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Iran and Israel will have peace "soon", U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Sunday, adding that there were many unspecified meetings happening and that the two countries should make a deal.

In a strongly worded open letter addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron, Dr. Rafa Halabi, a Druze leader and resident of Dalit-el-Carmel in Israel, called for France’s support in what he described as Israel’s war “for the whole world” against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Israel has multi-layered air defences against attacks by Iran, which has fired hundreds of ballistic missiles and suicide drones at Israel over the past two days as the Middle East rivals traded heavy blows.

Iran has asked Cyprus to convey "some messages" to Israel, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, as the east Mediterranean island appealed for restraint in a rapidly escalating crisis in the Middle East.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Cyprus on Sunday in a visit focused on the potential role the island could play in linking India to Europe via a trade corridor, officials said.

Iran does not want its conflict with Israel to expand to neighbouring countries unless the situation is forced, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, adding its response had been based on self-defence.

In the dead of night, Israeli fighter jets did more than destroy missile sites — they shattered an illusion. The illusion that Iran remains a fearsome, untouchable regional power. That myth lies in ruins.

Jordan has announced the closure of its airspace for the second time since Israel’s surprise strike on Iran early Friday triggered a wave of retaliatory actions from the Islamic Republic.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Sunday that they targeted Israel in coordination with Iran, the first time an Iran-aligned group has publicly announced joint cooperation on attacks with Tehran.

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump said the conflict could be easily ended while warning Tehran not to strike any U.S. targets.

Iran has partially suspended gas production at the world's biggest gas field after an Israeli strike caused a fire there on Saturday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, in what would be the first Israeli strike on Iran's oil and gas sector.

Lebanon will aim to keep its airspace open, a minister said on Saturday, hours after officials said the airspace would be shut down in the evening amid Iran-Israel conflict.