Nigeria, June 17 -- The conflict between Israel and Iran continued into the fifth day as residents of flashpoint areas bear the brunt of the violence.

About 224 people have been killed in Iran and 24 in Israel since the war began. Several top Iranian security chiefs are among the dead, and more than 1,400 people have been injured.

Israel has issued an evacuation warning to the 330,000 residents in a part of central Tehran, where the country's state television station, the national police headquarters, and three major hospitals, one of which is operated by Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, are located.

Tehran, one of the largest cities in the region, is home to approximately 9.5 million people.

On Monday, Israel attacked Iran's ...