Israel and Iran trade devastating strikes as Trump threatens ‘never seen before’ retaliation if US bases hit – live

The Independent’s Political Correspondent Archie Mitchell reports:

The UK’s chancellor has warned conflict in the Middle East will hit family finances, with oil prices jumping and trade routes potentially being blocked.

Rachel Reeves told Sky News: “What happens in the Middle East often, has repercussions around the world.“We’ve already seen in the last few days, for example, oil and gas prices begin to go up.

“That has consequences for people here in the UK, and so we do have an interest in de-escalation in the region.”

Six people have reportedly been killed after an Iranian strike on a building in Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv.

Israeli authorities told the Times of Israel that the death toll had risen from four, with about 180 injured.

Seven people are still missing, they added.

This brings the reported death toll from overnight strikes in Israel to 10.

Four people – thought to all be from the same family – have also been killed in northern Israel.

Israel has issued an evacuation order to Iranians living near weapons facilities and reactors in Iran.

An Israeli military spokesperson shared the “urgent warning” in a post on X.

Avichay Adraee wrote: “For your own safety, we demand that you immediately evacuate these facilities and not return to them until further notice.”

It’s mid-morning in both Israel and Iran, after both countries traded missile strikes overnight.

The official death toll remains unclear in both countries, but it has increased.

In Israel, emergency services have confirmed the deaths of at least seven people after Iranian strikes. Local media is reporting the death toll to be higher, at 10.

Four people are believed to have died in the northern town of Tamra, while more fatalities were reported in the city of Bat Yam, which is just south of Tel Aviv.

Iran has not reported any fatalities from the overnight strikes yet.

Iran has said 78 people were killed there on the first day of Israel’s campaign on Friday, and scores more on the second, including 60 when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran, where 29 of the dead were children.

A fire raged over night at Shahran oil depot, an oil refinery near Iran’s, after it was targeted in an Israeli attack overnight.

The Iranian government has said the situation is now “under control”.

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday.

A fire erupted at Shahran oil depot, an oil refinery near the capital, after it was targeted in an Israeli attack.

Iran has said the situation is now under control.

The Israeli military said early on Sunday it had also targeted Iran’s Defence Ministry headquarters in Tehran as well as sites it alleged were associated with Iran’s nuclear programme around Tehran.

Residents were urged to seek shelter in the early hours of the morning as explosions echoed through Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Strikes were reported in a number of areas, including Bat Yam, a city south of Tel Aviv, the northern town of Tamra and in western Galilee.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Sunday that they targeted central Israel’s Jaffa with several ballistic missiles in the last 24 hours, the first time an ally of Iran has joined the fray.

It was unclear how many buildings were hit overall overnight.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard also claimed that Iranian missiles targeted fuel production facilities for Israeli fighter jets, something not acknowledged by Israel.

Donald Trump has threatened to respond ‘at levels never seen before’ if Iran attacks US bases.

Posting on Truth Social, the US president said his forces had “nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight”.

He added: “If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before.

“However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!”

Israel and Iran traded airstrikes and missiles again overnight.

On Saturday, Iran warned that it would target US, UK or French bases in the region if they shot down missiles heading for Israel.

A 13-year-old girl was killed after Iranian missiles struck a residential building in the town of Tamra, in northern Israel, according to CNN.

A “weapon falling in a direct hit” killed three women and the teenager, according to the network.

Three more were killed in the city of Bat Yam, according to the national emergency service Magen David Adom and Israeli police.