Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is an "easy target," and Iran should surrender unconditionally, President Donald Trump said Tuesday before Iran's leader countered with his own warning, "the battle begins.

Alert sirens have repeatedly sent Israelis rushing to bomb shelters as Iran fired missiles during the escalating Israel-Iran conflict. Officials said most of the missiles fired Tuesday were intercepted,

The Israeli military issued two warnings about incoming missiles early Wednesday morning, local time, saying that launches had been detected aimed from Iran and that it was trying to intercept them. The two warnings were separated by less than an hour.