Israel Iran war highlights: Missile sirens sound across Israel after Tehran launches fresh attack

The Israeli military has said that citizens can now leave protected areas, following a fresh round of missile attack from Iran.

The fresh round of Iranian ballistic missiles have left a huge impact on northern Israel's Haifa, and two other places.

Earlier this week, Qatar held meetings with energy majors after Israeli strikes on Iran's huge gas field, Reuters reported, citing an industry source and a diplomat.

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said that the country has not yet fulfilled its goals, hence they are "continuing our military operation in Iran".

Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva said that the country expects European ministers to demand a complete rollback of Iran's nuclear programme in Friday's talks.

Israel Iran war live: Explosions are being heard above Jerusalem after air raid siren sound, Reuters reports, citing a witness.

Israel Iran war live: The Israeli army says that sirens had sounded in southern Israel after missiles were fired from Iran, reports AFP.

"Sirens sounded in several areas across Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel," the military said on Telegram, adding it was working to intercept them.

The Israeli military has said that it has identified that missiles have been launched from Iran towards Israel.

They are working on intercepting the attack threat from Iran, their statement added.

Iranian state media has reported that the country has begun missile strikes on Israel.

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative, Ahmad Alamolhoda, said on Friday that Iranians should not be alarmed by the deaths of commanders or loss of social assets.

"The enemy wants to frighten us through psychological and military operations. Fear leads to weakness, but the people have not wavered,” he was quoted as saying by Iran International.

“Why should we evacuate cities? That’s exactly what the enemy wants—to disrupt your daily lives so you abandon the field,” he added.

A senior Iranian official said that the country needs to hear European powers' "initiative" on the nuclear issue amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.

A senior Iranian official told news agency Reuters that the country is ready to discuss limitations on its uranium enrichment.

The official added that the country will undoubtedly reject zero enrichment of nuclear facilities, especially now that it is under Israeli strikes.

A senior Iranian official said that the role of European powers is now more prominent as Tehran is unwilling to engage with the US amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.

Israeli military said that the 'Barak' system, used for the first time in the country's air defense system, intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle, Reuters reported.

Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva slammed the Human Rights Council for giving Iran an opportunity to address the floor.

Daniel Meron raised "vehement objection" to the same, Reuters reported.

"Affording the Iranian foreign minister the floor before this body continues to undermine the council's credibility and constitutes a blatant betrayal of the many victims of this regime worldwide," Daniel Meron said in a letter addressed to council president Jurg Lauber.

The Israeli military has said that it is attacking army infrastructure in western and Central Tehran, news agency Reuters reported.

UK foreign minister David Lammy has said that Britain is working with Israeli authorities to provide charter flights from the Tel Aviv airport when airspace reopens in the country.

As Iran decided to ease its airspace restrictions for three flights to evacuate Indians from the country amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, one of the special flight will reach Delhi by Friday night.

Two other flights will arrive in India by Saturday afternoon. While the flights are being arranged by India, they will be operated on Iranian aircraft.

The flights will bring back around 1,000 Indians who have been moved from Tehran to Mashhad.

The special flights will take off from Mashhad and land in Delhi.

Iranian officials have said that more flights will be arranged if needed, adding that all Indians in Iran are safe.

Iran has exclusively opened its closed airspace for Indian evacuation flights, NDTV reported.

Under Operation Sindhu, Indian students are expected to land in Delhi in the next two days.

The German government said that chancellor Friedrich Merz and Turkey president Tayyip Erdogan spoke over a phone call about the conflict between Israel and Iran.

Iranian state broadcaster has reported that Iran has arrested a "Mossad agent" for sending information to Israel on Iranian air defence installations using WhatsApp.

Turkey's president Tayyip Erdogan said that the war between Iran and Israel could have "harmful" migration impact on Europe.

Danish shipping giant Maersk said on Friday that it was temporarily suspending vessel calls in Israel's Haifa port due to the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Maersk said the decision came after "carefully analysing threat risk reports regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran -- particularly the potential risks of calling Israeli ports and their implications for the safety of our crews".

French president Emmanuel Macron said that Europe powers will offer "diplomatic solution" to Iran in its ongoing conflict with Israel.

French president Emmanuel Macron said that the negotiation talks must include Iran's financing of proxies in the Middle East and of Iran's release of hostages.