Israel Police say emergency services have had reports of a weapon hitting "one of the settlements" in the northern coastal port city of Haifa.

"At this stage, no reports of casualties have been received, but property damage has occurred," officials say.

Footage and images from Haifa show thick columns of smoke rising into the night sky above the city.

"We ask the public to stay away from crash sites and obey the instructions of the police on the ground," Israel Police add.

Israel's ambulance service, Magen David Adom, says two people have been taken to hospital for injuries suffered from shrapnel.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
BBC Persian

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Iran's state TV says the country has attacked Tel Aviv, Haifa, and other cities "with tens of Iranian missiles and drones".

It also reports that the missiles have surpassed "layers of Israeli defence system" - the Israeli military has not yet commented.

Explosions can be heard in the night skies above Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as the Iron Dome works to intercept incoming missiles.

Sirens have sounded and people have been told to take shelter.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has detected missiles launched from Iran towards Israel.

People are being urged to move to protected areas.

We’ll bring you more on this as soon as we have it.

Attack on Iran widens, but Netanyahu says Israel is on side of Iranian peoplepublished at 18:23 British Summer Time

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Sebastian Usher
Middle East regional editor

Israel is widening its attack on Iran by the day.

It started by targeting Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, hitting not just the sites but the people running them.

Now, there are reports of strikes on residential areas, fuel depots, ministries and even an attack 2,000km from Israel on a refuelling plane in Mashhad airport.

The toll in casualties in Iran is also becoming clearer.

The Israeli military has spoken of opening a path to Tehran, while defence minister Israel Katz has threatened to burn the Iranian capital if Iran continues to fire missiles at Israel.

The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed Israel is on the side of the Iranian people and quoted the famous slogan of mass protests there a few years ago - Woman, Life, Freedom.

At the same time, Israelis have seen destruction and loss of life in quiet residential areas - despite the Iron Dome.

Such incidents only seem likely to drive the Israeli government’s attack on Iran even more fiercely.

But in doing so, Israel risks turning its stated aim of a war on the Islamic regime and its potential to build nuclear bombs into what may look more like a war on the Iranian people.

Image source, EPA

In the interview on Fox News, Benjamin Netanyahu is asked if regime change in Iran is part of Israel's efforts.

"It could certainly be the result, because the Iranian regime is very weak," he says.

Netanyahu claims the current Iranian regime doesn't "have the people", and says "80% of the people" want to overthrow it.

He also says, "the Persian people and the Jewish people have had an ancient friendship", and adds, "the decision to act, to rise up at this time is the decision of the Iranian people".

Fox News host Bret Baier asks Netanyahu about Trump's comments that Israel and Iran "should make a deal".

"It is worth it if they [Iran] do what the president wants [and dismantles its nuclear capability]," Netanyahu says.

But he adds that Israel isn't going to wait for that.

Netanyahu says that, even if Iran agrees to stop firing missiles at Israel as part of any deal, it doesn't mean they'll stop developing their nuclear capability.

"The issue here is not de-escalation. The issue here is not ceasefire. The issue is to stop those things that threaten our survival," he says.

• As a reminder, Iran has repeatedly denied that it has a nuclear weapons programme

More from the Israeli prime minister's interview.

Fox News host Bret Baier asks Netanyahu how much Israel has damaged Iran's nuclear capacity so far.

"I think we've set them back quite a bit," Netanyahu says. "I think they were completely surprised."

He adds that Israel has secured a "free highway to Tehran", referring to the Israeli air force's aerial superiority since Friday.

"We can now pick off the targets we need in Tehran and in other places."

As said, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is giving a live interview with Fox News in the US.

He praises Donald Trump several times, telling host Bret Baier that he and Trump are "fully co-ordinated".

Trump has said the US is not involved in the conflict.

When asked if he has requested US-made 'bunker buster' bombs from Trump – weapons that can destroy underground targets – Netanyahu says: "I'm not going to get into my discussions with the president."

"But understand that his decisions are his decisions," Netanyahu adds.

He also says Israel has already damaged Iran's nuclear capability, including an attack on a nuclear plant in Isfahan.

Baier presses again about Israel's ability to strike Iranian nuclear sites underground.

Netanyahu says: "We have quite a few rabbits up our sleeve, and I don't think I should get into that."

We'll have more updates on the interview for you soon.

Image source, Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking live on Fox News.

We'll bring you the main points as we get them.

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Here's another comment from the German chancellor.

Friedrich Merz says it is "crucial" that Iran "must not develop or possess nuclear weapons".

Speaking to reporters before heading to a G7 summit in Canada, Merz says that "Iran's progress toward nuclear weapons led to Israel attacking military targets in Iran on Friday".

"This would be a threat to Israel, the Middle East, and the international community as a whole," he says.

Iran has denied that it has a nuclear weapons programme.

