The elimination of Arafat, the Shin Bet commander Yehuda Arbel wrote in his diary, was “a precondition to finding a solution to the Palestinian problem.”

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said

More than 220 people have been killed across Iran since Israel launched its attack on Friday.

Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles on Israeli cities early Monday, after Israel struck military targets deep inside Iran, with both sides threatening further devastation.

An incoming missile presents a small, fast-moving target – and defenders may have little time to react.

Hundreds more were injured in both countries in the attacks and retaliations in last few days. 

The three-day gathering in the mountain town of Kananaskis marks the return to the international diplomatic calendar for Trump

Strikes by Israel and Iran continue as the conflict between the two countries intensifies

Masoud Pezeshkian reiterates Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's religious edict against weapons of mass destruction

The Guards said in a statement quoted by the official IRNA news agency

While the threat of Israeli airstrikes has loomed for decades, only some of the sites have been built underground.

Trump refused to answer a question about whether he had asked Israel to pause airstrikes on Iran.

Israeli media reported that three people were killed in the country's centre while dozens more were wounded in the overnight strikes.

Netanyahu is now talking about turning Iran into Beirut. The Beirut strategy.

Gold prices also rose back towards a record high thanks to a rush into safe havens

Here are real-time updates on Israel-Iran conflict

Iran refuses ceasefire talks amid Israeli attacks, official says

As Israel-Iran conflict continues, former US nuclear negotiator Alan Eyre told Al Jazeera that Iran’s options in the face of the Israeli onslaught are “very bleak” and “very limited”.

For now, the fighting between Israel and Iran seems restricted to the two nations. But what if calls to de-escalate fall on deaf ears? What if the fighting escalates and expands? Here are just a few possible, worst-case scenarios:

First daylight sirens in Israel; explosions in Tel Aviv