The US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee revealed the Embassy suffered 'minor damage' amid the barrage of missiles which rained down on Israel Monday morning.

In a series of updates shared to X, he revealed the embassy would remain closed on Monday 'as a shelter in place still in effect.'

'Some minor damage from concussions of Iranian missile hits near Embassy Branch... but no injuries to US personnel,' he added.

Moments later, he urged 'the 700,000 Americans living is Israel, check Embassy website for updates re: travel advisories, airport re-opening or official [embassy] operations.'

US President Trump had earlier warned Iran US forces would not hold back if any American interests were targeted or damaged in the fighting.

'If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before,' he said.

The Israeli Air Force has established 'full aerial superiority' over the Iranian capital, Tehran, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin has said in a press conference.

He also said that the air forces has destroyed a third of Iran's ballistic missile launchers and is managing to disrupt 'extensive parts' of its attacks on Israel.

Iran is preparing a bill to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), according to foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.

He made the statement while stressing that Iran remains opposed to the development of weapons of mass destruction.

Israel is not a signatory to the treaty, despite facing international pressure to do so.

The only country to sign and then withdraw from the treaty until now is North Korea.

The treaty, signed by the United Kingdom, United States and almost 200 other countries, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament.

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left the South China Sea on Monday morning heading west, according to data from ship tracking website Marine Traffic, after a reception for its planned port call in central Vietnam was cancelled.

The carrier had planned to visit Danang City later this week, but two sources, including one diplomat, said a formal reception slated for June 20 had been called off.

One of the sources said the US Embassy in Hanoi had informed him about the cancellation, due to 'an emergent operational requirement'.

Data from Marine Traffic showed the carrier on Monday morning was moving west in the direction of the Middle East, where the battle between Israel and Iran is escalating.

The US has repeatedly said it is not considering joining Israel's war with Iran.

Iranian missiles have killed at least 24 people in Israel since Friday, the Israeli prime minister's office said in an updated toll following the latest attacks.

The toll issued on Monday includes 11 deaths recorded since midnight, the office said, including four in Petakh Tikva near Tel Aviv, three in Haifa and one in the Bnei Brak suburb of Tel Aviv.

It also includes two bodies retrieved following a previous strike on Bat Yam and one more killed in an unspecified location.

China has urged Iran and Israel to 'immediately' take steps to reduce tensions.

'We urge all parties to immediately take measures to cool down the tensions, prevent the region from falling into greater turmoil, and create conditions for returning to the right track of resolving issues through dialogue and negotiations,' Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.

Mousavi meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace last week

The Iranian ambassador to the UK, Seyed Ali Mousavi, Iranian ambassador to the UK, has said his country's response to Israel is a 'matter of principle'.

Speaking to Sky News, Mousavi said Iran was acting in self-defence after Israeli attacks on its nuclear facilities. Israel claims it has attacked Iran to halt its nuclear program.

Describing the Israeli regime as 'barbaric', Mousavi was questioned over how long Iran could fight Israel with the countries exchanging attacks for four days.

He told Sky News:

This is about self-defence, there is no doubt about it. We are a responsible member state of the UN and we do all activities according to our international obligations. Any activities are only in the framework of self-defence.

He added Iran's nuclear activities are 'monitored' and dismissed recent remarks by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which found Iran had enough uranium to create nuclear weapons, as 'politically motivated'.

Israel spent months smuggling parts for hundreds of explosive-laden drones into Iran, insiders have revealed.

Mossad agents took the equipment over the border in suitcases, trucks and shipping containers, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

They also brought munitions capable of being fired from unmanned platforms into the country ahead of the coordinated attack on Friday, the sources said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed eight Iranian drones were intercepted by Navy missile ships using a new shield for the first time.

A spokesman said the unmanned aerial vehicles were stopped by the Barak Magen, a newly installed air defence system on the country's Sa'ar warships.

The IDF says Barak Magen is capable of carrying out long-range interceptions of a variety of threats including drones and cruise missiles.

It was used for the first time on Sunday, the military said.

In total, Israel has intercepted 25 drones from Iran since attacks were launched on Friday, the IDF said

Israeli Army Radio is reporting the number of people killed in Israel as a result of the latest Iranian missiles strikes has risen to eight.

Earlier today, Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said five people were killed and 92 wounded following the attacks.

