Supreme leader’s death a huge moment – and Iran is responding with forcepublished at 06:11 GMT
06:11 GMT
Jon Donnison
Reporting from Jerusalem
The killing yesterday of the man who has ruled Iran for almost 40 years was confirmed on state television overnight.
It is a huge moment for the Islamic nation.
There was some celebration on the streets of Iranian cities by those who have opposed his regime.
That will encourage both Israel and the United States who have urged Iranians to seize this moment and rise up and topple the government.
Overnight, Israel’s military carried out another wave of bombing, targeting, it said, Iran’s ballistic missile stockpiles and launching sites as well as its air defence systems.
More than 200 people have been killed across Iran, according to the Red Crescent. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps says it will respond to the Supreme leader’s death with the most destructive operation in its history.
This morning in Israel, air raid sirens have again been ringing out as Iran continues to fire ballistic missiles.
Almost all have been shot down by Israel’s air defence system.
But some have got through: in Tel Aviv, a missile strike killed a woman, the first Israeli fatality of this war. The ambulance service says another 120 people have been injured, most of them lightly.