Iran launches missiles at targets across Israel, including near Haifa and Tel Aviv, killing at least 10 people, according to medics and media reports.
The attacks came after Israeli forces bombed civilian and energy infrastructure across Iran, igniting a fire at the Shahran oil facility in Tehran. The Israeli military says it targeted sites “related to the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons project,” Al Jazeera reports.
Iran does not want its conflict with Israel to expand to neighbouring countries unless the situation is forced, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says.
Iran’s military response against Israel has been based on self-defence, he added.
Israel unleashed air strikes across Iran for a third day on Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defences to destroy buildings in the heart of the country.
The Israeli military has said in a social media post that people in Iran should stay away from what it called weapons manufacturing facilities and “support institutions”.
“Urgent warning to all Iranian citizens: All persons who are currently or in the near future present in or around military weapons production factories and their support institutions should immediately leave these areas and not return until further notice,” the military’s Farsi language social media account said.
