Nigeria, June 13 -- Sounds of explosions have been reported in Iran after Israel attacked the country's capital, Tehran, early Friday.

The Israeli military officials said that the Israeli Air Force targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites in the attacks.

President Benjamin Netanyahu, in a YouTube video on Friday morning, said the strikes targeted Iran's nuclear facilities and ballistic missile production sites.

"This operation will take as long as is needed to complete the task of fending off the threat of annihilation against us," Mr Netanyahu said.

However, images circulating in the media showed the airstrike destroyed buildings in residential areas.

The Chief Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Hossein Salami, ...