Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes yesterday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it from building an atomic weapon.

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Experts say the attacks are unlikely to have delivered a fatal blow

International calls for restraint are multiplying, as fears grow of a broader conflict

The Israeli military said Saturday that its campaign in Iran had secured control of the airspace from the country's west to Tehran, where 70 fighter jets carried out strikes overnight.."We have created aerial freedom of action from west Iran all the way to Tehran", said military spokesman

Iran launches dozens of missiles, Israel says some intercepted

Both sides must exercise restraint before wider war erupts

Israeli emergency services said rocket fire on a residential area killed two people in the coastal plain on Saturday after Iran launched barrages of missiles

Regional security sources said it was unlikely that Tehran could respond with similarly effective strikes because its missile capabilities and military network in the region have been severely degraded by Israel since the Hamas attacks that triggered the Gaza war.

International calls for restraint are multiplying, as fears grow the Middle East could be on the threshold of a broader conflict.

US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had given Tehran a 60-day ultimatum, which expired on Thursday

The strikes early on Friday hit not just Iran's nuclear facilities and missile factories

"New round of Honest Promise 3 attacks," state television reported, referring to the name of the Iranian military operation against Israel

For President Donald Trump, few goals on the world stage have been more explicit -- he will not drag the United States into another "forever war."

21 people were injured by the missiles, including two in serious condition

Iran's Supreme Leader accuses Israel of initiating war, vows painful revenge

Israel launched widescale strikes on Iran on Friday

But Trump also kept the door open for negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program, as the president who boasted he had "no wars" in his first term tries to avoid getting dragged into one in his second

Iran said several top commanders and six nuclear scientists were killed in Israeli strikes today