hospital over the weekend in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah, a spokesperson has claimed.

Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry, alleged that during Israel's attacks on Saturday, it hit the Farabi Hospital.

The state-run Fars news agency also reported on the attack. 

Here are some of the latest images from Tehran. 

Smoke was pictured rising above an oil depot in the Iranian capital on Monday.

It comes after an Israeli attack on Saturday.

This attack was said to be on the Sharan oil depot in northwest Tehran.

Israel targeted nuclear facilities as well as energy infrastructure and the capital city.