Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London.

I'm Rebecca Kesb.

Our top story today, the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran.

We'll hear from both countries on the programme today, each side reporting civilian casualties after more strikes overnight and into

today. Israel says it now has full aerial control over the Iranian capital Tehran. It claims

to have destroyed a third of Iran's missile launchers, but also says that eight people were killed

in the overnight Iranian bombardment. And later in the program, we'll hear from our correspondent in an Israeli town that was struck.

Israel began its offensive on Friday, stating that Iran had recently made technological

breakthroughs in making nuclear weapons.

But Iran's president, Massoud Pasejkian, is today calling for national unity

against what he called Israel's criminal aggression. He also said his country does not seek to

possess nuclear weapons, but that it has the right to benefit from nuclear energy.

Well, Iran's health ministry is saying that at least 224 people have been killed

since Friday and well over 1,000 injured. Tehran restricts access to the country for journalists,

but the BBC's Persian service provides a vital lifeline broadcasting news to Iranian audiences in Farsi.

Its journalists are constantly in touch with people inside the country, despite personal threats to them and their families.

And one of them is Baham Gobadi, who gave us this report on what he's hearing from inside Iran.

Explosions like this one have kept Iran all night.

Yesterday, Tehran was hit hard.

Nearly all corners of the capital came under attack.

In the north, a water pipeline was blown up, causing serious flooding.

In the west, an oil depot caught fire, a blaze visible for miles.

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