Other initial reports stated Israeli forces were simultaneously carrying out large-scale attacks on other nuclear sites across Iran.

To date, the Iranian missile salvos have focused on the Gush Dan/Tel Aviv/central Israel area, the Haifa area, and the Beersheba area.

According to IDF assessments, Iran began the current conflict with approximately 2,000 ballistic missiles of varying ranges and warhead types.

Explosions were heard throughout Israel's center, with reports of some missiles making impact. The Petah Tikva municipality announced that a building in the city was hit by a missile.

Now is precisely the moment for our leaders to step into that space and embody that sense of unity with a broad, all-encompassing national unity government.

More than 20 people were wounded by the impact in Bnei Brak, bordering Tel Aviv, Israel Police said. 

In the coming hours, Israel is expected to order residents of various neighborhoods in Tehran to evacuate, followed by strikes on infrastructure and government buildings.

The total number of those killed on Sunday night and the early hours has now reached eight, with 22 civilians having been killed since the start of the conflict.