But in a further update, the outlet said three people missing people in the city of Haifa were confirmed dead - meaning the toll now stands at eight.

It means more than 20 people have been killed in Israel since the country’s military launched the attacks on Iran four days ago. More than 300 others have also been wounded.

Israel is expected to issue evacuation orders to residents in various neighbourhoods of Tehran, an official has reportedly claimed.

Strikes are expected on infrastructure and government buildings, the official told The Jerusalem Post.

They said this was referred to as the 'Beirut model' after Israel carried out strikes on the Lebanese capital.

It comes after Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said 'the residents of Tehran will pay the price' following Iranian missile attacks on Tel Aviv.

Videos from last night and this morning show long queues of cars heading out of Tehran as people fled the city amid the rising threat.

Israeli national security advisor Tzachi Hanegbi has said that Iran still has 'thousands of ballistic missiles' in its arsenal, indicating a higher figure than previously estimated.

'This is not a battle that over the long term will be able to bring an end to the Iranian threat,' Hanegbi told Israel's Army Radio.

Military analysts have reported that Iran is thought to have some 1,500 to 2,000 missiles, though it has already fired hundreds of those, and Israel is thought to have struck and destroyed some as well.

Hanegbi also said that Israel's current war was planned independently and does not rely on the US.

'For the goals we have defined for ourselves, we do not need the United States,' he said.

Pakistan will launch a nuclear attack on Israel if it drops a nuclear bomb on Iran, a top security official in Tehran has claimed.

General Mohsen Rezaee, a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a member of Iran's National Security Council, said: 'Pakistan has assured us that if Israel uses a nuclear bomb on Iran, they will attack Israel with a nuclear bomb.' He added that Pakistan has promised to 'stand behind Iran'.

Pakistan's defence minister has since denied the claim.

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Iran has executed a man who was found guilty of spying for Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday, identifying the man as Esmail Fekri.

The execution is the third in recent weeks related to the conducting of espionage on behalf of Israel.

Meanwhile Israel has said it has taken two individuals into custody over alleged links to Iranian intelligence.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has threatened that Tehran's residents 'ill pay the price, and soon' in retaliation for Iranian missile strikes on Israel.

'The arrogant dictator of Tehran has become a scared murderer who fires at Israel’s civilian home front in order to deter the IDF from continuing to carry out attacks that are destroying his capabilities,' Katz said in a statement.

His comments were in apparent reference to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Iranian missiles have repeatedly targeted the densely populated Tel Aviv metro area as well as other cities in the country since fighting began on Friday.

The death toll of Iran's latest strikes on Israel has risen to four, according to emergency service Magen David Adom.

Two women and two men, all aged in their 70s, have died since the barrage of missiles struck civilian targets in the early hours of Monday.

Tens of thousands of British citizens were trapped in a war zone tonight as officials admitted an evacuation from Israel is currently impossible.

Officials have dusted off previous contingency plans for an airborne evacuation of British nationals from Israel. But insiders tonight admitted it was impossible to put in place while Israel’s airspace remains closed to all civilian flights.

The government does not hold up to date information on the number of Brits living in Israel, but reports suggest it could be as many as 60,000.

In a statement to X early Monday morning, the IDF revealed fighter jets had struck the Quds Force headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian army.

These strikes were 'guided by precise intelligence from the Intelligence Directorate. In these headquarters, Quds operatives planned terrorist operations against Israel through proxies of the Iranian regime in the Middle East,' the IDF said.

'In these command centers, Quds operatives advanced terrorist attacks against the State of Israel using the proxies of the Iranian Regime in the Middle East.'

Guydo Tetelbaun was in his apartment in Tel Aviv when the alerts came in shortly after 4am that an attack was imminent.

'As usual, we went into the (shelter) that's right across the street there. And within minutes, the door of the (shelter) blew in,' the 31-year-old chef said.

'A couple of people came in bloody, all cut up. And then when we came to the apartment, after it quietened down, we saw there wasn't much of it... Walls are caved in, no more glass,' he added.

'It's terrifying because it's so unknown. This could be the beginning of a long time like this, or it could get worse, or hopefully better, but it's the unknown that's the scariest.'

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the latest attack employed a new method that caused Israel's multi-layered defence systems to target each other.

