The Israeli military said its strikes on Iran overnight were in response to "months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel". Iran earlier claimed the strikes caused "limited damage".

Israel says it has completed attack on Iran’s missile manufacturing sites and aerial defence systems.   09:11 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says children are being medically evacuated from Gaza at a rate of fewer than one child per day.

US and Israeli negotiators are set to travel to Qatar in the coming days to attempt to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. Elsewhere, Israel's military says it has killed a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force.

Israel unleashed a series of pre-dawn airstrikes against Iran on Saturday, saying it targeted facilities used to make the missiles fired at Israel and surface-to-air missile sites. The attack risks pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East,

Three journalists were killed in Lebanon by an Israeli strike on Friday morning, their colleagues said, drawing condemnation from rights advocates about the number of reporters who have lost their lives in the region over the past year.

Israel struck back at Iran early Saturday, delivering a much-threatened response for this month’s 180-missile attack by Tehran and further expanding the hostilities that have spiraled out of the war in Gaza.

Israeli strikes killed 38 people in southern Gaza, according to local officials, and three journalists overnight in southern Lebanon, their networks and local officials said — an attack that drew accusations of war crimes Friday from the country's government.