• Israeli forces are continuing their assault on Tehran, striking the IRIB state broadcaster, as the death toll from the joint Israel-US attacks surpasses 550 since Saturday.
• Iran continues to target sites across Israel, with the Israeli military reporting missile interceptions over West Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Eilat. At least 10 people have been killed since Saturday.

Israeli police say 1 injured by missile shrapnel in Tel Aviv

Israeli authorities have said that a person has been injured by Iranian rocket shrapnel that fell in the Tel Aviv area.

The Israeli police have warned residents against approaching rocket impact sites or touching the remnants of munitions found on the ground.

UNESCO warns of destruction of heritage sites in the Middle East

The UN culture and education agency (UNESCO) has expressed “concern” over the protection of heritage sites amid the escalating war between Iran and joint US-Israeli forces.

The statement comes amid reports of major damage to the historic Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Golestan Palace was an official royal complex in Iran during the Qajar dynasty.

“UNESCO recalls that cultural property is protected under international law, notably the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, including its enhanced protection mechanism, as well as the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage,” the statement said.

Heavy bombardment continues in Tehran

Starting from midnight in Tehran, there are continuous series of blasts in the capital.

The sound of multiple blasts can be heard across the city.

The IRIB state television complex has been reported as targeted. But there are no updates yet on casualties, and their television broadcast is still going on.

A building belonging to Iran’s Expediency Council has also been reported as targeted. The council is one of the most important parts of the political establishment.

The ongoing bombardments were heavier compared to the previous nights. There’s smoke in the air across the capital. There are also reports of heavy bombardment in other cities, including Karaj and Qom.

Over 600 people have already been reported killed across the country as a result of these strikes happening in the past few days.

Israeli society divided on Iran attacks

It depends who you are talking to about Iran.

First of all, you have the Israeli army that has been saying it’s been prepared for all scenarios. It has called up around 100,000 reserves and that it was ready for most scenarios, including opening a front with Hezbollah and saying that they are even ready to head towards a ground invasion [of Iran].

But when you talk about the people in Israel, it all depends on how long this war lasts and how long they will stay in fortified areas, in shelters.

For example, in the northern areas of Israel, people spend around an hour inside these shelters, and if we compare that with the time during the last war with Iran, in June, the time that was spent in shelters by Israelis was relatively much, much less than they are having to stay in these areas right now.

That usually doesn’t play well with the Israeli public.

Netanyahu claims Iran’s nuclear, missile sites would have been ‘immune’ to strikes ‘within months’

The Israeli prime minister has told Fox News that the US and Israel attacked Iran because Tehran’s ballistic missile and nuclear program would have become “immune” to strikes “within months”.

“The reason that we had to act now is that after we hit their nuclear sites and their ballistic missiles program, you’d think they’d learn a lesson, but they didn’t. Because they’re unreformable, they’re totally fanatic about this, about the goal of destroying America. So they started building new sites, new places, underground bunkers, that would make their ballistic missiles program and their atomic bomb program immune within months,” said Netanyahu.

“If no action was taken now, no action could be taken in the future,” he added.

Rights group says at least 96 people killed in Iran on Monday

The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) is reporting that at least 85 civilians and 11 military personnel have been killed following the joint US-Israeli strike in Iran in the last 24 hours.

The Washington, DC-based group said the latest figures take the total civilian death toll to at least 742 since the US-Israeli attacks began on February 28.

These include 176 children, it added.

Earlier, the Iranian Red Crescent Society put the death toll at 555 people.

Al Jazeera cannot independently verify the figures.

HRANA said the US-Israeli attacks hit a range of locations and infrastructure on Monday, including several military bases, two residential areas, and Shahid Bahonar Pier in Bandar Abbas.

Netanyahu says ‘this is not an endless war’

The Israeli prime minister says the war against Iran is a “gateway for peace” in the region, while downplaying concerns that the US and Israel could become bogged down in a longer conflict despite promises of a swift and easy campaign.

Netanyahu told Fox News that the current conflict could pave the way for further deals normalising ties between Israel and countries in the region.

“We [Netanyahu and Trump] brought forward the Abraham Accords, which was four peace treaties with four Arab countries. And now, working together against Iran, we will be able to bring many, many more peace treaties,” he said.

“This is not an endless war, this is a gateway to peace. It’s the exact opposite of what people are saying,” he added.

