Israel issued a stark warning to Iran on Saturday as the two nations continue to exchange fire: Stop the strikes or "Tehran will burn."

“If [Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei continue to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, Tehran will burn,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote on social platform X following a closed-door meeting, according to a translation.

"The Iranian dictator is making the residents of Tehran hostage to his criminal policies for the survival of his regime," he added.

His comments come after Iran launched retaliatory drone and air strikes toward Israel Friday in response to the Israeli military's surprise attack a day earlier — which targeted Tehran's nuclear facilities and ballistic missile sites.

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