'The initiatives and capabilities used in this operation, despite the comprehensive support of the United States and Western powers and the possession of the most up-to-date and newest defence technology, led to the successful and maximum hitting of the missiles on the targets in the occupied territories,' it said.

New pictures have emerged of babies being pulled from the wreckage of buildings which were hit in Iran's strikes on Israel.

A spokesperson for Magen David Adom emergency service has updated the tally of people injured to 74.

A spokesperson confirmed on X emergency service personnel had 'evacuated 67 victims from 4 different scenes to hospitals.'

Among the victims is a 30-year-old woman in serious condition, and six more who are in moderate condition.

There are '60 are in mild and anxious condition who were evacuated to hospitals throughout the central region,' the emergency service wrote on X.

At least three people in Israel have been killed in Monday's early morning strikes from Iran, a spokesperson for emergency service Magen David Adom claimed.

The victims were identified as two women and a man in his 70s, the spokesperson said.

This takes the total number of casualties in Israel since the violence escalated earlier this week to 17.

Israel’s national emergency service Magen David Adom said 29 people were injured in the latest missile strike on the region amid ongoing conflict with Iran.

'Following the latest barrage, from all rocket strike sites, MDA teams have so far evacuated 29 people with physical injuries, including 3 in moderate condition and 26 in mild condition,' a spokesperson said.

'Search and rescue efforts are still actively ongoing at all sites.'

Missiles rained down on Israel early on Monday morning as Iran launched a new retaliatory attack on Tel Aviv.

Multiple buildings across four separate sites were reportedly damaged in the barrage, as locals were urged to hunker down in bunkers and wait out the violence.

Israel's air defence system was working to shoot the missiles out of the sky.

According to local authorities at least three people were killed, one person was seriously wounded with as many as 74 others suffering varying injuries.

'Rescue forces are operating in several areas across the country where reports of falls have been received,' the Israeli military wrote on X.

The Israel Electric Corporation confirmed Israel's power grid was damaged by the strikes.

'Teams are working on the ground to neutralize safety hazards, in particular the risk of electrocution due to torn electrical wires,' a spokesperson said.

'At the same time, work is being carried out to repair the infrastructure and restore the electricity supply.'

An hour after the strikes began, Israelis were told the threat had passed and it was safe to leave their bunkers.

Gen. Mike Flynn, who served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser during his first term, has called on the president to back Israel in the war.

'Stopping Israel from finishing the job – whether by cutting off the supply of weapons it requires to prosecute the war or by otherwise interfering with its pursuit – will mean that some residual nuclear program remains in the hands of Sharia-supremacists who remain and are determined to destroy both Israel and the United States,' he writes on his Substack.

'The U.S. military will inevitably be required to contend with the calamity that will follow.'

'All we are saying is give peace a real chance by making Donald Trump’s legacy in the Middle East the only one worthy of the name: ensuring that Israel and America are decisively victorious over the Sharia-supremacist regime that has for far too long enslaved the Iranian people and threatened and actually killed ours and those of the Jewish state,' Flynn concludes.

Magen David Adom says its medics are heading to several scenes.

The IDF has told civilians to stay in close proximity to bomb shelters until further notice, amid fears Iran may strike the country again.

Mohammed Kazemi, the head of intelligence for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was eliminated by the IDF during an attack on the capital.

Kazemi was killed alongside Hassan Mohaqiq, his deputy, and Mohsen Bagheri, a third intelligence officer, during an attack on the capital.

He is pictured below, with one image showing him speaking to his predecessor Hossein Taeb.

Iran's security forces have discovered a secret Israeli drone manufacturing site, south of the Iranian capital of Tehran, it is being reported.

Tasnim, Iran's semi-official news agency, has claimed the three-floor building has been discovered in the Iranian city of Shahr-e Ray.

It said on X that homemade bombs and more than 200kg of explosives had reportedly been discovered there.

The agency also claimed Israeli agents had allegedly used the space to put together and store drones.

The Iranian foreign ministry has claimed Israeli strikes have killed many women and children.

In a post to X, its spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei challenged how Israel has characterised its strikes on the Iranian capital of Tehran.

He claimed:

Leaders of some of the world's biggest economies have arrived in the Canadian Rockies for a Group of Seven summit.

But it is partly overshadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

Israel's strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation, which appeared to catch many world leaders unawares, is the latest sign of a more volatile world.

