Lucy Williamson
Middle East correspondent, reporting from Bat Yam

A bright orange knot of rescue workers slowly scraped into the rubble at the foot of the tower block in Bat Yam when we arrived, at one point calling for a stretcher as they searched for several people still missing from the apartments hit last night.

Around it, residential buildings in the blast zone slowly shedded masonry, shutters and balconies into the debris around them.

On a bench outside, we met Katya, surrounded by suitcases of clothes she’d salvaged from her apartment next to the tower block.

Her mother was in hospital, she said, with stitches in both arms after the impact. “I’m traumatised,” she said.

“We’ve been here 24 years and now we have to start over. I’m holding myself back from crying.”

Outside another building, Ilan told me he had come to check on the tenants he rented to there, his support for Israel’s war with Iran undented by the destruction of his property.

“If you send 300 missiles and kill 10 people, how many can 1,000 missiles kill? A hundred people dead for Iran, to be erased and finish the problem? For me, it’s worth it,” he told me.

“The world has to cheer for us, clap their hands and say thank you to Israel for our courage and for our wisdom and everything – and not condemn Israel all the time for the Palestinians and everything.”

You can see more from Lucy, who is in Bat Yam, in her report from the scene of the strike below.

BBC’s Hugo Bachega is in Bat Yam, northern Israel.

He’s been at the scene of a strike that caused part of a 10-storey block of flats to collapse – killing six people and trapping seven more under the rubble.

“There is a lot of destruction all around”, he says.

The Iranian former crown prince Reza Pahlavi – the son of Iran’s former Shah who was overthrown in the country’s 1979 Islamic revolution – has been giving his assessment of the situation to the BBC.

He claimed to Laura Kuenssberg that ordinary people in Iran who oppose the country’s government have been “re-energised” by Israel’s attacks, which have killed senior Iranian military leaders.

“The ultimate solution is regime change, and now we have an opportunity because this regime is at its weakest point,” he said.

He called on world powers to “not sit idle and demonstrate vividly that beyond just imposing sanctions they are prepared to take the next step of giving the Iranian people a sense of support for their fight for democracy and freedom”.

Pahlavi lives in exile and has been actively trying to influence foreign players to support his cause. He also visited Israel in recent years.

Read more – Israel’s endgame may be regime change in Iran – but it’s a gamble, external

IDF evacuation warnings are familiar to many alreadypublished at 11:18 British Summer Time

Sebastian Usher
Middle East regional editor

IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee has issued a warning on social media to the Iranian people, telling them to stay away from all weapons manufacturing facilities.

He writes in Farsi: “For your own safety, we ask you to evacuate these facilities immediately and not to return until further notice.

Such warnings from Adraee have become familiar to Palestinians and Lebanese. The first indication of an Israeli strike in Gaza or the southern suburbs of Beirut are often posted from his X account, where he has more than 800,000 followers.

His fluent Arabic is matched by a conversational style in the videos that have often accompanied his messages. The contrast between the almost avuncular tone and the deadly weight of what he is saying has not gone unremarked in the Arabic-speaking world.

The wars in Gaza and Lebanon have turned him into one of the most recognisable Israeli faces to the Arab public, where his demeanour is both criticised and mocked.

Palestinians have even dubbed him “Sheikh Adraee”. The official aim of his role is to explain Israel’s military strategy to an Arab audience – which certainly pays heed to him, but mainly as a sign of impending attacks.

An Israeli of Syrian and Iraqi descent, he is not known to speak Farsi. Presumably, this warning to the Iranian people has been posted on his social media because of its wide reach.

Iranians – like Palestinians and Lebanese before – may soon get used to seeing his bespectacled smiling face warning of imminent danger.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
BBC Persian

I’m hearing from Iranians who have received IDF evacuation orders.

“Yes, unfortunately I’ve already seen it” was the first reaction from someone I know, when I sent them the IDF’s warning asking all Iranians to leave areas near military sites.

“How are we supposed to know where a military site is and where isn’t?” Among the people I talked to, citizens of Tehran were the most worried.

“I can’t just leave Tehran. I can’t leave my elderly parents who can’t travel far and long and leave the city myself. Besides, I need to show up to work. What can I do now?” another citizen of Tehran told me.

Iran has not officially shut down businesses, although the country’s officials have repeatedly said that the country is at war.

Pro-establishment users online called Israel’s warning a “bluff”. Some of them have been sharing an unofficial poster in the same format as the IDF orders. It is written in Hebrew, and tells people to leave the “Occupied Territories” to “save their lives”.

Strikes between Israel and Iran continued overnight as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate.

We’re taking stock now of what we do and don’t know as developments continue to flood in.

We do know that Iranian missiles in Israel overnight led to multiple casualties. Israel’s emergency services say at least 10 people have been killed, with more than 100 injured. A few days ago, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said that 78 people had been killed in Israeli strikes.

