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Nearly 40 people were killed in a strike on two buildings in eastern Tehran, according to local authorities, as the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported Monday evening.

Two buildings, each containing 20 residential flats, were destroyed by missiles, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported, quoting the head of the Tehran Fire Department.

“Tens of martyrs have been taken out. Many bodies are still under the rubble, and one body recovered from the building cannot be identified as a woman or a man because it is totally disintegrated,” the head of the Tehran Fire Department said, according to Mehr.

-ABC News' Somayeh Malekian

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday morning issued another "urgent warning" to residents south of the Litani River in Lebanon -- virtually all of the country's south -- again ordering them to evacuate "immediately" and head north of the river.

It's the fourth such notice the IDF has issued amid the ongoing war with Iran. The third forced evacuation for southern Lebanon came Sunday.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz

A second person has now died from their wounds succumbed in Monday's Iranian cluster bomb strike in central Israel, a spokesperson for Sheba Medical Center -- Israel's largest hospital -- told ABC News on Tuesday morning.

That brings the Israeli death toll from Iranian attacks since the ongoing war began on Feb. 28 to at least 12, according to local hospitals and the national emergency service. This number does not include a person who died from cardiac arrest during one attack.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

The Israel Defense Forces targeted sites in Southern Lebanon where it said the Qard al-Hassan Association had assets and storage facilities.

That group is said to finance weapons purchases and handle other financial transactions for Hezbollah. The airstrikes were "part of ongoing efforts to further degrade Hezbollah’s military capabilities," the IDF said on social media.

The Israeli military also on Tuesday issued a warning for all people in Lebanon south of the Litani River, saying there are ongoing strikes against Hezbollah and its infrastructure in the area.

"The airstrikes are ongoing as the Defense Army is operating with great force in the area," Avichay Adraee, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, said in Arabic on social media.

He added, "Therefore, and out of concern for your safety, we reiterate our urgent appeal for you to evacuate your homes immediately and head immediately north of the Litani River."

Those who remain are endangering "your lives and the lives of your families," Adraee said.