- Israel vows to keep up strikes -

The Israeli military vowed to continue targeting senior Iranian officials, after announcing it had killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib.

"We will continue to hunt down all of the regime's senior officials. The series of eliminations will not stop," a military spokesman said in a televised briefing.

- 'Uncontrollable consequences' -

Iran's president warned of the risk of "uncontrollable consequences" of attacks on energy infrastructure, after facilities in the giant Iranian South Pars gas field were targeted by Israel.

"This will complicate the situation and could have uncontrollable consequences, the scope of which could engulf the entire world," Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on X.

- Qatar gas complex attacked after Iranian field hit -

Qatar's foreign ministry said that Iranian attacks on its main gas facility were a "a dangerous escalation, a flagrant violation of its sovereignty, and a direct threat to its national security." The state-run Qatar Energy said that fires set by Iranian strikes on its Ras Laffan complex had caused "extensive damage" but authorities said they had been brought under control with no injuries reported.

The Iranian attacks followed strikes earlier on Iran's massive South Pars gas field, which it blamed on Israel and the United States.

United Arab Emirates condemned the targeting of Iranian facilities in a gas field shared with Qatar, calling the attack a "dangerous escalation". Qatar also condemned the Israeli attacks as "dangerous and irresponsible".

Iran's military said it would in response "severely strike" energy infrastructure across the Gulf.

- Saudi capital hit again -

More loud explosions rang out over Riyadh late Wednesday, AFP journalists reported, after authorities previously said they intercepted four ballistic missiles headed for the Saudi capital.

The defence ministry also said it destroyed a drone headed towards a gas plant.

- Khamenei vows revenge -

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written message that the killers of security chief Ali Larijani, who died in an Israeli strike, "will have to pay for it".

"Every drop of spilled blood comes at a price, and the criminal murderers of these martyrs will soon have to pay it," added Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since taking office.

Russia has also condemned Larijani's killing.

- 'Debris' hits Israel airport -

The Israeli military told AFP that "debris" had hit Ben Gurion international airport following Iranian missile fire, without specifying when the incident occurred.

Earlier, medics said missiles from Iran killed two people near Tel Aviv, bringing the death toll from missiles fired on the country to 14.

- NATO discusses Hormuz -

NATO chief Mark Rutte said allies were discussing the "best way" to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, the key oil corridor where Iran has choked off much of the world's oil supply.

- Iran confirms spy chief death -

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed what he called the "cowardly assassination" of the country's top intelligence official, Esmail Khatib who Israel said had been killed in a strike.

- Germany 'would have advised against' war -

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Berlin "would have advised against" starting a war with Iran, had it been consulted by the US or Israel.

While Tehran "bears responsibility" for the crisis in the region, Merz said, Berlin had "made it clear that we still have many questions regarding this war," and Israel and the US had shown "no convincing plan as to how this operation could succeed".

- Oil jumps -

Oil prices surged after the Israeli strike on South Pars.

Brent North Sea crude jumped over five percent to $108.60 per barrel, while the main US oil contract West Texas Intermediate climbed 1.9 percent to $98.01.

- Nuclear plant hit -

The UN nuclear watchdog said Iran reported a strike on the country's only operational nuclear power plant but that it caused no damage.

Russia, which helped build the plant and has staff on site, said it had received a report of a missile strike on the plant's inner perimeter and called the attack "completely unacceptable".

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