Several people including women and children killed in Tehran - state media

Chances are increasing that Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri and senior nuclear scientists have been killed in the first stage of the Israeli airstrikes, Israel's Channel 12 reported citing a security source.

A video published by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News shows a building destroyed in the Israeli airstrikes against Narmak in eastern Tehran.

"In addition to extensive strikes by the Israeli Air Force, Mossad has also led a series of covert counter-terrorism operations deep inside Iran in order to damage Iran's strategic missile array and air defense capabilities," Axios reported citing an Israeli official.

Senior Israeli leaders have been transferred to a safe location, Axios reported citing Israeli officials, amid fears of an Iranian counterstrike.