Big sounding blasts have been heard overnight in Jerusalem and in the Iranian capital Tehran as Iranians mark Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will “hold off” attacks on Iranian gas fields after being asked to by US President Donald Trump.
There has been a rise in Iranian rocket attacks on Jerusalem – there were four last night within the space of an hour and a half, and there have been two more this morning, with no reports of casualties.
Other Iranian salvos have been directed at northern and southern Israel.
Overnight, Israel struck Tehran, again targeting what it said was the “infrastructure” of the Iranian regime. Israel’s military assesses that Iran still has more than 150 functioning missile launchers and several hundred ballistic missiles.
Israel’s Kan News reported last night that, since the war began, the Iranians have fired about 900 ballistic missiles – 350 aimed at Israel and nearly all the others at the Arab Gulf states.
A new video shared by Iran’s WANA news agency appeared to show Iran launching missiles overnight from an undisclosed location.
Although Israel says it has stopped Iran being able to manufacture new missiles, an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps spokesperson said that even during wartime Iran’s missiles industry is performing at a high level, with no concerns over production or stockpiles.
