Live: Iran holds funeral for top military, nuclear figures killed in Israeli strikes

Iran's army chief, Amir Hatami, said Iranian forces are “fully” preparing to carry out “decisive and effective strikes” against Israel, according to a statement quoted by the semi-official Mehr News Agency.

He said that forces have acted “with complete sincerity” from the first moments of Israel’s attack on the country.

Iranian authorities said that Israel had attacked a facility linked to the Ministry of Defence in the city of Isfahan.

“One of the centres affiliated with the Ministry of Defence in Isfahan was attacked moments ago, but there have been no casualties so far,” the deputy provincial governor, Akbar Salehi, was quoted as saying by the ISNA News Agency.

“Expert teams are currently examining the possible damage,” he added.

Iranian attacks on Israeli oil refineries in Haifa have destroyed pipelines and transmission lines, according to a regulatory filing to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

No injuries or casualties were reported at the sites. Refining facilities remain operational despite a shutdown of some downstream operations, Reuters reported.

Several Israelis remain trapped under the rubble of a building in central Israel that was hit during Iran's overnight missile attack, Haaretz reported, quoting an unnamed source from Israel's Home Front Command.

The report stated that rescue teams, comprising personnel from the Home Front Command and special army units, are working to rescue those trapped.

Haaretz added that there is a risk that the damaged building could collapse.

According to the Israeli army, it is estimated that it will take at least a day to complete searches in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv. The area was struck during the Iranian missile barrage, which killed at least six people, injured hundreds, and left many missing.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military “will strike the sites and continue to peel the skin off the Iranian snake in Tehran and everywhere, stripping it of nuclear capabilities and weapons systems”.

“The Iranian dictator is turning Tehran into Beirut and its residents into hostages for the sake of his regime’s survival,” he added.

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said his country’s “firm conviction not to possess a nuclear weapon”.

“Yet those who are willing to deprive Iran of our right to possess the nuclear programme for peaceful purposes, they have no right to do so,” he added.

Araghchi also said that Iran was “prepared to provide the necessary assurances to the Americans” during the sixth round of negotiations with the US that was scheduled for today in Oman.

“The previous round of talks, the Americans presented a number of proposals, which were not totally acceptable to us. We presented our response and our viewpoints, and we were supposed to present a counterproposal. Our proposal could have opened doors for an all-out agreement with the Americans,” he said.

Araghchi said Israel opposes reaching a deal between Iran and the US.

“This is a crystal-clear matter. The Zionist entity is not willing to see us reaching an agreement or a diplomatic solution with the United States,” he added.

The Israeli army has issued an evacuation warning for Iranians staying close to what it describes as  weapons manufacturing facilities and “support institutions”.

“Urgent warning to all Iranian citizens: All persons who are currently or in the near future present in or around military weapons production factories and their support institutions should immediately leave these areas and not return until further notice,” the Israeli military posted in Farsi on a social media post.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country does not want to expand the war unless it was forced to do so.

Speaking at a press conference in Tehran, Araghchi says his country’s response to the Israeli attacks will stop only if “the aggressions stops”.

The Iranian diplomat made his statements during his first public appearance since the Israeli strikes began on Friday.

Moreover, he said the US should condemn the Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Araghchi also added that Israel’s attack on energy structure in Assaluyeh brings the conflict to the Gulf region.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Sunday that his country, along with the UK and France are ready to start negotiations with Iran about its nuclear program.

He added: “Germany, together with France and Britain are ready. We’re offering Iran immediate negotiations about the nuclear program. I hope (the offer) is accepted,” Wadephul told German public broadcaster ARD.

He added: “I hope that’s still possible”.

Wadephul, who is currently on a visit to the Middle East, said the moves aims at de-escalating the current conflict between Israel and Iran.

“This is also a key prerequisite for reaching a pacification of this conflict — that Iran presents no danger to the region, for the State of Israel or to Europe,” he said.

The Jordanian Civil Aviation Regulatory Authority said it re-opened the kingdom’s airspace after it had closed it overnight, due to the escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran.

Israeli news outlet Haaretz said that Israel has intercepted seven drones after sirens sounded in the north.

Meanwhile, seven people are said to be missing in the city of Bat Yam, according to Israel Police, following an overnight missile attack from Iran that killed at least six in the city, located south of Tel Aviv

The Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Sunday that his country has witnessed a “very sad and difficult morning” as at least eight people were killed in  Iranian missile strikes.

On a post on X, Herzog denounced what he described as “criminal Iranian attacks”, and said that he would pray for the wounded to recover and for the Israelis who are still missing to be found.

Israeli media outlets said dozens of people were reported missing after an Iranian strike targeted Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv.

Israeli media said that two more bodies have been recovered from the rubble in central Israel, bringing the death toll of the Iranian attacks on the area to six.

Earlier, we reported that at least four people were killed in Israel's Bat Yam city located south of Tel Aviv.

The Israeli army said it has “completed another wave of attacks in western Iran” “targeting missiles storage and launching infrastructure in the past hour.

Iran has not immediately commented.

Houthis confirmed on Sunday that it has carried out attacks, in coordination with the Iranian army, against Israel.

According to a statement posted by al-Masirah TV,  the attacks targeted “sensitive” locations in the occupied Jaffa area.

Earlier, the Israeli army said some of the missiles launched at the country’s central areas were fired from Yemen.

At least four people were killed in the attacks on central Israel and dozens others wounded. Another  four people  were also killed in a previous round of attacks on northern Israel.