Iran will likely launch their response in the next several hours.

Iranian air defences have not been activated yet. Its possible that they have been disabled due to an Israeli cyberattack. This would not mean that they stay offline forever, though.

Iraqi channels are claiming that Israeli fighter jets are launching missiles from near Mosul and Nineveh, northern Iraq.

Reuters reports that Iran is preparing its retaliation strike, and that "the response will be devastating".

Fires are seen burning in Tehran following the Israeli airstrikes.

Large-scale Israeli cyber attacks against Iranian news agencies are underway.

An Iranian MiG-29 fighter jet is seen in the skies of Tehran.

Multiple Iranian news agencies have been hacked.

An Israeli F-15 is seen landing at an airbase after carrying out airstrikes on Iran.

Donald Trump: "We have started an extensive military operation in Iran, we will destroy the threat from the cruel Iranian regime".

The first strikes on Tehran were carried out by Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from ships in the Gulf of Oman.

Trump: "Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime."

Several Israeli fighter jets are flying over the northern West Bank, presumably towards Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has begun holding an assessment of the security situation in the Kirya.

Trump: "Iran is developing long-range missiles that could threaten America and other countries."

Sound familiar?

Iran's Mehr News Agency reports that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is alive and unharmed.

Iranian air defences have reportedly been activated.