US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Iran launches missile attack on US base in Qatar in retaliation for American strike on nuclear facilities
Iran launches missile attack on US base in Qatar
By Michael Koziol
Washington: Iran has fired missiles at US air bases in Qatar and Iraq in the regime's first act of retaliation for the US bombing of its nuclear facilities at the weekend.
People in Doha, Qatar's capital, stopped and looked up as the missiles flew, and interceptors fired and struck at least one missile in the night sky.
The Qatari defence ministry said its defence systems intercepted the attack on the Al Udeid Air Base and the incident 'did not result in any deaths or injuries'.
4.02am
Iran claims it matched number of bombs US dropped
Iran has said its attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar was a match for same number of bombs dropped by the US on nuclear sites over the weekend.
The regime also claimed, according to the Associated Press, that it targeted the base because it was outside of populated areas.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Perth Now
8 hours ago
- Perth Now
Israel proposes withdrawal of more troops from Gaza
Israel has presented a new proposal in indirect talks over a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, according to a media report. The Jewish state is now willing to withdraw more troops from the Gaza Strip during the ceasefire than previously offered, the Times of Israel newspaper reported, citing an Arab diplomat. Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Qatari capital Doha have recently stalled. A key sticking point is the differing views on the extent of the Israeli troop withdrawal, particularly from the southern Gaza Strip. Israel had previously been adamant that its forces remain in a relatively large area, including a three-kilometre wide buffer zone along the border with Egypt near Rafah, as well as the so-called Morag Corridor, which separates Rafah from Khan Younis, the next second city in the coastal strip. Hamas, however, has demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces to the positions they held before the collapse of the last ceasefire in March. Under the newly reported proposal, Israel would reduce its military presence to a two-kilometre-wide buffer zone along the southern border near Rafah. However, according to the Arab diplomat cited by the Times of Israel, it is doubtful whether this concession will lead to a breakthrough in the negotiations. Israel's wish to maintain its military presence in southern Gaza is linked to plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to establish a camp there for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, media reports say. Critics describe this as an internment camp that could ultimately lead to forced deportation. Israel, however, refers to it as a "humanitarian city" intended as a base for the "voluntary departure" of Gaza's residents. Israel's war on Gaza, which followed the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks by Hamas and other Islamist militants, continues to lead to consternation at the United Nations. UN Secretary General António Guterres said in New York on Monday: "We all condemned the horrible, terrible attacks of Hamas, but what we are witnessing Gaza is a level of death and destruction that has no parallel in recent times." Separately, Egypt's foreign minister said the flow of aid into Gaza has not increased despite an agreement last week between Israel and the European Union that should have had that result. "Nothing has changed (on the ground)," Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told reporters ahead of the EU-Middle East meeting in Brussels on Monday. The EU's top diplomat said the bloc and Israel agreed to improve Gaza's humanitarian situation, including increasing the number of aid trucks and opening crossing points and aid routes. Asked what steps Israel has taken, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar referred to an understanding with the EU but did not provide details on implementation. Asked if there were improvements after the agreement, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told reporters that the situation in Gaza remains "catastrophic". "There is a real catastrophe happening in Gaza resulting from the continuation of the Israeli siege," he said. with Reuters
West Australian
8 hours ago
- West Australian
Israel proposes withdrawal of more troops from Gaza
Israel has presented a new proposal in indirect talks over a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, according to a media report. The Jewish state is now willing to withdraw more troops from the Gaza Strip during the ceasefire than previously offered, the Times of Israel newspaper reported, citing an Arab diplomat. Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Qatari capital Doha have recently stalled. A key sticking point is the differing views on the extent of the Israeli troop withdrawal, particularly from the southern Gaza Strip. Israel had previously been adamant that its forces remain in a relatively large area, including a three-kilometre wide buffer zone along the border with Egypt near Rafah, as well as the so-called Morag Corridor, which separates Rafah from Khan Younis, the next second city in the coastal strip. Hamas, however, has demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces to the positions they held before the collapse of the last ceasefire in March. Under the newly reported proposal, Israel would reduce its military presence to a two-kilometre-wide buffer zone along the southern border near Rafah. However, according to the Arab diplomat cited by the Times of Israel, it is doubtful whether this concession will lead to a breakthrough in the negotiations. Israel's wish to maintain its military presence in southern Gaza is linked to plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to establish a camp there for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, media reports say. Critics describe this as an internment camp that could ultimately lead to forced deportation. Israel, however, refers to it as a "humanitarian city" intended as a base for the "voluntary departure" of Gaza's residents. Israel's war on Gaza, which followed the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks by Hamas and other Islamist militants, continues to lead to consternation at the United Nations. UN Secretary General António Guterres said in New York on Monday: "We all condemned the horrible, terrible attacks of Hamas, but what we are witnessing Gaza is a level of death and destruction that has no parallel in recent times." Separately, Egypt's foreign minister said the flow of aid into Gaza has not increased despite an agreement last week between Israel and the European Union that should have had that result. "Nothing has changed (on the ground)," Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told reporters ahead of the EU-Middle East meeting in Brussels on Monday. The EU's top diplomat said the bloc and Israel agreed to improve Gaza's humanitarian situation, including increasing the number of aid trucks and opening crossing points and aid routes. Asked what steps Israel has taken, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar referred to an understanding with the EU but did not provide details on implementation. Asked if there were improvements after the agreement, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told reporters that the situation in Gaza remains "catastrophic". "There is a real catastrophe happening in Gaza resulting from the continuation of the Israeli siege," he said. with Reuters
7NEWS
a day ago
- 7NEWS
Gazan children collecting water killed by Israeli missile
At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, have been killed and more than a dozen wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water, in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target. The Israeli military said the missile had intended to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area on Sunday, but a malfunction had caused it to fall 'dozens of metres from the target'. 'The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved civilians,' it said in a statement, adding that the incident was under review. The strike hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp, killing six children and injuring 17 others, emergency physician at Al-Awda Hospital Ahmed Abu Saifan said. Water shortages in Gaza have worsened sharply in recent weeks, with fuel shortages causing desalination and sanitation facilities to close, making people dependent on collection centres where they can fill up their plastic containers. Hours later, 12 people were killed by an Israeli strike on a market in Gaza City, including a prominent hospital consultant, Ahmad Qandil, Palestinian media reported. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the attack. Gaza's health ministry says more than 58,000 people have been killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October 2023, with 139 people added to the death toll over the past 24 hours. The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and fighters in its tally, but says over half of those killed are women and children. US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that he was 'hopeful' on Gaza ceasefire negotiations underway in Qatar. He told reporters in Teterboro, New Jersey, that he planned to meet senior Qatari officials on the sidelines of the FIFA Club World Cup final. However, negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire have been stalling, with the two sides divided over the extent of an eventual Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources said at the weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to convene ministers late on Sunday to discuss the latest developments in the talks, an Israeli official said. The indirect talks over a US proposal for a 60-day ceasefire are being held in Doha, but optimism that surfaced last week of a looming deal has largely faded, with both sides accusing each other of intransigence. Netanyahu in a video he posted on Telegram on Sunday said Israel would not back down from its core demands — releasing all the hostages still in Gaza, destroying Hamas and ensuring Gaza will never again be a threat to Israel. The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel, killing about 1200 people and taking 251 hostages into Gaza. At least 20 of the remaining 50 hostages there are believed to still be alive. Netanyahu and his ministers were also set to discuss a plan on Sunday to move hundreds of thousands of Gazans to the southern area of Rafah, in what Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has described as a new 'humanitarian city' but which would be likely to draw international criticism for forced displacement. An Israeli source briefed on discussions in Israel said that the plan was to establish the complex in Rafah during the ceasefire, if it is reached. On Saturday, a Palestinian source familiar with the truce talks said that Hamas rejected withdrawal maps which Israel proposed, because they would leave around 40 per cent of the territory under Israeli control, including all of Rafah.
