Adam Easton
Warsaw Correspondent

Poland plans to evacuate around 200 of its citizens from Israel in the next day or two, a deputy foreign minister says.

“I assume that we will be ready in the next few dozen hours, and the evacuation will only apply to those people who are stuck in Israel as tourists or on short-term stays,” Henryka Moscicka-Dendys told a news conference.

She says the evacuees will first be transported overland to Amman in Jordan before flying to Warsaw, due to the closure of Israeli airspace.

Azadeh Moshiri
BBC Pakistan correspondent

The Iranians I've spoken to in Tehran are in shock. They say some of their friends and family have already fled, driving to the borders with Turkey and Armenia.

One woman hasn’t left her apartment in two days. She heard the sounds of explosions overnight and is too afraid to leave her elderly mother on her own.

She relies on the media, as well as worried messages from friends, for any information. During internet outages, her window onto the outside world snaps shut.

“So, so many explosions in all parts of Tehran. I hope this ends,” she tells me.

Another person says she’s never seen Tehran so empty. Residents in her building in northern Tehran have stockpiled water and are concerned there will be more electricity outages.

Among the cities struck in Iran's volley of attacks overnight was Haifa, a coastal city in the north of Israel.

British woman Lisa Phillips arrived there last week for her nephew's bar mitzvah with her daughter and elderly mother.

She says she's been taking care of them while also dashing to and from the safe room in her Haifa hotel – including twice last night.

"That aspect of it is becoming, dare I say it, second nature," she told Radio 4's Today programme. "However the information coming out of the foreign office as a British national has been less than helpful."

When Phillips tried to contact the FCDO on Sunday, she says they told her they weren't compiling a list of Brits wanting to get home.

The FCDO says the situation in Israel is fast-moving and is keeping all plans under constant review and British nationals should follow relevant travel advice.

As we reported earlier, Israel's defence minister has warned that Tehran's residents will "pay the price" for Iranian attacks on Israeli citizens.

Israel Katz has now clarified what he meant, writing on X that "there is no intention to physically harm the residents of Tehran".

"[They] will be forced to pay the price of the dictatorship and evacuate their homes from areas where it will be necessary to attack regime targets and security infrastructure in Tehran," he says.

"We will continue to protect the residents of Israel."

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Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent, reporting from Petah Tikva

All morning, teams have been cleaning up the rubble and removing debris from the building hit by an Iranian missile overnight. The point of impact left a giant hole in the 20-storey building, and at least four people have been killed here.

Two of the victims had been inside bomb shelters at the time of the attack and, according to a preliminary investigation, the missile struck a wall between the shelters, which were unable to withstand the direct impact. A third victim had been one floor above.

Residents of the other three buildings in the complex, also severely damaged, have been trying to visit their flats to get some belongings, without knowing when they will be able to return. About 300 flats are now empty; their families, displaced.

The attack happened at around 04:00 and it isn’t clear what the target was. This is a residential area and there isn’t any facility that could be seen as strategic nearby. Israel has accused Iran of deliberately targeting civilians in its response to the large-scale Israeli attacks.

For many Israelis, there is a change in mood. Many felt the country’s sophisticated air defence system was impenetrable, a feeling that has changed since Iran launched its retaliatory attacks. The authorities here say the multi-layered air defence system remains robust but is not perfect.

We are getting reports in from Iranian media of new Israeli strikes in western Iran.

The Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), says Israel has "brutally attacked the fire department building at the Musiyan municipality" in the Ilam province, near the border with Iraq. It is also reporting that drones were shot down.

Meanwhile, the Fars news agency - which is also affiliated with the IRGC - reported that a hospital had been hit.

A reminder that BBC journalists are unable to report from inside Iran due to restrictions by the country's government.

More now from the IDF's Effie Defrin, who says Israel's military has destroyed more than 120 missile launchers – a third of the total number Iran possesses – since it launched its initial attack late last week.

Defrin says the air force destroyed more than 20 last night alone, "minutes before" they were used to send missiles towards Israel.

He says Israel also launched a wave of attacks targeting roughly 100 military targets in Isfahan in central Iran, deploying about 50 fighter jets to strike missile storage facilities, launchers and command centres.

A spokesperson for Israel's military says that Israel has "achieved full aerial control above Tehran".

"We have destroyed one third of the Iranian Regime's surface-to-surface missile launchers," Brigadier General Effie Defrin also said in a media briefing.

Israel says eight people were killed overnight by Iranian attacks on residential districts in Tel Aviv, Haifa and other cities. The total number of people killed since Friday stands at 24, according to the Israeli PM's office and Israeli media.

Health officials say nearly 300 people have been admitted to hospital.

Iran says more than 200 people have been killed there since Israel started the conflict on Friday.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on all Iranians to "stand together, persevere, and confront the criminal aggression to which Iran is subjected".

Speaking at a meeting of Iran's parliament on Monday, Pezeshkian said Iran has "given diplomacy a chance and opened the way for negotiations and dialogue".

"The enemy cannot destroy Iran and its people through murder and terrorism. There are hundreds of other heroes who will carry the banner and continue the path after every targeted attack," he said.

Pezeshkian also reiterated that his country "does not seek to possess nuclear weapons" but that it has "the right to benefit from nuclear energy and research that benefits its people".

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
BBC Persian

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson has said that after the cancellation of US-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for yesterday, the US needs to “condemn” Israeli attacks on Iran for the negotiations to continue.

Esmail Baghai once again called negotiations “meaningless” in the current situation and said the US was “complicit” in the attacks.

