US-Iran war highlights: Blasts heard in Jerusalem; Netanyahu says seeing 'cracks' in Iran leadership

Local broadcaster Channel 12 has reported that Iranian missile attacks on Israel have triggered air raid sirens in northern Israel.

This comes as the Israeli military again reported incoming missile fire from Iran.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel pledged to refrain from more strikes on a key Iranian gas field after Iran intensified attacks Thursday on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf, raising the stakes in a war that has sent shock waves through energy markets and the global economy.

Global fuel supplies were already under pressure because of Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil is transported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar on Thursday (local time) condemned Iran's strike on its territory, calling it a "dangerous escalation" and an "unacceptable violation" amid the ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States, that threatens regional stability.

In a post shared on X, Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote that Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said the attack, which targeted the Ras Laffan energy complex, marked a serious escalation in tensions.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran on Thursday (local time) called on countries in West Asia to prevent the United States from using military bases in their own territories.

These bases are the "root cause" of the current crisis and are being used for operations against Tehran, claimed Iran. The government has warned that such actions would amount to complicity in aggression.

US Iran war LIVE updates: United Arab Emirates authorities said on Friday they had dismantled a "terrorist network" funded and operated by Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran, and arrested its members.

According to the state news agency, the network was involved in "money laundering, financing terrorism and threatening national security."

US Iran war LIVE updates: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel and the United States were "winning" the war against Iran, with the Islamic republic "decimated" and unable to enrich uranium or manufacture ballistic missiles.

In an English-language press conference, Netanyahu insisted Israel had "acted alone" in striking Iran's massive South Pars gas field, while confirming that US President Donald Trump had asked Israeli forces to "hold off" on such attacks moving forward.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and the United Kingdom condemened Iran "in the strongest terms" for attacks on "unarmed commercial vessels" and civilian infrastructure, including oil and gas facilities, as well as what they described as the "de facto closure" of the Strait of Hormuz, Al Jazeera reported.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Multiple loud blasts were heard over Jerusalem late Thursday after Israel reported another round of Iranian missile fire and air raid sirens rang out in the city, AFP reporters said.

Israel has detected multiple Iranian launches on Thursday, including one shortly before midnight (2200 GMT), followed by the explosions over Jerusalem.

US Iran war LIVE updates: European leaders have demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a moratorium on strikes on water and energy infrastructure in the Middle East as they met in Brussels to grapple with rising energy prices caused by the war.

All heads of the 27 European Union nations known collectively as the European Council issued a joint statement Thursday calling for the stabilization of energy shipments and “de-escalation and maximum restraint” from warring parties.

US Iran war LIVE updates: The number of Iranians crossing into Turkey has dropped by about a third since the war began, with Tehran now restricting them from crossing the frontier, Turkey's interior minister said late Thursday.

"Since the start of the war, our citizens have been able to cross into Iran without restriction, however Iran has imposed restrictions on its own citizens and is not letting them cross to our side," Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci told journalists.

US Iran war LIVE updates: EU leaders have called for an immediate moratorium on strikes targeting critical civilian infrastructure such as energy and water facilities amid the escalating Iran conflict, stressing the need to protect essential services and avoid further humanitarian fallout.

They also warned that the conflict is already triggering migratory pressures towards Europe, urging member states to remain highly vigilant and prepared for potential spillover effects, including security and economic disruptions.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Russia issued a fresh call on Thursday for an end to hostilities in the Gulf, starting with a halt to US and Israeli attacks, and made a new offer to use its diplomatic leverage to help end the fighting.

"We call for the fastest possible cessation of hostilities, which resulted from the unprovoked aggression of the US and Israel," the foreign ministry said in a statement on its website.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he believes pipelines should be built to transport Middle East oil and gas across the Arabian Peninsula and up to Israeli ports to avoid threats by Iran in the Hormuz Strait and other Gulf waters.

A day after Israel attacked Iran's main gas field in a sharp escalation of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Netanyahu told a press conference that Tehran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium, a claim that has been contested by the UN's nuclear watchdog.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel's military attacks had "decimated" Iran and that the Middle East war could finish sooner than expected, even as the Islamic republic kept up attacks on Gulf oil and gas targets that have jolted global markets.

Nearly four weeks into the Middle East war launched by Israel and the United States, Netanyahu said he was no longer sure who runs Iran and that it was now unable to enrich uranium or build ballistic missiles.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he was "seeing cracks" in the Iranian leadership, with the country's new supreme leader yet to make a public appearance.

"I'm not sure who's running Iran right now. Mojtaba the replacement Ayatollah, has not shown his face. What we see is that there is a lot of tensions inside the people who are edging for the top," Netanyahu said in a televised press conference.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he believed the war in Iran could finish sooner than "people think".

"I also see this war ending a lot faster than people think," Netanyahu said at a press conference.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Netanyahu on Thursday stressed the need to create alternative routes that avoid the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea checkpoints. He also said that Iran's blackmail over closing Strait of Hormuz will not work in the ongoing conflict.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that Israel acted alone on the attack on Iran's South Pars facility and added that Trump has now asked the country to hold off any future attacks.

Earlier in the same day, Trump posted on social media stating that he has asked Netanyahu to not repeat similar attacks. Trump also said that he had no knowledge of the attack

US Iran war LIVE updates: Benjamin Netanyahu, in a press conference, said that Iran's “blackmail” by closing the Strait of Hormuz won't work in the conflict with US, Israel.

Strait of Hormuz is an essential waterway used for shipping oil. Iran earlier claimed control over it, asserting that countries will need permission to cross it.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that there are several possibilities for a “ground component” in the ongoing US, Israel and Iran war. “I won't share what they are,” he added.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that the country is winning while Iran is “being decimated,” in the ongoing attacks by Israel and US.

Netanyahu also said that after 20 days of war, Iran has left “no capacity” to make ballistic missiles or have enrich uranium.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that Iran has no capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles after 20 days of war. His comments came after continues exchange of missiles between US, Israel and Iran,.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE denounced the Iranian attacks. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called them a “dangerous escalation.”

Brent crude oil, the international standard, briefly surged above $119 a barrel, up more than 60% since Israel and the United States started the war. The European benchmark for natural gas prices also rose sharply and has roughly doubled in the past month.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israeli Foreign Minister Gidon Saar on Thursday emphasised Israel's appreciation for its "special strategic partnership" with India during a telephonic conversation with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

The discussion focused on the ongoing conflict in West Asia and its various implications for the region and beyond.

Saar also briefed the EAM on Israel's operations against what he described as the "Iranian terror regime," highlighting Tehran's acts of "naval terrorism" in the Strait of Hormuz.

US Iran war LIVE updates: An Iranian missile attack hit Israel's Oil Refineries in the northern port city of Haifa but did not cause "significant damage", Israel's Energy Ministry said on Thursday.

Energy Minister Eli Cohen said power was briefly disrupted, with electricity restored to most of those who were affected.

"The damage to the power grid in the north is localized and not significant," Cohen said. “Also, in the barrage towards the north, there was no significant damage to Israeli infrastructure sites,” he said.