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UN chief 'deeply disturbed' after Israeli attacks on Iran

Joe Biden, The US President said he hoped so Israeli continues to beat Iran “The end” came overnight.

Biden also said it appears that Israel only attacked military targets in its attack on Iran.

Iran said three sites were hit and “limited damage” was caused.

EgyptThe airline's flagship canceled flights from Cairo to Baghdad and Erbil on Saturday Iraq and Amman, Jordan.

EgyptAir blamed “ongoing developments in the region” for the cancellations.

According to the Ministry of Health, 19 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Friday

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Entire population in northern Gaza “at risk of dying”

The EU has called for “utmost restraint” after two Iranian soldiers were killed in Israeli retaliatory attacks.

At least seven explosions were reported in Tehran and nearby Karaj, as well as the eastern city of Mashhad, in Israeli airstrikes that hit Iran early Saturday.

The attacks came in response to Iran launching a rocket barrage on October 1 that fired an estimated 180 ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv and military bases.

Iran's foreign minister has defended the country's right to “defend itself against aggressive acts from outside.”

On Saturday, the EU called on all parties to exercise extreme restraint to prevent an “uncontrollable escalation” in the Middle East.

The dangerous cycle of attacks and retaliation risks further escalating the regional conflict,” the 27-nation bloc said in a statement.

While recognizing Israel's right to self-defense, the EU calls on all parties to exercise extreme restraint to prevent an uncontrollable escalation that is in no one's interest.

With its call for restraint, the EU echoed the sentiments expressed by leaders around the world.

Here are some photos from Tehran today after Israeli attacks on military targets overnight.

Israeli forces are withdrawing from the last functioning hospital in the northern Gaza Strip

A Hamas fighter has been killed in an attack in the West Bank, according to the Israeli military.

In a joint statement carried by AFP, the Israeli military, police and domestic intelligence service Shin Bet said forces killed the militant during an “anti-terror operation” in Tulkarem.

The aim of the operation was to “eliminate Islam Odeh,” whom they accused of planning terrorist attacks. Odeh “opened fire on the security forces” during the operation. He was surrounded and then killed, the statement said.

“The armed forces found weapons in his vehicle, including links to IED manufacturing,” they added.

Odeh was recently “assigned to lead the terrorist network in Tulkarem and has begun planning further terrorist attacks.”

Our graphics team created this map of Israeli airstrikes on Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning:

Hezbollah fired rockets at five residential areas in northern Israel.

AFP reported that Hezbollah fired “barrels of rockets” on Saturday at five residential areas in northern Israel, including on the outskirts of Krayot near Haifa.

The Israeli army had claimed the Iran-backed group fired around 80 projectiles across the border.

Earlier on Saturday, it was reported that Hezbollah fired rockets at Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab, while simultaneously launching drones against an Israeli air base south of Tel Aviv.

A Hezbollah-affiliated rescuer has been killed in an Israeli attack on a medical center in southern Lebanon.

AFP has reported that the medic was killed during a strike at a medical center in Bazuriyeh on Saturday. Five other people, including three Hezbollah-affiliated medics, were injured.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health said the raid took place at a medical center in Bazuriyeh. The death means 164 rescuers and medics have been killed since Hezbollah and Israel began the cross-border fire trade last year.

Analysis: Iran mocks Israel's 'weak' attacks as hardliners demand retaliation

Patrick Wintour

In a statement on Saturday, Iran's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Israel's attack on its military targets and said they had the right to defend themselves. .

“Based on its inherent right to legitimate defense enshrined in Article 51 of the UN Charter, the Islamic Republic of Iran considers itself entitled and obliged to defend itself against acts of foreign aggression.”

Iran's Tasnim news agency reports that Iran will “use all physical and spiritual capabilities of the Iranian nation to protect its interests and security.”