Yesterday, we learned from Iranian state television that 60 people, including 20 children, were killed in a strike on an apartment building in Tehran.

In Iran, Tehran’s oil ministry says the Shahran oil depot in the capital was hit in Israeli strikes. We now know the oil refinery remains operational, despite a fire that broke out following the attack.

Our reporter in Bat Yam, Israel, tells us that seven people remain trapped under the rubble of a 10-storey building. We heard earlier that six people were killed when an Iranian missile struck the high-rise block of flats.

We don’t know the extent of the damage in Iran. We have not heard reports of casualties following Israel’s latest strikes. We also don’t know about the impact of strikes on infrastructure, other than the oil depot in Tehran.

BBC journalists can’t be sent to Iran due to restrictions by the Iranian government, making reporting on the damage caused by Israel’s offensive difficult

BBC Monitoring’s Sarah Jalali reported earlier that Iranian state media has been highlighting attacks on Israel, but giving limited coverage of Israel’s attack on Iran.

This means that we’re getting constant developments on the strikes carried out by Iran in Israel, but there’s been no mention of casualties from Israeli strikes in Iran.

We’re continuing to gather information as this story continues to develop at pace, stay with us.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
BBC Persian

An Iranian official has confirmed that a headquarter of Iran’s ministry of defence was targeted in central province of Isfahan.

Akbar Salehi, Isfahan Deputy Governor for Security Affairs, says that so far there have been no reports of casualties from the headquarters and any potential damage is currently being assessed.

Last night, Iranian outlets reported that an Israeli strike targeted the country’s defence ministry in Tehran’s Nobonyad area.

Babrak Ehsas
Reporting from Herat, Afghanistan

I’m in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, which borders Iran. Oil exports to Afghanistan have resumed a day after being stopped following Israel’s attacks.

I’ve witnessed lorries carrying oil entering Afghanistan Islam Qala port.

Afghanistan has a long border with Iran and the country is hosting millions of Afghan refugees.

Afghanistan is the fourth top export destination of Iranian products.

Fuel production and distribution continues at the Shahran oil depot in Iran after Tehran’s oil ministry said an Israeli strike caused a fire to break out.

The Director of Supply and Distribution of the National Petroleum Products Distribution Company says they were able to prevent the fire from spreading to other tanks, according to Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA).

ISNA confirmed that operations at the refinery were not affected and that fuel supplies continue as normal.

Hamidreza Gholamzadeh, director of Iranian think tank DiploHouse, has spoken to Laura Kuenssberg on her Sunday program.

Kuenssberg asks him if the UK’s decision to send fighter jets to the region will make the UK a target of Iran.

“[The UK’s jets] have not been involved yet. Just sending fighter jets doesn’t mean that they are involved,” Gholamzadeh says.

“But if they are involved, they certainly would be a legitimate target for Iran. Iran has been very clear this time.”

Kuenssberg then asks if Iran is threatening the UK, to which Gholamzadeh gives no direct answer.

“If the UK chooses to get into the war, so that will be the price that it needs to pay,” he says.

Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, is speaking to Laura Kuenssberg this morning.

Kuenssberg challenges her on the timing of Israel’s attack, just days before diplomatic talks between Iran and US on the former’s nuclear programme were scheduled to resume.

“We saw Iran has no intentions to get into a diplomatic solution here.

“They’ve been doing what they’ve been doing for the last 20 years,” Hotovely responds, adding that Europe should be grateful to Israel for what it is doing.

The ambassador says she believes that Israel’s campaign will also provide a “better opportunity” for an end to fighting in Gaza.

“I believe actually we’re getting closer to the opportunity that Hamas will understand that it must bring our hostages back and make sure that the war in Gaza will stop.”

Tom Bennett
Reporting from Bat Yam

I’m here in Bat Yam, where hours ago this 10-storey block of flats was struck by an Iranian missile. At least six people were killed, and about seven remain trapped under the rubble – down from 35.

It’s now a race against time to get them out.

One entire section of the building has been knocked out, with warped metal frames and broken concrete jutting out of its side. Families and groups of journalists are gathered behind police tape. Large rescue crews mill among the wreckage.

As far as 100m (328 feet) down the street, apartment blocks have had their windows shattered and shutters blown in by the force of the blast.

The Iranian strike that caused this damage is the deadliest to hit Israel in this two-and-a-half day conflict. But the death toll in Iran, where Israel continues to carry out strike after strike, is believed to be much higher.

The Israeli military says it has started sending evacuation notices in Persian to residents of Tehran living near targeted sites.

It warns it will attack sites it says are linked to Iran’s nuclear programme and people should leave for their own safety.

