US-Iran war live updates: Fresh wave of attacks hit Tehran as Iranian death toll rises to 1,230

The IDF has issued an urgent alert to residents of Beirut, Lebanon’s southern suburbs telling them to evacuate their homes immediately, its Arabic-language spokesperson says.

“Attention, you are prohibited from heading south. Any southward movement could endanger your lives,” says Avichay Adraee.

The Israeli military has told residents in the Burj Al-Barajneh and Hadath neighbourhoods in the south of the Lebanese capital to move to the east.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has identified more missiles launched towards the country from Iran.

The BBC reported that in a post on social media it says defensive systems are working to intercept them and a warning has been sent to phones in relevant areas.

People who get an alert have been told to remain in a protected space until further notice.

Australia sent two military passenger planes to the Middle East earlier this week and six DFAT crisis response teams are on their way as the Government makes contingency plans to help people leave the war zone.

Two Emirates flights carrying Australians left Dubai on Thursday and an Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi was scheduled to depart later in the evening, all heading to Sydney.

A C-17A Globemaster and a KC-30A plane are now positioned in the area to help with potential repatriations, which may involve short hops to nearby places such as Saudi Arabia where commercial flights are still operating.

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The Iran death toll has risen to at least 1,230 following attacks from the US and Israel, an Iranian Government agency announced.

It comes as the war heats up in its sixth day, with the number only expected to rise.

The toll came from Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs.

Iran has vehemently denied firing the missile into Turkey’s airspace that was intercepted by NATO defense systems, local media reports.

The ballisitic missile was fired into Turkish space, there was no casualities or injuries reported.

The Lebanese health ministry is reporting 77 people have been killed and 527 wounded since Israel began airstriking the country.

The ministry says seven children have have been killed as part of the death toll.

AP are reporting more than 83,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon since the conflict began.

Two ‘indoor sports halls’ in the Iranian capital of Tehran have been targeted by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday afternoon.

It is believed the Revolutionary Guard began using the halls as “rallying points” after their main compounds were destroyed.

AP is reporting the Iranian regime has not requested military assistance from the Kremlin since Israeli and US attacks began on Saturday.

Iran and Russia are believed to have signed a “strategic partnership” treaty in January last year, but AP are reporting Russian officials say this does not include military assistance.

“There have been no requests from the Iranian side,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.

The internet blackout in Iran, which was implemented by the regime after US and Israeli strikes on Saturday, has been going for 120 hours according to the independent internet watchdog NetBlocks.

NetBlocks data suggests connectivity has flatlined at just 1 per cent of ordinary levels.

“An increasingly Orwellian environment is emerging as telcos threaten users who try to connect to the global internet with legal action,” a statement from NetBlocks said.

Iranian foreign minister Seyead Abbas Araghchi has declared the US will “come to bitterly regret” the precedent it has set by attacking a warship, which is believed to have killed 87 people.

32 people have been rescued from the ship, which was struck by a torpedo from a US submarine.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has claimed the ship, which was sailing off Sri Lanka, was a “prize” of the Islamic Republic.