Merz adds that Israel has asked Germany to provide "fire extinguishing equipment".

"We will initiate this immediately," he says.

Here are some comments from around the world on the Israel-Iran conflict.

Iraq's prime minister, Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani, says he told the EU ambassador in Baghdad that Israel's strikes on Iran are a "direct threat to security and stability in Iraq and the region", and are meant to obstruct diplomatic efforts.

France's foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, says Iran's nuclear programme poses an "existential threat" to the security of Israel and Europe.

Germany's chancellor, Friedrich Merz, says Tehran must stop "bombing civilian targets in Israel immediately". He adds that Germany is preparing for the possibility of Iran targeting Israeli or Jewish sites within the Germany.

Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, told his Russian counterpart in a phone call that only diplomacy could resolve the "worrying" conflict, according to an official source speaking to Reuters.

More on the phone call between Iran and Iraq that we mentioned earlier.

Iran's president has called on Iraq to stop Israel from using its airspace to launch attacks on Iran, according to a statement from the Iranian presidency.

Iraq lies between Israel and Iran.

Masoud Pezeshkian urged his Iraqi counterpart to "exercise greater vigilance... so that Iraqi territory is not misused against the Islamic Republic of Iran", according to the statement.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its air force has attacked an Iranian refuelling plane at Mashhad Airport in eastern Iran.

In a post on X, it calls this "the most distant attack since the start of the operation".

Video shows smoke rising from Iranian Ministry of Justicepublished at 16:24 British Summer Time

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The BBC has verified a video that appears to show an Israeli strike on the building of Iran's Ministry of Justice.

In the footage, you can see a column of smoke rising from a building in Tehran.

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Trump has told ABC News that "it's possible [the US] could get involved" after reaffirming the country is not involved in the conflict "at this moment".

He also says he will be "open" to Russia's Vladimir Putin becoming a mediator between the two sides, according to the report.

"He is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it," Trump says.

The Kremlin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev says separately in a post on X that Russia could play a "key role" as mediator.

Ione Wells
Reporting from Bat Yam

Shopkeepers in Bat Yam, Israel, are guarding their shops.

Some of them have had windows or doors smashed and damaged by last night’s strike and now fear their goods might be stolen.

Roman Gorbach runs a convenience store here. He said he had “never” heard a boom like last night’s before.

He has hired people privately to help guard his back door and fix the shutter as he says: “I can’t really depend on the government.”

He’s especially worried after authorities told him this afternoon to evacuate the shop because of fears more buildings in the vicinity are unstable now and could collapse.

“What am I supposed to do with that? Where will I go? Who’s going to pay for that?”

“I have a lot of expenses and a lot of debt and I’m not really sure where I’m supposed to go and nobody is explaining anything to us.”

Gabriela Pomeroy
Live reporter

Image source, Noah Efron

I've been speaking to Noah Efron, who lives in Tel Aviv, about the long hours he spent in a shelter overnight.

Noah, a city council member and podcast host, says his family took refuge in a public shelter with 80 other people – plus eight dogs and two cats.

They always bring books, pillows, treats for the dog, and “a whole load of pretzels,” he says.

During the missile attack, the children managed to fall asleep, but the adults stayed awake, listening to the explosions above.

“We talked about how close the missile would be and whether it is big or the last,” he says.

In the corners of the basement, to lighten the mood, “people made jokes and there was a lot of political commentary”.

“We support Israel targeting nuclear sites,” he says, “because it would be a disaster if Iran was able to attack us with a nuclear bomb.”

It’s become “our new normal,” he says, “and all of that happens when you are bleary eyed in the middle of the night in a bomb shelter with 80 people you don’t know, eating Cheetos.”

Gabriela Pomeroy
Live reporter

The conflict between Israel and Iran has been escalating over the past three days. Here’s a quick update from today:

Attack from Israel

• Israel is continuing to hit targets in Iran - the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says on Sunday it has struck 250 sites
• Iranian media reports that 128 people have been killed as of midday on Saturday, with around 900 injured

Attack from Iran

• Iran carried out missile strikes on Israel overnight, killing 10 people – six in Bat Yam to the south of Tel Aviv and four in the northern town of Tamra. Officials say more than 100 Israelis are injured
• On Sunday afternoon, Iran launched another wave of missile strikes – the IDF says most projectiles were intercepted and there are no reports of any impacts

Elsewhere, the UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Israel, and US President Trump says: "Israel and Iran should make a deal, and will make a deal."

Image source, Getty Images

Watch: Smoke billows over Tajrish Square in north Tehranpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time

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The BBC has verified footage showing the aftermath of an Israeli attack on Sunday in the north Tehran neighbourhood of Tajrish Square.

After the strike, more verified video shows water flooding the area, with water pipes and sewage systems burst.

Columns of smoke can also be seen in the Iranian capital.