Israel war live: Israel’s strikes continue; labelled a ‘terrorist attack’

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has told his cabinet he “aspires to achieve peace” in the Middle East, but accused Iran of stockpiling nuclear bombs. Follow live updates.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he “aspires to achieve peace” with Arab countries, two days after Israel bombed military targets in Iran.

“I aspire to continue the process I went through a few years ago, with the signing of the historic Abraham Accords, in order to achieve peace with other Arab countries,” Netanyahu said in a speech to politicians as Israel’s parliament began its winter session.

Netanyahu said that Iran seeks to develop a “stockpile” of nuclear bombs aimed at destroying Israel, two days after Israel bombed military targets in the Islamic republic.

“Iran is striving to develop a stockpile of nuclear bombs to destroy us, equipped with long-range missiles, intercontinental missiles that Iran is trying to develop.

“Iran could threaten the entire world at any point.”

This picture shows the destruction at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on October 28, 2024. Picture: AFP

It comes as Lebanon’s health ministry said Israel struck the coastal city of Tyre on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 10 others.

Israel has launched major airstrikes on Lebanon’s ancient city of Tyre, home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, leaving large parts of the city in ruins.

An “Israeli enemy strike this morning on a building” in the centre of the coastal city “led to a provisional toll of five dead and 10 wounded”, a health ministry statement said.

It added that “work is ongoing to remove the rubble”.

Iran's ambassador to Australia Ahmad Sadeghi. Picture: X / @ahmad87051

Meanwhile, Iran’s Ambassador to Australia, Ahmad Sadeghi wrote on X: “The lawless Zionist enemy launched a terrorist attack on the sacred territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a clear violation of national sovereignty and international law.”

He continued: “In defending Iran’s security, four brave officers and soldiers of the Iranian army were martyred while countering the aggressor’s attacks. These honoured martyrs are eternally remembered by the Iranian people. May their memory be cherished, and their path followed.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month condemned Mr Sadeghi’s support of Nasrallah, while Opposition leader Peter Dutton called for his removal from the position.

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