- Islamabad talks offer -

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Islamabad is prepared to host negotiations to stop the US-Israeli war with Iran, after mounting speculation it could act as a mediator.

- G7 war discussion -

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet G7 counterparts in France on Friday to discuss the war, the State Department said.

While all G7 nations are close US allies, none has unambiguously offered support for the offensive on Iran, angering President Donald Trump.

Trump has since announced his government is speaking with Iran, a claim denied by Tehran.

- Iran arrests -

Iranian authorities said that 466 people have been arrested, accused of seeking to destabilise the country through their online activity.

The exact nature of the online activity nor the dates of the arrests were provided. Internet has been shut down in Iran since the start of the war on February 28.

- Iran security chief -

Iran named a former Revolutionary Guards commander, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, as head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, succeeding Ali Larijani, who was killed last week in an Israeli strike.

- Gulf 'breakdown' -

The Gulf states will need to re-evaluate their shared security after the war, which has resulted in a "breakdown of the security system," a Qatar foreign ministry spokesman said.

- Iran envoy out -

Lebanon withdrew the accreditation of Iran's ambassador and gave him until Sunday to leave the country.

The move came after Beirut accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of commanding the operations of the Tehran-backed Hezbollah in its war against Israel.

- Isfahan strikes -

Israel's military said that it had completed a "large wave of strikes in Isfahan".

- 'Security zone' -

Israel said it military will seize control of an area 30 kilometres (20 miles) into Lebanon a "security zone", as it presses its fight against Iran-backed Hezbollah.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told AFP that Israel should "refrain" from that measure, warning it would have "major humanitarian consequences".

- UN rights meet -

The UN Human Rights Council said it will hold an urgent meeting on Wednesday on Iran's strikes on countries in the Gulf region.

- Iran energy sites hit -

Iranian media reported on Tuesday that Israeli-US strikes targeted two gas facilities and a pipeline, hours after US President Donald Trump stepped back from his threat to attack power infrastructure.

In an interview with state TV, Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said that Iran was less vulnerable to attacks on energy infrastructure because it was spread out, with 150 power plants across the country.

- Iraqi Kurdistan targeted -

A rocket attack in Iraq's north killed six fighters from the Peshmerga armed forces of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, officials said.

The region's armed forces ministry blamed Tehran, saying "six Iranian ballistic missiles targeted" the troops in two attacks.

- Wounded in Tel Aviv -

Four people were wounded in Tel Aviv, where police reported several impact sites after the military warned of incoming missiles from Iran.

The city's mayor said the hit in an upscale neighbourhood in the north was a "direct strike".

Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to conduct "heavy missile and drone strikes" in what it said was support for Palestinian and Lebanese civilians hit by Israeli fire.

- Two killed near Beirut -

An Israeli strike on Bshamoun, a town south of Beirut which lies outside the traditional strongholds of Iran-backed Hezbollah, killed at least two people, Lebanon's health ministry said.

- Iraq deaths -

A strike in western Iraq on Tuesday killed 15 fighters, including Saad Dawai al-Baiji, provincial commander and head of operations in Anbar for the former paramilitary coalition Hashed al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF).

The PMF is now part of Iraq's regular army but also includes some pro-Iranian groups. It has blamed the attack on the United States.

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