He also said that if Iran’s parliament decides to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it will be “binding”.

Iran has always insisted that its nuclear programme is peaceful, a claim that Israel rejects.

Chris Partridge
BBC News weapons analyst

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New satellite images have been released by Earth imaging company Planet Labs PBC showing the damage done during an Israeli Offensive Counter Air (OCA) attack on Tabriz Airfield in Iran last week.

It includes a strike right down the middle of the runway - which we have circled in red - rendering it unusable in the short-term at least.

China is again urging Israel and Iran to take steps to de-escalate as strikes by both sides continue.

"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 on Monday.

His comments come after another spokesman on Sunday said that "China is willing to play a constructive role in this process" of de-escalation.

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Steve Rosenberg
Russia editor

The conflict in the Middle East dominates this morning’s Russian newspapers.

“As cynical as this may sound,” suggests Moskovsky Komsomolets, “on a tactical level there are pluses [for Russia] from the conflict between Iran and Israel.”

These alleged ‘pluses’ include higher global oil prices and less international attention on Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“Kyiv has been forgotten,” the tabloid claims.

“Any escalation in the Middle East distracts Moscow’s opponents from Ukraine and alters the priorities for Western military assistance,” writes the business daily Kommersant.

“Russia could theoretically play the role of impartial arbiter, helping if not to resolve the crisis, then at least to de-escalate it. This way Moscow would strengthen its influence in the region.”

But Kommersant has a warning, too.

“Escalation also carries serious risks and potential costs for Moscow. The fact remains that Russia was unable to prevent Israel’s mass strike on a country with which five months ago Russia signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement.”

Shabnam Shabani
Reporting from Vienna

The International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors will convene an urgent session today at the IAEA’s headquarters to discuss the repercussions of Israeli military attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The session was requested by Iran and supported by Russia, China, and Venezuela.

Iran initially sought to introduce a resolution over the weekend condemning the Israeli strikes. However, according to diplomatic sources who spoke to us, the resolution was unlikely to secure majority support.

As a result, Iran has shifted its focus towards backing a more general statement that would still include condemnation of the Israeli actions.

This emergency session comes amid ongoing military exchanges between Iran and Israel, including Israeli strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear sites at Natanz and Fordow.

Military action has never been an accepted means of addressing nuclear concerns under the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran insists that the international community and the IAEA Board of Governors must condemn the attacks.

However, given the current geopolitical climate, such a condemnation appears unlikely.

The US ambassador to Israel has reported that its Tel Aviv embassy branch sustained "minor damage" during the overnight strikes from Iran.

Mike Huckabee posted on X that the consulate was affected by "concussions of Iranian missile hits" near the building in Tel Aviv. The main US Embassy in Jerusalem will also remain closed as there is still a shelter in place order in effect.

No US personnel were injured, he said.

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The power to end the conflict between Israel and Iran lies in large part with Donald Trump, says Alon Pinkas, a former diplomat who advised two Israeli prime ministers.

Trump is in a position negotiate a peace deal, Pinkas tells Newsday on the World Service.

He says the president could make an offer to Tehran that would allow them to save face and accept a negotiated peace - but as Iran is in a weak negotiating position, it's incentivised to continue fighting and inflict more damage on Israel.

"Conversely, President Trump could pick up the phone and tell Mr Netanyahu ‘enough is enough – you have 24 hours to end this,’" he says.

"Will he do either of those two? I don’t know."

Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent, reporting from Jerusalem

Loud explosions were heard in cities including Tel Aviv and here in Jerusalem, as Iranian missiles were shot down by air defences, lighting up the night sky.

This morning, rescue teams are still searching for people who could be under the rubble of a building that was struck in central Israel. Haifa in the north, home to a major port and an oil refinery, was also hit.

The Israeli military said the latest attacks on Iran hit a command centre of the elite Quds Force in the capital, Tehran.

But the most recent strikes have gone beyond nuclear and military targets hitting government buildings and energy facilities, in what appears to be a strategy aiming at the country’s regime. Residential areas have also been reportedly hit.

Israel has suggested that this will be a prolonged campaign, while Iran says it has the right to defend itself from aggression, and that it will not negotiate under attack.

The authorities in Israel say at least 19 people have been killed since Israel started its attacks against Iran, which sparked the Iranian response. In Iran, the health ministry says more than 220 people have been killed by the Israeli attacks in the country since Friday.

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The former deputy director-general for safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency says we don't know exactly where things stand inside Iran's nuclear programme following Israel's attacks.

Olli Heinonen says Israel has likely done significant damage to Tehran's nuclear capacity. The facility in Natanz "will take at least years to recover", he tells Radio 4's Today programme.

"I think [the Fordow plant] is the same. It's in a very bad shape after these bombings."

But the key question remains, Heinonen says, about where Iran is keeping its stockpile of "more than 400 kilograms" of highly enriched uranium.

"If they have a secret site, which doesn't need to be very big... and they can enrich to weapons-grade [uranium] secretly without IAEA being present, then we have a big problem on our hands."

Israel's defence minister has warned that Tehran's residents will "pay the price" for Iranian attacks on Israeli citizens after overnight strikes killed five people and injured dozens.

Israel Katz accused Iran's leader Ali Khamenei of deliberately targeting civilian areas "to deter the IDF from continuing the attack that is collapsing his capabilities".

Katz called Khamenei a "cowardly murderer" and a "boastful dictator". He said Israel would retaliate "soon".