Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) said in an update that they have struck a ballistic missile launcher in the Iranian city of Qom overnight that was ‘ready to fire at Israel’.

They added that an aerial defence system was also ‘struck’ in the city of Isfahan, according to the BBC.

It comes as Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Lod reopened today after being shut for five days.

A first repatriation flight from Athens landed at the airport this morning, returning Israelis who had been stranded abroad.

Israeli airlines are expected to fly back an estimated 100,000 citizens who were unable to return since Israel closed its airspace on Saturday.

The partial reopening of its airspace is to be done in stages, subject to security developments.