Vance says Trump will not let US get ‘into a multi-year conflict’

US Vice President JD Vance has dismissed critics who say Trump has broken his campaign promise to avoid “endless” foreign wars.

Speaking on Fox News, Vance argued that Trump’s decision to attack Iran was different from the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“What’s different about this is that the president has clearly defined what he wants to accomplish, and there’s just no way Donald Trump is going to allow this country to get into a multi-year conflict with no clear end in sight and no clear objective,” he said.

That objective is to ensure Iran does not get a nuclear weapon, Vance said.

Trump “will not let the country go to war unless there is a clearly defined objective”, and “it means we are not going to get into the problems we’ve had with Iraq and Afghanistan”, he said.

Iranian state media confirms attack on IRIB broadcaster

The Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) says parts of the IRIB headquarters in Tehran have been hit by US and Israeli strikes.

Due to “precautions” taken by IRIB, the signal to broadcast news has not been affected, and the operation is still ongoing, ISNA said in a post on X.

The Shahid Motahhari government complex, near Vali Asr and Imam Khomeini Streets in downtown Tehran, was also targeted this morning, ISNA said in a separate post on X.

Several blasts were also heard in the centre, north and west of the capital, ISNA added.

Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli airbase

The Lebanese armed group says it launched an attack on the Ramat David airbase in northern Israel.

It said it targeted radar sites and control rooms at the base by deploying “a swarm of drones” at dawn today.

Hezbollah said it carried out the attack in retaliation against Israel’s deadly strikes on several areas of Lebanon.

Iran’s Araghchi says US launched strikes ‘on behalf of Israel’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has weighed in on his US counterpart’s justification for attacking Tehran.

“Mr. Rubio admitted what we all knew: U.S. has entered a war of choice on behalf of Israel. There was never any so-called Iranian ‘threat’,” Araghchi wrote in a post on X.

“Shedding of both American and Iranian blood is thus on Israel Firsters. American people deserve better and should take back their country,” he added.

Rubio told reporters that the US was aware Israel was going to attack Iran and joined in because Washington felt that Tehran would retaliate against UA assets in the region.

Strikes hit downtown Tehran, near Iran’s old parliament building: Report

Iran’s Shargh newspaper is reporting that an area near Iran’s old parliament building has been hit by air raids.

The report said the attack took place near the intersection of Valiasr and Jami Streets in downtown Tehran, where several cultural sites and museums are located.

There were no immediate reports on casualties from the strike.

Israel says air force is continuing to strike Iranian air defense system

Israel’s air force is carrying out multiple operations against Iran’s air defense system and eliminating several of its forces, according to Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee.

In a post on X, Adraee said Israeli aircraft targeted several personnel who were operating Iran’s defense systems, including its radar systems as well as missile launchers.

He also said Israel’s Air Force attacked sites affiliated with Iran’s ballistic missile launch platforms.

Iranian media say 5 IRGC soldiers killed in Bushehr

The ISNA agency is reporting that five members of the IRGC’s air force and navy have been killed in US-Israeli attacks on the cities of Jam and Dir in the central province of Bushehr.

US embassy in Israel tells citizens it is unable to assist in evacuations

The US Embassy in Jerusalem has notified its citizens in Israel that it is “not in a position” to help them evacuate the country.

In a security alert posted online, the embassy provides information on shuttle buses that Israel’s Ministry of Tourism is operating to the Taba border crossing with Egypt.

“If you choose to avail yourself of this option to depart, the U.S. government cannot guarantee your safety. The information is provided as a courtesy to those wishing to leave Israel,” the embassy said.

The embassy also informs US citizens that to be included on the buses travelling to the Egyptian border, they must register with the Tourism Ministry via its “evacuation form”.

Selection of new supreme leader ‘will not be lengthy’, Iranian official says

A member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, which will elect a new supreme leader, says the process “will not be lengthy”, according to the ISNA agency.

Ali Moalemi said the members of the Assembly of Experts have sworn that in choosing the new leader, “personal preferences” for individuals or political and party factions would “not be a factor” and that they will vote based on their judgment and in accordance with religious principles.

“The Assembly of Experts will, as in the past, select a personality like the martyred Leader of the Revolution,” he said, referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in Israeli strike on Saturday.

Who runs Iran now?

