The conflict between Israel and Iran continues for a third day. Israel reports 13 dead and three hundred injured. According to the Iranian regime, 128 people died in Israeli strikes on Iran on Friday and Saturday, and another 900 people were injured. According to US President Donald Trump, Israel and Iran will"soon" conclude an agreement to end the conflict. The White House chief also stated that he is open to Russian leader Vladimir Putin becoming a mediator between the two countries.

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18:36 Iranian police have detained two suspects in connection with alleged links to Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, local media reported on Sunday."Two members of a Mossad terrorist team who made bombs, explosives, decoy systems and electronic devices were detained" west of Tehran, the Tasnim news agency reported, citing a police spokesman.

Israel spent years preparing for the operation against Iran's nuclear and missile programs, which it carried out on Friday, according to information from The Times of Israel. It allegedly smuggled drones and various precision weapons systems into Iranian territory. The Israeli armed forces and the Mossad intelligence agency collaborated on the operation.

According to an unnamed official, Mossad agents have set up a drone base on Iranian territory near Tehran. The drones were activated on Friday night and struck surface-to-surface missile launchers aimed at Israel.

In addition, vehicles carrying weapons systems were smuggled into Iran. These systems allegedly disabled Iranian air defenses and gave Israeli aircraft air superiority and free passage over Iran. (afp, tasr)

17:42 Israeli authorities said the country's airspace would remain closed for a third day on Sunday. Tel Aviv took the decision after Iran attacked Israel for two nights in response to its military campaign against Tehran.

"Given the security situation and in accordance with the instructions of the security authorities, Israeli airspace is currently closed to civil aviation," the transport and foreign ministries said in a joint statement.

Israeli media reported that thousands of Israeli citizens have been stranded abroad since Tel Aviv launched an operation targeting Iranian military officials and nuclear facilities on Friday. Tehran responded by firing hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel. At least 13 people, including three children, have been killed and several residential buildings in Israel have been destroyed.

A spokesman for the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority confirmed in a statement that Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv remained closed."Notice of its reopening will be issued at least six hours in advance," he said."A decision to resume flights to Israel will only be made when it is deemed safe," the statement said. Israel's land border crossings with Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt remain open for the time being. (afp, tasr)

17:36 Britain could potentially provide support to Israel in its conflict with Iran, British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves said on Sunday. However, she made it clear that the country's decision to send military fighters to Tel Aviv was made primarily in the interest of protecting British bases and personnel.

Israel and Iran launched a wave of further attacks on each other on Sunday night. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli attacks were nothing compared to what Iran was expecting in the coming days.

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The British minister called for a de-escalation of the conflict in an interview with SkyNews and said that sending more fighter jets to the region was only a"precautionary measure." In response to the question of whether Britain would help Israel if it asked, she recalled that the country had supported Israel in the past when missiles were fired at it."We are sending assets there to protect ourselves, but also to potentially support our allies," she stressed.

Britain helped protect Israel from missile attacks from Iran last year. In April, British planes shot down Iranian drones heading toward Israel. In October, two fighter jets and a tanker plane attempted to intercept Iranian missiles. The fighters did not hit any targets.

The British Foreign Office also issued updated guidance for its citizens on Sunday, advising against"travel to Israel." "This is a rapidly evolving situation that poses significant risk. The situation may continue to deteriorate rapidly and without warning," the guidance said. (Reuters, Tasr)

17:29 US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Iran and Israel to"make a deal" to end deadly attacks on each other. "Iran and Israel should make a deal, and they will make a deal," Trump said on the Truth Social platform.

He also wrote that"many phone calls and meetings" are currently taking place regarding the conflict. As in many other cases,"we will soon achieve peace between Iran and Israel," the White House chief announced.

Trump did not provide any further details about the meetings or progress in peace efforts, Reuters reports. The Republican's claims also contradict statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said on Saturday that Israel's campaign against Iran would intensify.

The president also said he was open to Russian leader Vladimir Putin acting as a mediator between the two countries."He's ready. That's why he called me. We've talked about it for a long time," Trump said.

The US leader said it was"possible" that the US would intervene in the ongoing conflict, but he told ABC News that it was not doing so at the moment. The US president said Washington had known in advance about Israel's plan to attack Iran, but said the US was not involved in the attacks. (afp, reuters, tasr)

16:19 Sirens sounded in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the Israeli army warned residents of missiles fired from Iran and urged them to take shelter in shelters. The Israeli army subsequently announced that the alert level had been lowered and people could leave shelters.

Iranian President Masoud Peskov said on Sunday that if Israel continues its attacks, Iran's response will be"more decisive and sharper." Peskov added that the Iranian military has so far responded "strongly and appropriately."

Explosions were also heard in Tehran on Sunday, with Israeli missiles hitting at least two locations there in the afternoon. The Israeli military said it still had a long list of targets it wanted to strike. (čtk, reuters)

15:53 Israeli strikes on Iran killed 128 people on Friday and Saturday. According to AFP, local media reported this on Sunday, citing information from the Iranian Ministry of Health. Some of the dead are civilians. According to this figure, about 900 people were injured. Israel and Iran continue to strike each other.