Trump in recent days vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a US official said - showing how far Israel was prepared to go.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had discussed efforts to de-escalate the crisis with Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as other world leaders.

He said he expected 'intense discussions' would continue at the summit.

Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Canada yesterday for the G7 summit

Global oil prices have risen as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies.

During early trading in Asia, US crude oil was up by around $2 to come in at $75.01 per barrel.

Brent crude futures was similarly marked up by more than $2, then standing at $76.37 a barrel.

It came after a seven per cent rise on Friday, when the conflict began.

With the attacks taking place in a very energy-rich part of the world, traders have expressed concerns they could see supply disrupted.

The cost of crude oil has massive impacts on the everyday lives of British people - affecting aspects of life as diverse as the price of petrol to keep your card on the road, to how expensive food is.

A top Middle East expert has said Iran lacks the resources to sustain a protracted conflict with Israel.

Sina Azodi, a lecturer at George Washington University in the US, said: 'Israel receives the most advanced US weapons system and European weapons systems and has access to far more financial resources.'

Iran has been able to stage successful attacks in the short term, he explained.

But with multiple economic sanctions and an arms embargo, even nations friendly to it like Russia and China are likely to support it with military aid.

Mr Azodi explained: 'Iran has to rely on its domestic capacity to build missiles and launch them in large barrages that can overwhelm Israeli air defences and I don’t believe Iran can sustain this for a prolonged time.'

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he hopes Israel and Iran can broker a ceasefire but said sometimes countries 'have to fight it out' first.

Talking to reporters as he left for the G7 summit in Canada, Trump said the US will continue to support Israel but declined to say if he asked the US ally to pause strikes on Iran.

Of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he said: 'We get along very well and I think we have great respect for each other.'

The American premier said he thinks there is a good chance of a ceasefire deal at some point - but 'we'll see what happens'.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves for the G7 summit

Iran told mediators Qatar and Oman that it would not be open to ceasefire negotiations while strikes were ongoing.

An official, who spoke anonymously to Reuters, said: 'The Iranians informed Qatari and Omani mediators that they will only pursue serious negotiations once Iran has completed its response to the Israeli pre-emptive strikes.'

In a video released by the IDF of surface-to-surface strikes on missile sites in Iran, Israel claims to have struck Iran's nuclear HQ.

The IDF has said Israel is currently striking surface-to-surface missile sites in the centre of Iran.

In his interview earlier today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Isreal had destroyed Iran's main nuclear facility in Natanz.

He told Fox News: 'Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, the Israeli prime minister said: “We’ve destroyed the main facility in Natanz. That’s the main enrichment facility.'

Natanz is a complex at the heart of Iran's enrichment programme on a plain abutting mountains outside the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Qom, south of Tehran.

It houses facilities including two enrichment plants: the vast, underground Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) and the above-ground Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP).

Top Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee has claimed Tehran is looking to form an 'Islamic Army' with several other countries in the Middle East.

He told Iran state media: 'We want to form an Islamic army with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and several other countries.'

A civilian woman was killed Sunday in Syria's western Tartus province when a drone struck her home, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

It marked the first reported casualty on Syrian soil since the latest escalation between Iran and Israel began.

The Britain-based war monitor reported the death of 'a woman after a drone fell on her house' in a village in rural Tartus, suggesting the drone was likely Iranian.

Since the start of the Iran-Israel escalation, people across Syria have observed dozens of missiles flying overhead, several of them intercepted.

They have exploded in various regions, fuelling concerns over a broader regional conflict.

Iran's health ministry said Sunday that three days of Israeli strikes on the country had killed 224 people and injured more than 1,200.

'After 65 hours of aggression by the Zionist regime, 1,277 people have been injured. 224 women, men and children have been martyred,' the ministry's spokesman Hossein Kermanpour wrote on X,

He added that 90 percent of those killed had been civilians.

Earlier we reported that the Washington-based Human Rights Activists claimed the strikes had killed at least 406 people and wounded another 654 in Iran.

Israeli strikes earlier today attacked a number of 'weapons production sites' across Iran, the IDF has said.

It said in a post on X that today's 'widespread wave of attacks' had hit infrastructure of the Quds Force, the Revolutionary Guards, and the Iranian army in Tehran.

Moments ago we reported that the intelligence chief Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammed Kazemi, and his deputy, Hassan Mohaghegh, had been killed in an Isreali air strike on Sunday.

