Three Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile attack in the occupied West Bank late on Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, the first deadly Iranian strike in the territory - and the first to kill Palestinians - since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran.
The rockets hit a hair salon in the town of Beit Ava, southwest of Hebron, the Palestinian Authority's official news agency WAFA reported. A fourth person, a Palestinian, was seriously wounded.
The Israeli military said that according to its information, the strike originated from a cluster munition, a warhead that breaks apart into small bombs that disperse over a wide area.
At least 14 people have been killed in Israel since Israel and the US launched attacks on Iran in late February.
United States President Donald Trump does not want any further strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure after Israel's attack on the South Pars gas field, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials, Reuters reported.
Trump, who knew in advance about the Israeli strike on South Pars, supported it as a message to Tehran for its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and could again be open to targeting additional Iranian energy facilities, depending on Tehran's future moves in that waterway, the newspaper said.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report.
At least two women were killed in an Iranian missile attack near Hebron, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, Reuters reports.
The Israeli military announced that it had begun striking targets in northern Iran for the first time, Reuters reports.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed today that those responsible for the assassination of senior security official Ali Larijani will soon have to pay.
In a statement on the social network X, Khamenei said that he received the news of the assassination of Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, along with his son and several colleagues, with great sadness.
He described Larijani as a man of knowledge, foresight and wisdom, adding that his nearly five decades of service in the political, military, security, cultural and administrative fields have made him a prominent figure, Anadolu reports.
Khamenei said Larijani's assassination testifies to his importance and the hostility that the enemies of Islam harbor towards him, warning that shedding the blood of such people only strengthens them.
"Every drop of blood has its appropriate punishment, the criminal killers of these martyrs will soon have to pay," Khamenei said.
Iranian authorities said Larijani was killed early Tuesday morning in a US-Israeli attack that also claimed the lives of his son Morteza, his assistant Alireza Bayat, several members of his advisory team and a bodyguard.
The United States and Israel have continued their joint offensive against Iran since February 28, killing around 1,3 people so far, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iran has retaliated with drone and missile attacks on Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Gulf states where US military resources are located.
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The United States was informed of Israel's plans to strike Iran's huge South Pars gas field but did not participate, according to a person familiar with the matter, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
The person, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to say whether the US administration agreed with Israel's decision to attack the gas field - part of the world's largest such deposit and one of the pillars of Iran's energy supply.
Following the "brazen" attacks on the industrial city of Ras Laffan, Qatar's Foreign Ministry described Iran's actions as "a direct threat to its national security and the stability of the region," the Guardian reports.
The ministry called the attacks "a gross violation of the state's sovereignty, as well as a direct threat to its national security."
Despite Qatar's efforts to distance itself from the war, it states, "the Iranian side continues with escalating policies that are pushing the region towards the abyss and drawing countries that are not parties to this crisis into a cycle of conflict."
Qatar "reserves the right to respond and will not hesitate to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty, security and the safety of its citizens," they added.
Separately, Qatar's Defense Ministry said five missiles were launched from Iran toward the country on Wednesday.
Four were intercepted, while one fell in Ras Laffan, causing a fire that has since been brought under control.
The British Ministry of Defense said there were no casualties or material damage after Iran struck a military base in the United Arab Emirates that houses British and Australian officers, the BBC reported.
Officials did not comment on the number of personnel or the type of equipment housed at Al Minhad Air Base due to security concerns.
Australia has maintained a presence at the base since 2003, according to a parliamentary report. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said its personnel were also safe, but that there was minor material damage.
"There was minor damage to one accommodation block and a medical facility due to a small fire that broke out when that missile hit the road leading to the base," Albanese said.
Four residents were injured by shrapnel that fell after a ballistic missile was intercepted over Riyadh, Saudi authorities said, the BBC reported.
Civil Defense says that danger warnings for the capital and Al-Kharj have now been lifted.
"Avoid gathering or filming, stay away from dangerous areas and report any danger," it said.
Qatar's Ministry of Interior announced that the fire in Ras Laffan has been brought under control and that no injuries have been reported, the BBC reports.
In a separate statement, the Qatari Ministry of Defense said that five missiles were launched from Iran towards the country during the day.
Four were reportedly intercepted, while the fifth fell in the Ras Laffan industrial zone, causing a fire that has since been brought under control.
Iranian President Masoud Peshmerga has warned of "out-of-control consequences" following the attack on the South Pars gas field, the BBC reports.
Pezeshkiyan said that the situation "could lead to consequences beyond control, the scale of which would affect the entire world."
Iran now appears to be responding to the South Pars strike, as Qatar reported a fire and "major damage" in the Ras Laffan area - home to the refinery that Iran said was targeted, according to the BBC.
Qatar's Foreign Ministry called the missile attack on Ras Laffan "brazen" and said that "the Iranian side continues its policy of escalation that is pushing the region towards an abyss."
European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaia Kallas told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz was a priority for Europe and that the EU supported a diplomatic solution to the war, an EU official told Reuters.