According to a figure cited by AFP, 40 women and a high, but unspecified, number of children are among the dead.

On Friday evening, at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Iran's UN Ambassador Amir Saeed Iravani said that 78 people were killed and 320 others were injured in the Israeli strikes that began on Friday night. According to Iranian authorities, the majority of them were civilians.

Israel says it is carrying out strikes primarily on military targets and buildings related to Iran's nuclear program. A total of 13 people were killed and three hundred others were injured during the Iranian missile strikes on Israel, which began on Friday evening. (afp, čtk)

15:52 Sirens sounded in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the Israeli military warned residents of missiles fired from Iran and urged them to take cover. Iranian state media confirmed that ballistic missiles had been fired at Israel from various locations across Iran. Explosions were heard in the Tel Aviv area, Reuters reports.

14:25 German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul says Germany, France and Britain are ready for immediate talks with Iran about its nuclear program as part of efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East.

Wadephul, who is currently visiting the Middle East, said on Saturday that he is trying to help de-escalate the conflict between Israel and Iran, saying Tehran has not previously seized the opportunity for constructive talks.

"I hope it is still possible," the German foreign minister told German broadcaster ARD."Germany, together with France and Britain, is ready. We are offering Iran immediate negotiations on its nuclear program. I hope it is accepted," Wadephul continued.

"It is also a key prerequisite for achieving a calm in this conflict that Iran does not pose a danger to the region, the State of Israel or Europe," the German minister said.

The conflict will only end if pressure is put on Iran and Israel from all sides, Wadephul said. He said there is a common expectation that in the next week both sides must try to break the spiral of violence. Asked whether he believed the Iranian government could fall, he said he believed Israel's intention was not to overthrow the government in Iran. (Reuters, Tasr)

13:09 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that Tehran has evidence that US forces supported Israel in its attacks on Iran. He said Israel had crossed a"new red line" by attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. He also accused the UN Security Council of being indifferent to Israel's attacks.

"We have solid evidence of support for the attacks by the Zionist regime's military forces from American forces and American bases in the region," the Iranian foreign minister said. US President Donald Trump said Washington knew in advance about Israel's plan to attack Iran, but said the US was not involved in the attacks.

Araqchi says the Israeli attacks are an attempt to undermine diplomacy and thwart negotiations on the nuclear program."It is absolutely clear that the Israeli regime does not want any agreement on the nuclear issue. It does not want negotiations and it does not seek diplomacy," the Iranian minister said.

He said Tehran was open to a nuclear deal that would ensure it could not acquire nuclear weapons. But he added that Iran would not accept any deal that would"deprive Iran of its nuclear rights."

The Iranian minister also said that the Israeli attack was being met with "indifference" in the UN Security Council and that Western governments had condemned Iran instead of Israel, even though Iran was the injured party. (tasr, afp)

10:53 Iran is acting against Israel in self-defense and will stop its strikes if Israel does the same. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said this on Sunday, according to Reuters and the AP. Iran has been carrying out missile attacks on Israel since Friday evening after Israel attacked military targets and nuclear facilities in Iran.

According to Araqchi, the aim of the Israeli strikes was to sabotage talks between Iran and the United States on the Iranian nuclear program. According to the head of Iranian diplomacy, this shows that Israel was against the nuclear agreement. It was possible to conclude it after Sunday's round of negotiations, which were eventually canceled by Iran due to the Israeli strikes. Araqchi added that the United States had to give Israel permission to strike Iran.

"If the aggression stops, our response will also stop," Araqchi said, according to the AP agency. According to him, Iran does not want the conflict to spread to other countries in the region. The Iranian minister called on the United States to condemn the strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. He added that with these strikes, Israel has crossed another line. (reuters, ap, čtk)

10:36 The Israeli military on Sunday warned Iranians to leave areas near weapons facilities across the country. The call came after a wave of Israeli strikes on military targets in Iran.

"For your safety, we ask you to leave these areas immediately and not to return until further notice. The proximity of these facilities endangers your lives," an Israeli military spokesman said in a post on the X social media platform published in Arabic and Persian.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said after the evacuation call that the military"will strike areas and continue to skin the Iranian snake in Tehran and everywhere else, stripping it of its nuclear potential and weapons systems," The Times of Israel news portal reported.

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"The Iranian dictator is turning Tehran into Beirut and its people into hostages in the interest of his regime's survival," the minister added. Israel launched strikes on Iran on Friday night, which is retaliating. Israeli forces say they struck the Iranian Defense Ministry in Tehran on Sunday night. Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that the attack caused damage to the ministry building. The ministry itself has not commented on the attack.

