Israel-Iran conflict highlights: Israeli air force says intercepted missiles fired from Yemen

Israel's military declared areas around a number of towns in northwest Israel as closed to the public on Monday, after carrying out a security assessment.

The Israeli military says it will soon launch operations on Lebanon’s southern coast, telling residents to stay off the beaches and fishermen off the sea for a 60-kilometer (36 miles) stretch along the Mediterranean.

Hezbollah has instructed fighters not to target Israeli forces near a UN peacekeeper base in the Lebanese border town of Maroun al-Ras, according to a statement by one of the group's field commanders given to Lebanon's Al Mayadeen broadcaster on Monday.

“One year ago, Hamas launched a horrific attack against Israel, killing over 1,400 Israeli citizens – including defenseless women, children, and the elderly – and kidnapping hundreds more. Today, the prospects of peace seem more distant than ever. But we continue to hope for a return of all the hostages, an end to the violence, a rejection of hate, and a future in which both Israelis and Palestinians can enjoy the security and stability that most of them yearn for,” former US President Obama wrote on X.

“Following the alerts that were activated in several areas in the center of the country, the Air Force successfully intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen,” Israel stated in an X post.

Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troops in two south Lebanon border villages on Monday, as the Israeli army said it had deployed another division to participate in operations in Lebanon.

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in confrontations between youths and Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said.

An Israel government official on Monday said that the country does not have confirmation that Hashem Safieddine – the potential successor to the slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has died.

Israel's confirmation comes after reports that Safieddine was targeted in an Israeli air strike last week.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that Israel was changing the security reality in the region to ensure an attack like that of October 7 does not happen again.

The UK withdrew the families of its embassy staff working in Israel due to the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

President Joe Biden on Monday said that the US remains "fully committed" to Israel's security adding that the latter has the right to defend itself against Hamas, Iran, and others.

US President Joe Biden on Monday said that Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel was also a dark day for Palestinians, adding that too many civilians have suffered in a year of conflict.

The Israeli army said another soldier was killed on the Lebanese border, in the second death announced on Monday as the military targets Hezbollah positions along its northern frontier.

On the first anniversary of Hamas's deadly October 7 attack on Israel, Pope Francis on Monday slammed the world powers for not being able to to end the conflict in the Middle East through diplomacy.

The Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas hit Israel's third largest city Haifa early on Monday, which marks the first anniversary of the Gaza war.

Hezbollah said it targeted a military base south of Haifa with "Fadi 1" missiles and launched another attack on Tiberias, 65 km (40 miles) away.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday said its forces remained committed to defeating the country's enemies, as Israel commemorated the first anniversary of Hamas attacks.

A new blast went off some 500 metres (yards) from the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Monday as the world marked the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Hamas fires rockets from Gaza, setting off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv on Oct. 7 anniversary. There was no immediate reports of death or injuries.

The rocket attack set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv, as well as closer to the Gaza border.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said that October 7 is a day for the global community to condemn the "abhorrent acts of Hamas". The day marks the completion of one year of the horrific day when Hamas launched its attack on Israel.

"This is a day for the global community to repeat in the loudest voice our utter condemnation of the abhorrent acts of Hamas, including the taking of hostages. Over the course of the past year, I have met with the families of hostages...learned more about the lives, hopes and dreams of their loved ones ... and shared in their anguish and pain. I cannot imagine the torture they are forced to endure every day. I demand once again the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages," the UN Secretary-General said in a message.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: The Israeli army on Monday said it had deployed another division to participate in operations in Lebanon -making it the third troop grouping at division strength to be used in the ground operations against Hezbollah.

"The soldiers of the 91st Division began localised and targeted operational activity in southern Lebanon," said a statement from the army.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.

"The "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation set the Zionist regime back 70 years," Khamenei wrote in Hebrew in a post on X.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Israel on Monday said it bombed Hamas targets across Gaza to prevent what it termed was an “immediate” threat of rocket fire the group was planning to mark its devastating attack a year ago.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday paid tributes to the victims of the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel, on the first anniversary of war that threatens to pull Iran and Israel into an all-out war in West Asia.

"The pain remains, as vivid as it was a year ago. The pain of the Israeli people. Ours. The pain of wounded humanity. We do not forget the victims, the hostages, or the families with broken hearts from absence or waiting. I send them our fraternal thoughts," Macron wrote in a post on social platform X.

Israel Iran conflict live updates: Rising borrowing costs and credit rating downgrades have begun straining Israel's economy a year after it launched its war on Gaza and Lebanon.

According to Israel's finance ministry, the direct cost of funding the war in Gaza through August was 100 billion shekel ($26.3 billion). The Bank of Israel predicts the cost could rise to 250 billion shekel ($65 billion) by the end of 2025.

Israel's finance minister has said the economy is strong, and the country's credit ratings should rebound once the war has ended.