ISTANBUL

The Israeli army ordered residents of a district in Tehran where government ministries and foreign embassies are located to evacuate on Monday ahead of a new wave of airstrikes on the Iranian capital.

A military statement released in Persian said that residents of Tehran’s District 3 must leave the area immediately.

“In the coming hours, the IDF (army) will operate in the region to attack military structures of the Iranian regime, as it has done across Tehran in recent days,” the army said.

💢 Smoke rises from several locations in the Iranian capital, Tehran, after the Israeli army ordered residents of one of its districts to evacuate ahead of a new wave of airstrikes ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/pErxQLS72B

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“Your presence in this area puts your life in danger,” it warned.

The evacuation order is the first by Tehran residents since Israel and Iran exchanged attacks on Friday, their worst ever confrontation.

Regional tensions have escalated since Friday, when Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on multiple sites across Iran, including military and nuclear facilities, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory strikes.

Israeli authorities said that at least 24 people have been killed and hundreds injured in Iranian missile attacks since Friday.

Iran, for its part, said that at least 224 people have been killed and over 1,000 others wounded in the Israeli assault.