Blasts rang out across a swath of the Middle Eastern republic’s territory, targeting Iran’s nuclear capabilities, military leadership and scientists.

Israel’s air defenses—a multilayered system that includes the famed Iron Dome—are among the best in the world and the most battle-tested, but even so they aren't completely impenetrable, Israeli officials and air-defense experts say.

Israel and Iran have been tied in a peculiar relationship that transformed from an effective friendship to a rivalry that seeks nothing but the other's end., Middle East News - Times Now

Iran and Israel have launched a fresh wave of attacks on each other in a development that continues to raise fears of the wider region being plunged into a destabilising conflict. Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa shortly before dawn on Monday,

Israeli authorities have signaled that the barrage appears to have subsided, giving the all clear for people to leave their shelters. They said that emergency services were responding to reports of damage from the missiles and are providing treatment to several people with minor injuries.

Iran's nuclear program will be hard to dismantle, but Israel has increased its superiority in missile and air defence capabilities