As Iran launches new wave of deadly missile attacks, Israel says it has 'supremacy' in Tehran's airspace

Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, killing at least five people, while Israel claimed that it had now achieved "aerial superiority" over Tehran and could fly over the Iranian capital without facing major threats.

After days of attacks on Iranian air defences and missile systems, the Israeli military said its aircraft now control the skies from western Iran to Tehran and it had destroyed more than 120 surface-to-surface missile launchers, a third of Iran's total, that had been firing at Israel in overnight missions.

"Now we can say that we have achieved full air supremacy in the Tehran airspace," said military spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin.

A few hours after Defrin spoke, the Israeli military warned residents in parts of Iran's capital to evacuate ahead of Israeli strikes. Israel said Monday it planned to strike military sites in the city.

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