Iran's official IRNA news agency has now reported that commander Mohsen Bagheri,was also killed.

'Three intelligence generals, Mohammad Kazemi, Hassan Mohaghegh and Mohsen Bagheri were assassinated and fell as martyrs,' the agency said, citing a Revolutionary Guards statement.

French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed the suggestion that Russian President Vladimir Putin could mediate in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, citing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

'I do not think that Russia, which is today engaged in a high-intensity conflict and has decided not to respect the United Nations charter for several years now, could be in any way a mediator,' Macron told reporters on a trip to Greenland.

US President Donald Trump said earlier that he was 'open' to the possibility after discussing it with Putin.

The intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Kazemi, and his deputy were killed in Israel's attacks on Tehran on Sunday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said.

A senior Iranian military official has warned of a 'devastating response' to Israel's attacks, which will leave the country 'uninhabitable'.

'The scale of the devastating response by Iran's brave fighters will certainly encompass all parts of the occupied territories (Israel),' said Colonel Reza Sayyad, a spokesman for the armed forces.

'Leave the occupied territories because they will certainly no longer be habitable in the future,' and shelters will 'not guarantee security', he added in an address broadcast on state television.

The IDF has cliamed that Israel's Air Force and Navy has intercepted 'more than 100 unmanned aerial vehicles launched from Iran' since Friday.

'Air defense systems and missile ships are constantly working to intercept and eliminate threats', it added in a post on X.

Footage shared on the social media sites also shows what appear to be two Navy missile boats shooting down missiles launched from Iran.

Isreal's fire services have sent rescuers to a building on the coast that sustained a 'direct hit' following Iran's latest missile strike.

Magen David Adom published footage of its teams deployed in the coastal city of Haifa, showing several cars on fire and a residential building whose facade was torn off by a blast.

An AFP journalist reported a large plume of black smoke visible on the city skyline from a distance.

MDA said its teams transported seven people injured in the attacks, including a 72-year-old woman.

Paramedic Shira Gur said she was dispatched to a city in north Israel where 'a building and vehicles were reported to be on fire due to a rocket impact.'

EU foreign ministers will meet Tuesday for an emergency meeting on the Iran-Israel conflict, and 'possible next steps' to bring about de-escalation, an official for the Bloc's foreign policy chief said.

'In light of the gravity of the situation in the Middle East, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas has convened a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers via video link for Tuesday,' she said on Sunday.

President of the EU commission Ursula von der Leyen has said she has spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dicuss the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

In a post on X, she said there is an 'urgent need for a negotiated solution' between Isreal and Iran, adding that the EU is committed to 'peace, stability, and diplomatic efforts leading to de-escalation'.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said several civilians have been injured after a missile strike on its Foreign Ministry in Tehran.

The IDF has released footage of an Isreali air strike in 'the hear of Tehran' following an attack on Sunday.

It said earlier that it had launched a wave of strikes on dozens of surface-to-surface ballistic missile targets in the country.

Israel's ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said two people have been taken to hospital with shrapnel injuries following strikes in northern Isreal.

The IDF has confirmed that 'several areas across the country' have been hit by strikes from Iran.

It added that Isrealis could now leave their bomb shelters following the latest attack.

The IDF said in a post on X: 'Rescue forces are operating in several areas across the country where reports of falls have been received.'

Pictures from AFP have also shown smoke billowing from the city of Haifa, after seemingly been hit by missile.

A missile has hit the city of Haifa in Isreal, after Iran launched a new wave on strikes on the country on Sunday.

Iran's armed forces told residents of Israel to leave the vicinity of 'vital areas' for their safety, in a video statement broadcast by state TV on Sunday evening.

It came around the time taht Iran sent a new barrage of missiles towards Israel.

An armed forces spokesperson said: 'We have a data bank of vital and critical areas in occupied territories (Israel) and call upon you not to let the brutal regime use you as human shields.

'Do not stay or travel near these critical areas.'

Air raid sirens and booms rang out in Jerusalem while missiles flew across the sky on Sunday evening, AFP journalists said.

Just moments ago, the IDF said the Isreali Air Force 'is working to intercept' the attack.

'Sirens sounded in several areas across Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel,' the military said in a statement.

