Live. Iran fires new wave of missiles after denying Trump talks
Iran launched a new wave of missiles against Israel early on Tuesday, hours after a bombshell announcement by US President Donald Trump that the US had engaged in “very good” talks to end the war, though Iran denied any dialogue had taken place.
Trump’s comments prompted a positive response from jittery markets and pushed oil prices down, and came ahead of a deadline he imposed for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane or see the US “obliterate” its power plants.
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Tel Aviv building damaged in Iranian cluster munition ‘direct’ hit
The mayor of Tel Aviv said a “direct strike” damaged a building on Tuesday after an Iranian missile attack warning, as Israeli first responders said they had treated four people for light injuries.
The strike in an upscale neighbourhood in the north of the Israeli coastal city tore open the facade of an old three-storey building and scattered debris across the street, according to reports from the scene.
Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai told reporters that the building had been hit by a “direct strike”.
According to several Israeli media outlets, including military radio, police believe the damage was caused by a cluster munition missile equipped with three to four warheads, each carrying around 100 kilograms of explosives.
Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency medical service released a video from one of the affected apartments that showed extensive damage from the explosion.
MDA said it had treated and quickly discharged four people, revising down an earlier toll of six people lightly wounded.
A source at the MDA said the individuals had inhaled smoke following a small fire caused by the explosion.
The Israeli military had so far issued on Tuesday seven warnings of incoming missile fire from Iran in central and southern Israel, as well as at least six warnings of missiles or rockets fired from Lebanon in the north.
Israel’s military has said that it intercepts just over 90% of incoming fire from Iran and regularly reminds residents to take shelter during alerts, as missile defence is not completely “airtight”.
Police said they had deployed bomb disposal teams to “several impact sites of munitions” in the Tel Aviv district, but no injuries were reported beyond the four people treated following the direct strike on the residential building.
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Iranian state run media claim energy facilities hit in US-Israeli strikes
Iranian state-run media claimed on Tuesday that Israeli-US strikes targeted two gas facilities and a pipeline, hours after US President Donald Trump stepped back from his threat to attack power infrastructure.
“The gas administration building and the gas pressure regulation station on Kaveh Street in Isfahan were targeted” in the strikes, said the Fars news agency.
The facilities in central Iran were “partially damaged”, added Fars, which was Iran’s only news outlet to report the incident.
It said an attack also targeted the gas pipeline of the Khorramshahr power plant, in the country’s southwest.
“A projectile hit the area outside the Khorramshahr gas pipeline processing station,” Fars reported, quoting the governor of the city bordering Iraq.
It did not specify the extent of the damage.
Trump’s abrupt shift on Iran came hours before the expiration of a two-day ultimatum under which he threatened to attack Iranian power plants if Tehran did not reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian state-run media however said on Monday that there were no negotiations under way towards ending the war.