“The Iranian dictator is turning Tehran into Beirut and the residents of Tehran into hostages for the survival of his regime,” Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says in a statement.

A security source says that Katz’s directive to evacuate residents in Tehran is part of a plan to put pressure on Tehran by evacuating the population.

In a post on X, the IDF says it sending the following message to residents of Tehran: “All individuals located in or near the country’s weapons production facilities and their associated facilities should immediately leave these areas and report to the relevant authorities.”

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says “America is a partner” in the Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and says the US “must take responsibility for itself.”

He calls on the US to condemn Israel’s strikes and says the attacks would never have happened without the US giving the green light and support to Israel.

“We have received messages from various channels that the US has had no involvement in this attack, however, we do not believe this claim and have evidence that contradicts it.” he writes on Telegram.

The next round of nuclear talks with the US could have opened the way for an agreement, he says, but he accuses Israel of sabotaging the discussion.

A third night of strikes has drowned out possibility of nuclear dealpublished at 08:45 British Summer Time

Sebastian Usher
Middle East regional editor

A sixth round of talks between the US and Iran on a possible deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme was meant to have been taking place today.

Instead, for a third night, Israel carried out strikes deep in the heart of Iran, while Tehran launched two volleys of ballistic missiles at Israel.

Tehran has not been providing updated casualty figures, but Israel is counting the cost of those killed and wounded in the Iranian attacks.

The loss of life is likely to harden the Israeli government’s resolve to hit Iran and the military and economic infrastructure supporting its leadership even harder.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says that Tehran “will burn” if Iran continues to fire its missiles at Israel, while Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Aragchi says that Israel’s attack wouldn’t have happened without Washington’s support.

That could potentially presage Iranian attacks on US targets in the region.

President Trump has said if that happens, then the “full strength and might” of the US armed forces would come down on Iran, and claims a deal can be reached “easily” between the two sides.

Just three days ago, the possibility of progress towards an agreement between the US and Iran over its nuclear ambitions was still in the air. Now, the explosions and sirens shaking the night across Israel and Iran appear to have drowned that out.

It’s mid-morning in Israel and we’re now seeing some photos of the aftermath of Iran’s strikes.

Residential areas have been hit in northern and central Israel after Tehran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel overnight in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets.

Israel’s national emergency services have reported at least 10 people have been killed, with more than 100 people injured.

Sarah Jalali
BBC Monitoring

This morning Iranian state media is highlighting Iran’s attacks on Israel while giving limited coverage of Israel’s attacks on Iran.

The morning bulletins on state TV had extensive coverage of what they called the “destruction of the Iron Dome”, but buried down in the bulletin they only briefly mentioned the Israeli attack on Iran with no mention of casualties.

There is little media freedom in Iran and the state is keen to downplay the extent of the damage caused by Israel in its attacks.

The Israeli Defense Forces have issued an urgent warning to Iranians, telling residents to leave the area around military facilities.

In a post on X, the IDF’s Farsi-language account says: “All persons who are … present in or around military weapons production factories and their support institutions should immediately leave these areas and not return until further notice.

“Your presence next to this infrastructure puts your life at risk.”

President Donald Trump says the US is not involved in the latest conflict between Israel and Iran.

“The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight,” Trump has said in a post on his Truth Social platform.

Iran has warned the US and its allies not to help Israel stop Tehran’s retaliatory strikes.

“If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before,” Trump adds. “However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!”

Israel’s end goal remains unclearpublished at 07:42 British Summer Time

Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent, in Bat Yam

Many in Israel are in shock this morning after two waves of Iranian missile attacks that killed at least 10 people, including four women from the same family in the town of Tamra, and a 10-year-old boy and a girl aged eight in the city of Bat Yam.

Israeli officials had warned that the country would face difficult days, as they carry out an unprecedented wave of attacks on Iran. Israel has indicated that this will be a prolonged campaign – likely to take weeks, not days – but its end goal remains unclear.

Last night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks that had already been carried out were nothing compared with what Iran would see in the coming days.

Israeli authorities say the action is justified because Iran was reaching the point of no return in developing a nuclear weapon.

Many question that, and Iran has repeatedly said that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, something Israel has always rejected.

The prime minister’s critics say this is a war of choice, and that diplomacy remains the only way to solve the issue around Iran’s nuclear programme.

President Trump, meanwhile, is calling on Iran to accept a deal, although it is not clear what is being offered. It was him who decided, in his first time in office, to unilaterally pull out from the agreement that had been signed by world powers with Iran in 2015, the JCPOA, which had put limits on Iran’s nuclear programme.

The deal was not perfect, but it was the one that was possible at the time, and Iran had been complying with it.

Another round of nuclear talks between American and Iranian officials planned for today has been cancelled. The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said no discussions could take place while Israel carried out what he described as barbaric attacks.