Iran activated its air defences in Tehran and western parts of the country on Sunday, media reports in the Islamic republic said, as Israel intensified its attacks.

'A few minutes ago, the Kermanshah air defence system was activated,' the Mehr news agency said.

The official IRNA news agency said air defences were also activated in the Iranian capital.

By Jason Groves, Political Editor

Tens of thousands of British citizens are currently trapped in a war zone as officials admitted an evacuation from Israel is currently impossible.

The Foreign Office issued an urgent warning against all travel to Israel following two nights of bombardment by deadly Iranian missiles and drones.

Officials have dusted off previous contingency plans for an airborne evacuation of British nationals from Israel.

But insiders have admitted it was impossible to put in place while Israel’s airspace remains closed to all civilian flights.

New Foreign Office guidance has advised against all travel to Israel and urged those stranded there to follow local advice and stay away from missile debris.

‘We recognise this is a fast-moving situation that poses significant risks,’ it said. ‘The situation has the potential to deteriorate further, quickly and without warning.’

The Foreign Office warned anyone looking to flee the country that Israeli airspace ‘remains closed’ and that the conflict with Iran ‘may disrupt road links’.

Iran has reportedly launched missiles towards Isreal in its latest attack on the country since Friday.

The IDF said the Isreali Air Force 'is working to intercept' the attack and has 'activated alerts in several areas of the country'.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has spoken to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a call earlier today.

The pair discussed the 'grave situation' in the Iran-Israel conflict, according to a Downing Street statement.

'The Prime Minister reiterated that his priority is diplomacy and dialogue, in order to de-escalate as quickly as possible,' it said.

Fox News have shared the full interview with Israeli Prime Minister on its official X account. You can watch it below.

The Israeli Air Force has launched a wave of strikes on dozens of surface-to-surface ballistic missile targets in western Iran, the IDF said in a post on X.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said 'urgent action' was needed to prevent the Iran-Israel conflict engulfing the Middle East, in a call with US counterpart Donald Trump on Sunday.

'President Erdogan hailed the recent comments by US President Trump concerning a resolution of the conflict between Israel and Iran... and stressed that urgent action is needed to prevent a catastrophe that could enflame the whole region,' the Turkish presidency said in a statement.

During the call, Erdogan said the 'spiral of violence unleashed by Israel's attacks on Iran have caused irreparable economic and civil damage to both sides' and called for moves to 'halt this dangerous escalation', it said.

The official account of the IDF said in a post on X that Isreal would continue its 'defense policy' until at least 8pm on Tuesday.

Here's a bit more detail on the earlier post stating that Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

A senior U.S. administration official told the press agency on Sunday: 'Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we're not even talking about going after the political leadership.'

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said top U.S. officials have been in constant communications with Israeli officials in the days since Israel launched a massive attack on Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear program.

They said the Israelis reported that they had an opportunity to kill the top Iranian leader, but Trump waved them off of the plan.

The officials would not say whether Trump himself delivered the message. But Trump has been in frequent communications with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

When asked about Reuters report, Netanyahu, in an interview on Sunday with Fox News Channel's Special Report With Bret Baier. said: 'There's so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I'm not going to get into that.

'But I can tell you, I think that we do what we need to do, we'll do what we need to do. And I think the United States knows what is good for the United States.'

Netanyahu believes Israel's airstikes have set Iran back 'quite a bit', adding 'I think they were completely surprised'.

He also told interviewer Bret Baier that Isreal has secured a 'free highway to Tehran' after securing air superiority agianst Iran's forces.

'We can now pick off the targets we need in Tehran and in other places,' he added.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 406 people and wounded another 654 in Iran, according to Washington-based Human Rights Activists.

Iran's government has not offered overall casualty figures.

In Israel, at least 10 people were killed in Iranian strikes overnight and into Sunday, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service, bringing the country's total death toll to 13.

Here's another exerpt from Netanyahu's interview with Fox News earlier today, in which he told Bret Baier that Iran sees Trump as 'enemy number one'.

Iran's retaliatory attacks on Israel have killed five Ukrainian nationals, including three children, in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, Kyiv said on Sunday.

The five were killed Saturday in the 'massive' Iranian strikes when a missile hit a residential building in the city, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said.

Tayyip Erdogan told Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that Ankara was ready to play a facilitator role to resolve the conflict between Israel and Iran, the Turkey President's office said.