Following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran has announced the formation of a three-member transitional council to handle state duties.

Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, a member of the powerful constitutional watchdog, was appointed on Sunday to the interim transitional council, whose other two members are the country’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Supreme Court Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei.

According to Article 111 of the Iranian constitution, the transitional council will govern the country until an 88-member panel, called the Assembly of Experts, chooses a new supreme leader after the almost 37-year rule of Khamenei was cut short in a deadly US-Israeli attack on Saturday.

While the leadership council assumes its governance role in the interim, the Assembly of Experts “must, as soon as possible”, pick a new supreme leader, according to the Iranian constitution.

Huge explosion rocks eastern Tehran, IRGC reports new strikes across GCC

A huge explosion was heard, and thick smoke is rising from the eastern part of Tehran.

The government has not given any information about what was hit.

The IRGC has suffered major blows, particularly following the killing of the supreme leader. The attacks have also targeted the IRGC’s commander-in-chief and more than 10 other senior military figures. That is a huge blow.

Also, several headquarters and centers linked to them across Tehran and in other cities have been attacked.

The IRGC continues to make statements outlining developments and confirming what they describe as ongoing retaliatory strikes.

Last night, the IRGC said it had attacked a military base in Kuwait and a gathering of US military forces in Dubai. On the ground, we see not only military headquarters and political centers being attacked, but also citizens being affected.

Israeli-US strike kills 13 Iranian soldiers

Thirteen Iranian soldiers have been killed in a US-Israeli strike on a military base in Kerman province, according to the Iranian army.

The attack targeted the base in the south of the country.

Five killed, dozens wounded in attack on western Iran

At least five people have been killed and 25 injured in a Israeli-US attack on residential neighborhoods in Hamadan, western Iran, Mehr news agency is reporting.

The report added that the strikes hit populated areas, causing civilian casualties.

Sirens activated in Tel Aviv, central Israel

Red alert sirens have been activated in central Israel, including Tel Aviv.

IAEA confirms ‘recent damage to entrance buildings’ of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility

The International Atomic Energy Agency has said it can confirm, based on the latest available satellite imagery, “some recent damage to entrance buildings” of Iran’s underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP).

“No radiological consequence expected and no additional impact detected at FEP itself, which was severely damaged in the June conflict,” it added, referring to the 12-day war launched by Israel against Iran last year that also included US attacks on the Natanz facility, alongside two others.

Iranian missile hits central Israel

A missile carrying a fragmentation warhead has struck the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, Israel’s Channel 12 is reporting.

The Times of Israel reported that fragments from an Iranian missile had made impact in central Israel, causing damage. No injuries have been reported.

Qatar says no information on Mossad cells at the moment

Qatar’s FM spokesperson says that there is no information on Mossad cells operating in the country.

This comes after US broadcaster Tucker Carlson claimed that Qatar and Saudi Arabia have arrested individuals linked to Mossad.

Russia says it has seen no evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow ⁠had still seen no evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons as the US and Israel ⁠pursue their attacks.

“We still see no evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons, which was the main, if not the only, justification for the war,” Lavrov said in Brunei.

He said the consequences of the attacks on Iran are being felt throughout the region and Arab ⁠countries are bearing economic costs and suffering ⁠casualties.

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Israel's first attack five days ago was under the premise of dismantling Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons. The UN watchdog has never said there’s evidence of Tehran having a nuclear arms program.
But Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saying Iran is “very close” to developing a nuclear weapon for 33 years.

Four Iranian missiles intercepted over Jordan, occupied West Bank

Israeli media reports say air defences have intercepted four Iranian ballistic missiles over Jordan and areas near Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.

The reports indicate that the missiles were shot down before reaching their intended targets.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

US and Israel’s messaging aims to ‘weaken Iran’s morale’

Wolfgang Pusztai, a security policy and defense analyst in Vienna, has said that the situation in Iran is a part of “information warfare” that the US and Israel are playing to “send a message to Iran – don’t expect this to be over within one or two weeks.”

“They want to undermine the morale of the IRGC and of all the others fighting against the offensive of Israel and the US in the hope that they give up,” Pusztai said.

“Iran wants to send a message through the missiles towards Israel and ongoing attacks on various US military and civilian facilities in the Gulf states that they can also continue the war indefinitely.