In a phone call on Wednesday morning, Kallas "called on Iran to cease all attacks on critical infrastructure in the region," the official said, adding that the bloc's top diplomat "stressed that the EU supports de-escalation and a diplomatic solution to the war."
"The conversation took place before the execution of a European citizen held in detention by the regime, which the EU condemns in the strongest terms," said the official, who asked to remain anonymous.
Iran's armed forces have warned that they will take "decisive action" in response to attacks on their energy infrastructure, according to a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the BBC.
Iran previously said its facilities at the South Pars gas field were targeted.
"The enemy has attacked part of Iran's fuel and energy infrastructure in the south," the Iranian military said in a statement. As previously warned, if the American-Zionist enemy attacks our country's fuel, energy, gas and economic infrastructure, in addition to a strong counterattack on the enemy, we will also strike hard at the source of this aggression. We consider it legitimate to target the fuel, energy and gas infrastructure of the countries from which the aggression originates, and we will retaliate strongly at the earliest opportunity," the Iranian military said in a statement.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said the South Pars facilities were targeted by Israel.
Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, made a rare statement today expressing condolences for the assassination of top security official Ali Larijani, Iranian media reported.
"Undoubtedly, the assassination of such a person shows the extent of his importance and the threat posed to him by the enemies of Islam," Khamenei wrote.
"All blood has a price and the criminal killers of martyrs must pay soon," he wrote.
Ali Larijani (67), Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was killed in an Israeli strike the previous night. He was considered the most powerful man in Iran and its de facto wartime leader.
Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed four ballistic missiles that were launched towards Riyadh today, the Defense Ministry said, just ahead of a meeting of regional and Islamic foreign ministers in the Saudi capital, Reuters reports.
"The scattered debris fell on various parts of the capital, and initial assessments indicate that there are no casualties or damage," the ministry said.
Several loud explosions were heard, and some city residents received warnings on their phones about an enemy air threat for the first time.
Saudi air defenses responded to a "ballistic threat" in Riyadh, state television reported earlier.
The Gulf kingdom has been targeted by hundreds of Iranian missiles and drones since the US-Israeli war against Iran began last month, and authorities say the vast majority of them have been intercepted.
But Wednesday's attack was the first time many in the city had heard explosions or received a warning.
Two witnesses said they saw what appeared to be a missile intercept on the western outskirts of the city, near the Diplomatic Quarter, which houses foreign missions.
The attack came hours before Saudi Arabia was due to host a consultative meeting of foreign ministers from several Arab and Islamic countries, to discuss ways to support regional security and stability amid the war with Iran.
Nearly three weeks into the war, there are few signs of de-escalation, and the conflict has engulfed the region and caused unprecedented disruptions to global energy supplies.
A Turkish diplomatic source said that representatives from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Syria, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates will attend the meeting.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Wednesday that a structure 350 meters from the reactor at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran was hit and destroyed, Reuters reported.
There was no damage to the reactor itself or injuries among personnel, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.
The conflict in the Middle East is disrupting a significant portion of global energy supplies and has caused the most severe energy crisis in the last 40 years, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday.
"In the context of the current conflict in the Middle East, this affects at least 20 million barrels per day. That is the amount of oil and oil products that was passing through the Strait of Hormuz every day just 19 days ago," Novak said, according to Reuters.
Three private planes parked at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv suffered "severe" damage after being hit by fragments of an Iranian missile, the Israeli Airports Authority said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Iranian President Masoud Peshmerga confirmed today that the country's intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, had been assassinated, as previously announced by Israel.
"The cowardly assassination of my dear colleagues Esmail Khatib, Ali Larijani, Aziz Nasirzadeh, along with some of their family members and support team has broken our hearts," Pezeshkian wrote in a post on X.
The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and the defense minister, who were also killed in Israeli attacks the previous day and who Iran had previously confirmed were dead, were also mentioned, the British Guardian reports on its portal.
Iranian President Pesekian said that Khatib's killing was an "unfair assassination."
Earlier today, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Khatib was killed in an airstrike overnight.
Katz said that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had "simplified the process of targeting the Iranian leadership."
"I have authorized the armed forces to neutralize any senior Iranian official as soon as the opportunity arises," Katz said.
The United States (US) imposed sanctions against Khatib in 2022 for alleged cyber activities directed against the US and its allies.
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The Kremlin today condemned the confirmed and unconfirmed assassinations of Iranian leaders in US-Israeli strikes, a day after media and officials confirmed that top security official Ali Larijani had been assassinated in Tehran.
"We unequivocally condemn any action aimed at harming the health, or even killing or eliminating members of the leadership of sovereign and independent Iran, as well as the leadership of other countries. We condemn such actions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Russia's reaction to Larijani's death, Reuters reported.
Russia currently operates Iran's only operational nuclear power plant and has sharply criticized US-Israeli attacks on Iran, its close partner, and called for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations.
Moscow is expanding intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Tehran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to help Iran target US troops in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Peskov suggested that it was fake news and stated that "a large number of different reports about this war are currently circulating."
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