Erdogan welcomed Trump's latest statement on a possible peace between Iran and Israel, his office said.

He also urged his US counterpart to take action immediately to prevent a disaster 'that could set the region on fire'.

Reuters is reporting that Donald Trump recently vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran Supreme Leader, according to two US officials.

When asked about the claims in an interview, Netanyahu said: 'I'm not going to get into that.'

Netanyahu has said that Israel's military attacks could result in a regime change in Iran.

He is currently speaking to Fox New's Bret Baier on his 'Special Report' program in one of his first interviews since Israel's attacks on Iran began on Friday.

Israel president Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed he informed the US and President Donald Trump about the country's attacks on Iran on Friday ahead of time.

Israel's government has confirmed that the death toll of Iranian strikes has risen to 14, after another body was recovered in the city of Bat Yam.

Speaking during a visit to Greenland, French president Emmanuel Macron has said he hopes the 'coming hours will bring calm and a road forward for discussion, to avoid any escalation of nuclear capabilities, acquisition of nuclear capacities in Iran, and to prevent any unrest in the region.'

He added: 'We will have the opportunity, in a few hours, to revisit this matter with G7 leaders.'

Amir Baram, a director in Israel's defence ministry, has reportedly held a top-level meeting with the heads of Israel's biggest defence contractors.

He reportedly called for the pace of weapons production to be accelerated, and for enhanced levels of protection of critical infrastructure.

Baram said: 'Our defense is not hermetic.'

Shin Bet, Israel's security service, arrested two Jewish Israelis suspected of carrying out missions on Iran's behalf.

They were arrested in an overnight raid, and are currently being held and interrogated.

Israeli officials have denied partaking in the detonations of car bombs in Tehran.

Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar says that while his government expected civilian casualties from its attack on Iran, it 'didn't have any other choice.'

He said: 'When we took this historic decision, tough decision, we knew we will have difficult times and we will face casualties, but saying that, we didn’t have any other choice.'

The IDF has denied claims that it is carrying out strikes on Iran to force the current regime out.

Israel's cabinet has approved extending the nationwide state of emergency until at least June 30.

President Donald Trump told a news network Sunday it remains possible the United States will become involved in the Iran-Israel conflict and that he would be 'open' to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin being a mediator.

'It's possible we could get involved' in the ongoing battle between the Middle East arch-foes, Trump said in an interview, according to ABC News.

The network added that Trump stressed that the United States is 'not at this moment' involved in the military action.

As for Putin being a potential mediator in the conflict, 'he is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it,' Trump said.

Russia's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said in a post on X on Sunday that Russia can play 'a key role' in mediating the conflict between Israel and Iran.

Dmitriev was responding to a post by U.S. President Donald Trump in which he said he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the conflict.

Iran has claimed that Israel has detonated five car bombs in Tehran.

Iran's IRNA news agency reported that they were set off by Israel-linked groups.

These claims have not yet been verified.

Reuters is reporting that at least 14 Iranian nuclear scientists were killed in Israeli attacks.

Etihad Airways has cancelled flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv until at least June 22.

It said in a statement: 'This remains a developing situation, and some disruption and delays may be expected in the coming days.'

Israel has reportedly struck Iran's Justice and Intelligence ministries, in the heart of Tehran.

The IDF has now said that civilians in central and northern Israel don't need to seek shelter in bunkers anymore.

US president Donald Trump has urged Iran and Israel to make a deal with each other.

Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, he said: 'Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP!

'Also, during my first term, Serbia and Kosovo were going at it hot and heavy, as they have for many decades, and this long time conflict was ready to break out into WAR.

'I stopped it (Biden has hurt the longer term prospects with some very stupid decisions, but I will fix it, again!). Another case is Egypt and Ethiopia, and their fight over a massive dam that is having an effect on the magnificent Nile River.

'There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way! Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place.

'I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!'

Russia's embassy in Tehran said on Sunday that it was working on the option of evacuating Russian citizens from Iran by a land route.

Explosions have been heard in the Tel Aviv area. It is not currently known what has been hit in the Israeli city, nor how many missiles Iran has fired.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian urged Iraq on Sunday to block Israel from using its airspace and territory to launch attacks on the Islamic republic.