“So this is part of information warfare. We will see in the next few days and weeks whether this will really lead to an early end of the war or to a longer campaign.”

Russia’s Rosatom sounds warning over threat to Bushehr nuclear plant

The head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has warned that the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran faces a threat as a result of the US-Israeli attacks on the country, Russian state news agency RIA is reporting.

On Saturday, Rosatom said it had evacuated nearly 100 people from Iran, although its personnel remained at the Russia-built plant in the port city, which is Iran’s only operational nuclear power plant.

Iran’s missile capabilities against Israel ‘significantly degraded’

Iran most likely has a couple of hundred missiles left with a range of reaching Israel left, but only a few dozen launching systems, Wolfgang Pusztai, a security policy and defense analyst in Vienna, has told Al Jazeera.

“And this is a problem for Iran. If we compare the number of missiles launched in Israel during the 12 Days War with what is being launched right now, and look at the time gaps in between, it is quite clear that Iran’s capability to launch missiles against Israel is significantly degraded,” he said.

“Iran probably has about 1,200 to 1,500 short-range ballistic missiles with a range sufficient to reach the western shores of the Gulf. These short-range ballistic missiles fly lower and slower than medium-range ballistic missiles and are easier to intercept.

“Nevertheless, they remain a significant threat.”

Israel claims strike on senior Iranian commander

The Israeli army says it has carried out a strike in Tehran targeting a senior Iranian commander.

The army said the attack took place a short time earlier but did not immediately provide further details about the identity of the target or the outcome of the operation.

By attacking Iran, Netanyahu has ‘attempted to divert attention away from Gaza’

By attacking Iran, Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has “attempted to divert international attention away from Gaza”, according to Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif.

“International media is focused on Iran now which gives Netanyahu space to quietly go ahead with his genocidal agenda in Gaza and West Bank,” Asif wrote on X.

“Netanyahu’s demonic personal ambitions have plunged Palestine and rest of ME [Middle East] into worst tragedy of human history.”

Iran’s president says country ‘has not come to a halt’

Iran’s President Pezeshkian says the government remains operational despite the escalating war on the country, insisting that state functions continue across the country.

In a post on X, Pezeshkian said authorities are coordinating closely with provincial leadership as the situation unfolds.

“We are in direct contact with the governors. The situation is exceptional, but the country has not come to a halt,” he wrote.

“Ongoing activities are continuing across the country.”

Israeli military says Iranian missiles hit central Israel

Israel’s military has reported Iranian missile strikes in central Israel.

“Search and rescue forces, together with numerous emergency teams, are currently operating at the impact sites in central Israel,” the army said. “The circumstances of the impact are under review.”

Seven Israelis injured in Iranian missile attack

Seven people have been injured in multiple locations in central Israel in an Iranian missile attack, Israeli media is reporting.

The incident took place in Bnei Brak, just east of Tel Aviv, and the city of Rosh Haayin, further east.

Citing witnesses, the channel reported that the impacts of the missile attacks and shrapnel had caused destruction to buildings and vehicles, started fires, and damaged roads in various locations.

Strike targets Assembly of Experts building in Qom

An Israeli attack targeted the building of the Assembly of Experts – the body responsible for overseeing the selection of Iran’s supreme leader – in the Iranian city of Qom, Mehr news agency has reported.

In a separate statement, the news agency reported air raids hitting areas near Tehran’s Revolution Square.

Israel issues evacuation threat for industrial area in Tehran, Payam airport

The Israeli army has issued an evacuation threat to people in an industrial area in Tehran and an international airport in the city of Karaj, warning that it will carry out attacks in the areas “in the coming hours”.

In a post on its Farsi-language X account, the Israeli army issued the threat for the Hakimiyeh industrial area and Payam International Airport.

Explosions heard throughout Iran continuously

Explosions have been heard every now and then around Tehran and other cities in Iran.

It’s a continuous situation. Strikes have also been reported in Isfahan, where the nuclear facilities are located.

The government here doesn’t give figures or any details about the targets that have been struck, but we know from sources close to the government that overnight, the TV station was targeted and also some of the security headquarters.

Nine hospitals have been hit. Some strikes were near schools and residential buildings, and there were casualties amongst civilians here and there across the country.

The Health Ministry spokesperson told us that the number of civilians killed has so far neared 800, and the number of wounded is above 5,000.

