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Footage reviewed by The Times shows a person in the turret of the vehicle pointing what appears to be a less-lethal projectile launcher downward, but it’s unclear whether any shots were fired.

The soldiers report that live ammunition, grenade launchers, mortars, and heavy machine guns have been used to disperse crowds of hungry, sometimes before dawn, when residents begin lining up in hopes of receiving food.

The IDF said it struck and destroyed missile launchers in western Iran that it said were "ready to be fired at Israeli territory".

Separately, some US media outlets quoted anonymous US officials as saying Iranian missile launchers had been positioned for a potential launch towards Qatar.

Earlier, the Israeli military declared that it had achieved "full air superiority" over the city and had destroyed a third of Iran's missile launchers.