It is an image that will haunt very many people across Israel. A corner of Beit Shemesh, flattened by an Iranian missile; a synagogue destroyed; people killed while they sought refuge in a bomb shelter.

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A formal declaration of war has not been made but it looks and sounds like war in central Tehran.

Iran has been hit by a series of US and Israeli airstrikes over the weekend as the two countries' leaders called for the Iranian people to overthrow the regime.

Sky's Data and Forensics team has been monitoring shipping through the Strait of Hormuz - a strategically vital waterway for Iran and other oil producers in the Middle East. 

The Foreign Office has mounted an unprecedented operation to support British citizens in the Middle East, as airstrikes throw travel in the region into chaos.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was only the second leader of Iran's Islamic Republic, established in April 1979.