He saw horrible scenes of people wounded, who are already sick, and those hospitals being evacuated in the most extreme, precarious condition.

Atomic agency head says no proof of Iran weapons program

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says inspectors have not found evidence of a coordinated Iranian program to build nuclear weapons despite Israeli and US claims.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi told NBC News that the agency had not identified “elements of a systematic and structured program to manufacture nuclear weapons” in Iran.

At the same time, he confirmed that Tehran has enriched uranium to 60 percent purity – a level far beyond civilian energy needs.

Grossi said such enrichment is something “only countries with nuclear weapons have”.

He stressed that inspectors could not conclude Iran intends to build a bomb, but said the stockpiling raised serious questions.

This enrichment, he said, was “the source of the concerns we had”, and there was “no clear objective” for accumulating material at that level.

“The centrifuges were spinning constantly and producing more and more of that material,” he said, adding that theoretically this would have been “enough to produce more than 10 nuclear warheads. But do they have them? No.”

The 2003 US war on Iraq resembles here, as it was falsely justified that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Scott Ritter was UN weapons inspector at that time and found no evidence while the then-secretary of state, Colin Powell was showing white powder at the UNSC claiming it was anthrax.

Israel says it hits ballistic missile production sites across Iran

Israel’s military says its air force has struck industrial sites “throughout Iran” that are used to produce weapons, including ballistic missiles.

“During strikes conducted throughout Iran, the [military] targeted industrial sites used by the Iranian regime to produce weapons, particularly ballistic missiles,” it said in a statement.

Chinese FM tells Israeli counterpart Beijing opposes strikes on Iran

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar that Beijing opposes military strikes on Iran in a phone call, state media reports.

Beijing, a close partner of Tehran, has called for a ceasefire and condemned the killing of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a “serious violation”.

Speaking to Saar, Wang stayed clear of outright condemnation and said China advocated resolving issues through “dialogue and consultation”, according to state news agency Xinhua.

“The recent Iran-US negotiations were making obvious progress … Regrettably, this process has been interrupted by gunfire,” Wang said.

Reiterating Beijing’s opposition to the US-Israeli military strikes, Wang said, “Force cannot truly solve problems. Instead, it will only bring new problems and severe aftereffects.”

“China calls for an immediate halt to military operations to prevent the conflict from further spreading and getting out of control,” he added.

Netanyahu says Israel continuing to strike Iran ‘with force’

The prime minister says Israel is continuing to pound Iran and promises to hit the Lebanese group Hezbollah with increasing force.

“We continue to strike Iran with force. Our pilots are over the skies of Iran and Tehran and also over the skies of Lebanon,” Netanyahu said at an air force base in central Israel, according to a statement from his office.

“Hezbollah made a very big mistake when it attacked us. We have already responded forcefully, and we will respond with even greater force.”

Israel’s Ben Gurion airport to gradually resume flights

Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, the country’s main international gateway near Tel Aviv, says Israeli airspace is set to gradually reopen overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with only one passenger flight per hour in the first phase.

The airport will eventually open to two passenger flights per hour in a second phase, Ben Gurion Airport said in a statement, without giving a timeline.

Israel’s airspace closed on Saturday at the start of US-Israeli air strikes on Iran.

Israel-US air strikes hit western Tehran: Report

Joint Israel-US strikes have targeted areas in western Tehran, Iran’s ISNA news agency reports.

Iran won’t ‘automatically’ fall after Khamenei’s death: Shah’s widow

The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is “historically significant” but will not “automatically” lead to the fall of the Iranian system, says the widow of the country’s last shah.

“The passing of a man – however central he may be to the architecture of power – does not automatically mean the end of a system,” said Farah Pahlavi, who has lived in exile in Paris since being driven out of Iran during the 1979 revolution.

“What will be decisive,” she told the AFP news agency, is “the ability of the Iranian people to unite around a peaceful, orderly and sovereign transition to a state governed by the rule of law”, which she added her son Reza Pahlavi “is in the process of preparing”.

No radioactive leak recorded at Iran’s nuclear site hit by US-Israeli strikes

No ⁠radioactive leakage has been recorded ⁠at the Natanz ⁠nuclear facility after US and Israeli air strikes, Iranian ‌media reports.

