JERUSALEM: US-Israeli strikes on Iran continued for a second day on Sunday after the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threw the future of the Islamic Republic into uncertainty and raised the risk of regional instability.

There were explosions in Tehran on Sunday as Israel said it was taking its attacks to the “heart” of Iran’s capital.

“The IDF is striking targets that belong to the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran,” the military said. “Over the past day, the Israeli Air Force conducted large-scale strikes in order to establish aerial superiority and to pave the path to Tehran.”
The Israeli military’s Home Front Command said on Sunday it had mobilized around 20,000 reservists to assist civilians following Iranian missile attacks.
“The command has called in approximately 20,000 reservists” who have joined over the past 24 hours the Home Front Command forces across the country, it said on its website.

Half of Iran’s missile stockpiles destroyed

The Israeli military on Sunday said it had destroyed roughly half of Iran’s missile stockpiles, adding the Islamic republic had been producing dozens of surface-to-surface missiles each month.

“During the operation, we destroyed approximately half of the Iranian regime’s missile stockpiles and prevented the production of at least 1,500 additional missiles,” military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said in a televised statement.

“The regime had recently been producing dozens of surface-to-surface missiles per month and intended to increase production to hundreds per month.”