Daniel Estrin

We visited the scene.

The blast radius is enormous.

The missile fell in the center of a street, and a building has been completely gutted.

The outer wall has been blown off, concrete everywhere.

You can see through into the apartments that have been completely destroyed.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

All they're saying is that it's going to take as long as necessary.

And the Israelis have announced that they carried out the largest aerial operation, the largest Air Force operation in Israeli history with around 200 fighter jets.

So a real blitz at the very beginning.

A person briefed on this operation has told me that we're expecting another couple of days of intense activity.

strikes in Iran and retaliatory strikes in Israel as well.

So we're looking at Sunday and Monday at least, and it could go on for many more days.

A person briefed on the strike told NPR that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989, was killed in Israeli strikes.

Israeli media are reporting Khamenei's body has been pulled from the rubble.

An Israeli military official told reporters that three separate gatherings of senior officials were struck simultaneously Saturday morning local time at the start of the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

The official said several central government figures in Iran were killed.

President Trump and Netanyahu have called on Iranians to rise up and topple the Iranian regime.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

A person briefed on the strike told NPR that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989, was killed in Israeli strikes.

Israeli media are reporting Khamenei's body has been pulled from the rubble.