Iran and Israel trade fresh missile strikes amid rising tensions in Middle East, as Donald Trump calls for end to conflict
Iran and Israel have traded a fresh round of rocket fire, as United States President Donald Trump declares the deadly conflict "should end".
Tensions have been growing between Tehran and Jerusalem after Israel's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on Friday, which it claimed killed senior military officials and scientists.
Iran in turn fired 100 drones towards Israel in the hours following the attack, after vowing a "harsh and decisive" response in retaliation to the strikes.
The conflict has continued to escalate over the weekend, with both Israel and Iran exchanging a new wave of missiles on late Saturday night, local time.
Iran has claimed Israeli strikes have pounded its major Shahran oil depot located north-west of Tehran, with reports of a fire breaking out soon after the attack on the facility.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Air Force confirmed it is "attacking military targets in Tehran, in parallel with the activity of intercepting missiles launched from Iran".
Israeli Defence Force International Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani also said the military is attempting to block Iranian strikes.
"While the IDF is operating to intercept missiles launched from Iran, the IAF is currently striking military targets in Tehran," he wrote on X on Saturday night.
Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz took to social media to declare "Tehran is burning" not long after news broke of the attack on the oil facility.
The conflict has sparked concern for various world leaders, including President Trump who confirmed he discussed the Israel-Iran war during a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"The call lasted approximately one hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war (with Ukraine) should also end," the President wrote on Truth Social.
The Kremlin has confirmed the call took place between the two leaders, in which President Trump claims Putin wished him a happy 79th birthday.
Kremlin spokesperson Yuri Ushakov said Putin condemned the Israeli military operation against Iran and expressed concern about the risks of escalation.
President Trump's comments mark the first time he has explicitly called for an end to hostilities between Washington's ally Israel and its Middle East rival Iran since it began late last week.
Reuters reports that several projectiles could be seen in the night sky over Jerusalem late on Saturday, while sirens could be heard in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.
Iran said 78 people were killed on the first day of Israel's campaign, and scores more on the second, including 60 when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran.
Iran had launched its own retaliatory missile volley on Friday night, killing at least three people in Israel.
Israel's ambulance service said a woman in her 20s was killed and 13 other people injured when a missile struck a two-story house in northern Israel.
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