#BREAKING : Massive rocket barrage fired from Lebanon towards Meron, video footage from Safed showing many impacts in the area

Lebanese media reporting 2 dead in Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Beqaa, deep in Lebanon

JUST IN: IDF Chief of Staff and Shin Bet Director secretly visited Cairo today for talks with top Egyptian officials about a possible Rafah operation. (Axios)

#BREAKING : The Israeli military has conducted all necessary preparations for Rafah operation and can launch it the moment it gets government approval. (Reuters)

#BREAKING : IDF says fighter jets and artillery struck some 40 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the last few hours; DM Gallant says half the Hezbollah commanders in southern Lebanon have been killed in IDF strikes, other half are in hiding.

Israel’s military spy chief tendered his resignation, the country’s first senior official to step down in acknowledgment of the failures that enabled Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. (WSJ)

NEW: At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday. The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops. (Reuters)

Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit acknowledgment that despite launching a massive assault, few projectiles actually made through to their targets. (AP)

From the apparent decision in Iran to pretend this didn't happen and avoid need for a response, it would seem Israel successfully sent the message warning Iran of complete air superiority in any larger conflict, with no site in Iran immune to Israeli strikes.

#BREAKING : Three missiles were fired from Israeli fighter aircraft outside of Iran last night, targeting an air defense radar site near Isfahan that’s part of the protection of the Natanz nuclear facility. The first assessment is that the strike took out the site. (ABC)

British security firm Ambrey said merchant vessels transiting the Gulf and Western Indian Ocean were advised to stay alert in case of increased UAV activity in the region, says it had received info that indicated an 'Israeli military strike' was conducted on Isfahan, Iran-Reuters

#BREAKING : Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian airlines cancel flights to Israel today following alleged strikes in Iran

The Biden administration is considering more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel including tank ammunition, military vehicles and mortar rounds, U.S. officials said. (WSJ)

#BREAKING : The Jerusalem Post has confirmed that long-range missiles launched from aircraft caused the attack on an Iranian Air Force facility at Isfahan, and multiple sources confirmed to the New York Times that this was Israel. (Jpost)

Senior Iranian official tells Reuters there is no plan for immediate retaliation – after Israel launched strike against Iran. (Sky)

NEW: United States vetoes Palestinian bid to become full UN member, as 12 other Security Council nations vote in favor and two abstain. (AFP)

Israel has made significant progress in preparations for the evacuation of around 1 million civilians from Rafah, including repairing water and sewage pipes and amassing thousands of tents, ahead of the Israeli military’s impending operation in the southern Gaza city. (ABC)

Iran could review its 'nuclear doctrine' following Israeli threats, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday, raising concerns about Tehran's nuclear programme which it has always said was strictly for peaceful purposes. (Reuters)

An Iranian intelligence ship that's been linked to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea has returned home to Iran amid threats from Israel. (Bloomberg)

A former Mossad official says targeting nuclear facilities in Iran is among the options on the table as Israel decides how to respond to Saturday's attack. Meanwhile, Iran's president has warned the 'tiniest move' against the country would bring a 'fierce' response. (Sky News)