Iran’s ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog ⁠said on Monday ⁠the facility was struck ⁠during military operations ⁠by the ⁠United States and Israel against his country.

Iran complains to UNESCO about heritage damage from bombings

The Iranian government has formally complained to UNESCO about the impact of US and Israeli bombing on some of the country’s heritage sites, including the Golestan Palace and Tehran’s famed Grand Bazaar.

Dating back to the 16th century, the Golestan Palace was also the former court and residence of the Qajar dynasty.

US securing military, charter flights for Middle East evacuations

The ⁠United ⁠States is securing military and charter flights to ⁠evacuate Americans from the Middle East, ⁠an unnamed US State Department official says.

The government is in contact with nearly 3,000 US citizens abroad.

In Israel, US officials are in contact with ⁠about 500 Americans seeking ⁠to leave, the department said in a separate statement. ⁠More than 130 citizens ⁠have left ⁠already and another 100 more are expected to depart on ‌Tuesday.

Khamenei to be buried in holy city of Mashhad

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed over the weekend in US-Israeli strikes, will be buried in the holy city of Mashhad, Fars news agency reports.

Khamenei, who died at 86 after leading the country for 36 years, was originally from Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city, where his father is buried at the Imam Reza shrine.

No date for the burial was disclosed.

Iran says fired new salvo of missiles at Israel

Iran fired another salvo of missiles at Israel this evening, the Revolutionary Guard says.

“The sixteenth wave of ‘Operation True Promise 4’ has begun with a large number of missiles and drones launched by the aerospace forces of the Revolutionary Guards against the heart of the occupied [Palestinian] territories,” a statement carried by Fars news agency said.

Israel said it launched air strikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site on Tuesday.

US President Trump said on Monday the military campaign’s four objectives are to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities, wipe out its navy, prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and ensure it cannot continue to support allied armed groups.

Israelis stuck in Dubai amid ongoing strikes: Report

The Israeli news outlet Ynet reports that hundreds of Israelis are stranded in Dubai, with some expressing frustration with the government’s failure to return them home as the popular Gulf city comes under Iranian bombardment.

Israeli embassy staff evacuated from the country on a special flight, but the Israeli government has not made similar arrangements for citizens on vacation in the United Arab Emirates, the news report said.

“We have been here since Friday. Unlike all the other citizens who are stuck abroad, Dubai is in a different situation. There are missiles here, drones, and there are no alerts or alarms here,” vacationer Hila Hershkowitz, 50, was quoted as saying.

“There are a thousand civilians here who are in a war zone, and in addition to that, an article was published that the UAE’s missile stockpile is about to run out – and where is the country?”

Israeli army says struck ‘covert underground’ nuclear site in Iran

The Israeli military has announced it struck an underground nuclear site in Iran, where it said scientists were “covertly” developing a key component for an atomic weapon.

“The [military] intelligence continued to follow the scientists’ activities and located their new location at this site in a manner that enabled a precise strike on the covert underground compound,” it said, displaying a map showing the facility on the western outskirts of Tehran.

At the site, “a group of nuclear scientists operated covertly to develop a key component for nuclear weapons”.

The scientists had been working at the underground location since Israel and the US struck several Iranian nuclear sites during their previous war in June, it said.

Israeli army claims to have dismantled 300 Iranian missile launchers since Saturday

Attacks have disabled about 300 missile launchers in Iran since the US and Israel launched a war on the country over the weekend, the Israeli military is claiming.

“Since the start of Operation ‘Roaring Lion’, the Israeli air force has dismantled approximately 300 Iranian missile launchers,” a statement claims.

“This is the result of more than 1,600 sorties and a systematic, around-the-clock effort to locate and target launchers and missile stockpiles in order to reduce fire toward the Israeli home front.”

Israeli police warn of munition debris in Tel Aviv

Israeli authorities say they are working to address the impact of fallen munitions’ shrapnel at several sites around Tel Aviv.

“Tel Aviv district officers are currently handling several impact scenes involving fallen munition fragments within the district,” Israeli police services said in a social media post.

“Property damage has been reported. At this stage, no injuries are known.”

Israel says more strikes under way against Iran

The Israeli military says it has begun another wave of “extensive” strikes against Iran.

“The Air Force has now begun a wave of extensive strikes against launch sites, defense systems, and additional infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime,” the army said in a social media post.