The Israeli military also claims to have hit nuclear facilities, including the secretive Defense Innovation and Research Organization, fuel tankers and other targets. Iran's Oil Ministry said Israel hit two fuel depots in the Tehran area. (afp, ap, tasr, timesofisrael.com)

8:42 Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Sunday they had fired several missiles at Israel. The Houthis said the attacks were coordinated with Iranian military operations, AFP reported.

The Houthis said in a statement that they had"undertaken a military operation targeting sensitive targets of the Israeli enemy." According to Reuters, Yemeni rebels attacked the city of Jaffa in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

The group, which controls large swaths of Yemen, said it had targeted the area at"different times" and with "several Palestine 2 hypersonic ballistic missiles" over the past 24 hours, adding that the attacks were coordinated with Iranian military operations.

The Houthis began airstrikes on Israel and allied targets after Israel began its war against the Palestinian militant movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The group declared the attacks as a show of solidarity with the Palestinians.

Israel has carried out a number of attacks on Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, including ports and the airport in the capital Sanaa. (AFP, Tasr)

8:08 US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with a strong military response if Tehran attacks the United States in any way. On Saturday, Iranian officials threatened to attack American bases and ships if the US helps Israel defend itself against Iranian attacks. Trump also believes that an agreement between Israel and Iran can be easily reached to end the current conflict.

"If Iran attacks us in any way or form, the full force and power of the American military will fall upon them at an unprecedented level," Trump said on social media.

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Iranian officials on Saturday threatened to attack the United States or other countries, such as Britain and France, if they help Israel defend itself against the strikes that Iran launched on Friday night. The countries have apparently helped Israel defend itself against Iranian attacks in the past.

"However, we can easily make a deal between Iran and Israel and end this bloody conflict," Trump said. The United States has been negotiating indirectly with Tehran in recent weeks to limit Iran's nuclear program so that it cannot obtain a nuclear weapon. However, Tehran has made it clear that it does not want to continue negotiations until the Israeli strikes stop.

8:00 The death toll in Israel after overnight strikes from Iran has risen to ten. Rescuers have found two more bodies in the rubble of a house in the town of Bat Yam near Tel Aviv, Israeli media reported. A total of six people died in the town, while four more died in northern Israel. According to various sources, between 140 and 200 people were injured, and another two dozen people are missing.

6:30 At least four people were killed in an Iranian missile strike on the city of Bat Yam in central Israel, where dozens of people are still missing and may be buried under rubble. The previous death toll was three, but rescuers later found the body of an eight-year-old girl in the rubble. Four people were also killed in an Iranian attack on the northern city of Tamra, all women from the same family, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Rescuers said two hundred people were injured in the Iranian attacks.

Rescue workers initially reported 14 wounded after Iran launched a new missile and drone attack on Israel on Saturday night. One Iranian missile hit a two-story house in the town of Tamra, east of Haifa. The town is inhabited by Israeli Arabs, who have complained about a lack of shelter, according to The Times of Israel (ToI).

The victims of the residential building in Bat Yam include two women aged 80 and 69 and a 10-year-old boy, the Magen David Adom health service said earlier. Local media estimated that about 35 people were missing. Rescuers are racing against time to free the missing from the rubble, as there are fears that the building could collapse, ToI reported. In the city of Rehovot, also in central Israel, rescuers are freeing a man from the rubble who survived the attack, the portal added, citing a Magen David Adom spokesman.

Iran launched a new missile attack on Israel on Saturday evening, Iranian state television reported. The Israeli military immediately confirmed the attack. Warning sirens sounded in several places in Israel to warn people to take cover. According to ToI, the Israeli air force simultaneously carried out airstrikes on military targets in Tehran. The Iranian Defense Ministry was targeted in the airstrike, with one of its buildings slightly damaged, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reported. The ministry itself did not comment.

According to BBC News, a Haifa refinery was targeted by Iranian missiles. According to Reuters, Iran's Revolutionary Guards say the attacks targeted facilities that supply fuel to the Israeli air force.

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said Iran had partially suspended production at the world's largest gas field after an Israeli attack on Saturday caused a fire. The South Pars field, located in the south of the country, is the source of most of Iran's gas. Fears of a potential disruption to oil exports from the region had already sent oil prices up nine percent on Friday, even as Israel spared Iranian oil and gas on the first day of the attacks, Reuters reported.

Israel launched an attack on Iran early Friday morning, citing concerns that Tehran was developing nuclear weapons. It continued its strikes on the Islamic republic on Saturday. Iran said the target was oil storage facilities near Tehran. However, authorities say they have the situation under control. Iran's Oil Ministry also warned the media not to publish reports, photos or videos about potential attacks or incidents involving Iranian oil facilities without official permission, Reuters reported.

Friday's Israeli attack on Iran is likely to be the most extensive since the Islamic Republic's war with Iraq in the 1980s. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called the attack a declaration of war, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei threatened Israel with harsh retaliation. Israel says it must prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday's strikes targeted Iranian nuclear scientists working on an atomic bomb, Iranian nuclear facilities and a ballistic missile program. Iran has long been working on enriching uranium but denies that its goal is to build an atomic bomb.

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