JAKARTA - Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, warned Tehran residents would "pay the price" for Iranian attacks targeting Israeli civilians.
Most recently, Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv, Israel, and the port city of Haifa on Monday morning, killing eight people and destroying houses.
The arrogant Tehran dictator has become a coward killer targeting civilians in Israel to prevent the IDF from continuing an attack that destroyed its capabilities, Israel Katz said.
"Tanham residents will pay the price and soon," he said.
Katz then issued a separate statement saying Israel had no intention of intentionally harming Tehran residents.
Iran's death toll has reached 224, with 90% reported to be civilians, a spokesman for Iran's health ministry said.
On the other hand, Iran says its parliament is preparing a bill to abandon the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), insisting Tehran remains against the development of weapons of mass destruction. The ratification of the bill could take several weeks.
Israel is thought to have sizable nuclear weapons, but has neither confirmed nor denied them.
Israel is the only Middle Eastern country that hasn't signed the NPT yet.
The Israeli military, which has destroyed Iran's nuclear and military facilities by air, said it had killed four senior intelligence officials including the head of the Revolutionary Guard intelligence organization.
Israeli authorities said a total of seven missiles from less than 100 fired by Iran overnight landed in Israel. A military spokesman also said Israel had destroyed more than a third of Iran's surface-to-surface missile launchers.
Reportedly 100 people were injured in Israel in a surprise attack overnight, part of a wave of Tehran attacks in retaliation for an Israeli attack targeting Iran's arch-enemy ballistic and nuclear missile programs.
The danger of further escalation overshadows the meeting of G7 leaders in Canada, with US President Donald Trump expressing hope on Sunday that a deal could be made but no sign of fighting subsided on the fourth day of war.
Geopolitical stability in the Middle East has been damaged by the effects of an overflow of Gaza's war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
In total, 24 people in Israel have been killed so far in Iranian missile attacks, all civilians.
Search and rescue operations are underway in Haifa where about 30 people were injured, emergency services said, as dozens of the first responders rushed to the attack zone. The fire was seen burning at a power plant near the port, media reported.
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