Kerry Kahn

Israeli residents have spent many hours in bomb shelters today.

In the town of Beit Shemesh was hit with an Iranian strike about 20 miles west of Jerusalem.

Israel's military and foreign minister have been sharing videos from there too.

We see homes and buildings reduced to rubble.

Officials are denouncing Iran for targeting civilians.

And Iran is leveling the same charges against Israel, saying on Saturday it struck an all-girls school, killing at least 165 children in southern Iran.

And that's according to Iranian state media.

Multiple residents in the Iranian capital told NPR directly they heard the explosions early Sunday local time.

Israel's military says it is striking targets belonging to, quote, the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran.

The Israeli Air Force conducted large-scale strikes, it says, to establish aerial superiority and to, quote, pave the path to Tehran.

It published one video showing strikes obliterating four large blocks of buildings as cars whizzed by.

The Iranian state news agency announced the killing of the 86-year-old supreme leader hours earlier.

Iran has vowed to retaliate and has sent missiles and drones to neighboring countries.

Britain's defense minister says Iranian missiles were fired towards its troops in Cyprus and in Bahrain.

Carrie Khan, NPR News, Istanbul.

Venezuela's National Assembly announced the resignation of Tariq William Saab, who has run the top prosecutor's office for nine years and was a key ally of Maduro.

Saab, who says he is a poet, is known for his long speeches and vehement denials that Venezuela has political prisoners.

Multiple human rights groups accuse Maduro's government of illegal imprisonments and violent crackdowns on opponents.

The International Criminal Court is investigating Venezuela for crimes against humanity.

Saab's resignation is the latest shakeup isolating Maduro loyalists since the former vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, now working closely with U.S.