We're signing off now as day four of intensifying hostilities between Iran and Israel draws to a close, but with no end to the exchanges of missiles and drones in sight.
Here's a summary of the key points from this Monday evening:
- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told ABC News in the United States that he has not ruled out eliminating Iran’s Supreme Leader, claiming it would end not escalate the ongoing fighting.
- Netanyahu also said that Israeli strikes against Iran have set the country's nuclear programme back a "very, very long time."
- The IDF said it is striking surface-to-surface missile infrastructure in western Iran.
- Iranian state media said the country was preparing for the "largest and most intense missile attack in history on Israeli soil" but gave no further details about the planned assault.
- The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, part of state television broadcaster IRIB, said it was attacked by Israel, a strike which knocked the channel off the air for several minutes.
- US President Donald Trump said that Iran "is not winning this war" and should talk about de-escalation with Israel immediately "before it’s too late."
- Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi made a veiled outreach for the US to step in and negotiate an end to the escalating hostilities, saying "It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu."
- G7 leaders meeting in Canada have prepared several draft documents, including one calling for a de-escalation in the Middle East, but a US official told CBS that Trump will not sign the statement.
Calculating the death toll
In four days of fighting, 24 people have been killed in Israel and more than 500 injured, Israeli officials said.
Determining the death toll in Iran is harder as most Western media outlets are forbidden from reporting there.
Rights groups say that the Iranian government's official death toll of 224 is a significant undercount and put the number of fatalities at more than 400 with at least 1,277 wounded.
Our journalists will be back with all the latest developments on Tuesday morning.