'We emphasise that the Iraqi government must exercise greater vigilance and protection of its borders and airspace so that Iraqi territory is not misused against the Islamic Republic of Iran,' said Pezeshkian in a call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Iran would pay 'a very heavy price' for killing Israeli civilians.

Speaking at the site of a missile strike in Bet Yam, he said: 'Iran will pay a very heavy price for the premeditated murder of civilians, women and children.'

Iran says the death toll from Israel's strikes is now 128.

Sirens are being sounded across central Israel and Jerusalem, as Iran launches another missile barrage.

The IDF says it is workring to shoot down the missiles.

Officials in the city of Bat Yam have issued a new warning telling people to stay near a protected space.

It comes as the IDF told Israelis across the country to avoid gatherings and public spaces.

The military said: 'Movement in public areas should be minimised, and public gatherings must be avoided. Upon receiving an alert, enter a protected space and remain there until an official update is issued.'

Israel bombed Yemen overnight in an attempt to kill a top military official in the Houthi group, the New York Times has reported.

An airstrike on the country saw Israel attempt to take out Mohamed Al-Ghamari, the Houthi military’s chief of staff.

It is not currently known if Al-Ghamari was killed or injured in the attack, and the Houthis have not publicly commented on it yet.

Iran has warned of 'more decisive and severe' attacks as local media reported 128 had been killed in Israel strikes on Friday and Saturday.

President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran's military has so far responded 'strongly and appropriately'.

Pictured below is a partially collapsed block of flats in Bat Yam after it was struck by an Iranian ballistic missile.

Britons have been warned not to travel to Israel as the conflict with Iran ramps up today.

The Foreign Office is now advising 'against all travel to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories'.

Planning is also believed to be under way to evacuate UK nationals if the situation deteriorates further.

The stark message came as Israel and Iran continued to bombard each other overnight.

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Two drones launched from Iran towards Israel were shot down over Iraq by the US-led international coalition to defeat the Islamic State group, two Iraqi military officials told news agency AFP.

'The international coalition at Ain al-Asad (military base) shot down two Iranian drones that were en route to Israel,' one official said, referring to an Iraqi airbase housing foreign troops in western Iraq.

The drones were shot down overnight Saturday to Sunday, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The other official said the drones were targeted because they entered the defensive perimeter of the anti-jihadist coalition, where troops are instructed to engage any potential threat.

Two explosions have been heard in central Tehran.

Unverified footage posted on X shows three pillars of smoke rising in the city.

According to the Tasnim news agency, missile-like projectiles hit two locations today.

The news agency shared footage of the explosion site, saying it occurred near the central Valiasr Square.

The video showed columns of smoke rising from the area, with debris and shattered glass scattered across the scene. Other media carried similar reports.

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Iran 'will pay a heavy price for the murder of civilians, women, and children'.

The Israeli Prime Minister warned 'it will happen soon' after he said Tehran had targeted the civilians deliberately in a barrage of missile attacks that were launched overnight.

Netanyahu made the comments on X alongside photos of the PM visiting the city of Bat Yam where flats were destroyed in the strikes.

Iran will pay a very heavy price for the murder of women, children, and innocent civilians – and it will happen soon. I am here at the scene together with the rescue forces and the Home Front Command. On behalf of the people of Israel – we send a hug to the families and once again call on every citizen: obey the instructions – it saves lives.

We are in an existential battle, facing a cruel enemy who is planning destruction. Our soldiers and pilots are operating bravely – above the skies of Iran. This is a war of salvation. We will strike them with one blow – and we will win.

El Al, Israel's national airline, has cancelled flights going to and from major European cities, as well as Tokyo and Moscow.

It said today that all flights have been cancelled up to and including June 17.

The carrier said: 'Once approvals are received from the relevant security and aviation authorities, we will do everything possible to allow as many Israelis as possible to return home, gradually resume our regular flight schedule and operate rescue flights from destinations near Israel.'

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has released a list of seven further air force commanders who were killed in Israel's strikes.

The list includes its head, Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

The BBC has reported that explosions have been heard in Tehran's Shahrak-e Gharb and Saadat Abad neighbourhoods.

Iranian officials have told local media that the capital's air defence systems have been activated.

Iran's health minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghand has today said that the majority of those killed by Israeli airstrikes since Friday are women and children.

While no official tally has been given for the entire weekend's violence, Iran's UN agency said on Friday that at least 78 had been killed, while 320 were wounded.