JERUSALEM -- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel is not engaged in any negotiations with Iran to halt the deadly aerial conflict that began with a large-scale Israeli strike on Friday.

"We are not engaged in any negotiations, and we will not allow harm to Israeli civilians," Katz told reporters during a visit to Herzliya, a coastal city north of Tel Aviv, where a missile fired from Iran struck earlier.

Russia said on Tuesday that it was ready to act as a peace broker between Israel and Iran, but noted that Israel appeared reluctant to accept outside mediation.

TEHRAN -- Two loud explosions were heard in central and northern Tehran on Tuesday, local eyewitnesses reported, as Israel continued its bombardment of the Iranian capital for a fifth consecutive day.

There was no immediate information on the cause or exact locations of the blasts.

TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday Israel seeks to expand the war to other countries in the West Asia region.

He made the remarks at a weekly press conference while condemning the ongoing Israeli "aggression" against Iran, which has started since early Friday.

Leading Pakistani officials said the country stands in "resolute solidarity" with the people and government of Iran following Israeli strikes on military and nuclear targets.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the international community and the United Nations to take "urgent and credible steps" to put an end to "Israel's aggressive behavior and its illegal action", on June 14, a day after the strikes on Iran.

JERUSALEM -- A fresh missile attack from Iran activated sirens in multiple areas across Israel on Sunday, the Israeli military said, sending millions to shelters in the afternoon.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Air Force aircraft struck more than 80 sites across the Iranian capital, Tehran, over the past day, the Israeli military's spokesman, Effie Defrin, said on Sunday, as Israel continued airstrikes across the Islamic Republic for a third consecutive day.

The wave of attacks began at 22:45 on Saturday and continued through Sunday morning. "The aircraft operated via the aerial corridor we paved to the center of Iran," Defrin said in a briefing to reporters, adding that Israeli forces also struck Houthi sites in Yemen.

TEHRAN - Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has confirmed that eight other senior commanders of its aerospace division were killed in Israel's Friday airstrikes on the capital Tehran.

In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC extended condolences over the "martyrdom" of its senior commanders.

JERUSALEM - Iranian aerial attacks killed at least six people and injured 140 others in Israel early on Sunday, Israeli authorities said.

Air sirens and sounds of explosions sent millions running to shelters in dozens of cities across Israel, the military said in a statement.

If Israeli attacks on Iran stop, "our responses will also stop," said Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a news conference in Teheran on Sunday in his first public appearance since the Israeli strikes began on Friday.

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump had discussed the situation in the Middle East in a phone conversation, the Kremlin said Saturday.

"The conversation lasted for 50 minutes, it was substantive, sincere and very useful," Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said. "Naturally, it was focused on the dangerous exacerbation of the situation in the Middle East."

Israeli military says it hits Iran's defense ministry headquarters: media

Explosions shake Tehran as Iran's tensions with Israel escalate: witness.

TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched late Saturday night a "large-scale combined offensive operation" against Israel, involving a significant number of missiles and drones, the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News reported.

JERUSALEM -- A woman was killed and 13 others were injured on Saturday night when a missile launched from Iran struck a two-story building in the Arab city of Tamra in northern Israel, according to Israel's national emergency service, Magen David Adom.

A barrage of missiles was fired from Iran toward wide areas of northern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. According to Israel's Channel 12 News, the attack involved more than 40 missiles.

TEHRAN -- An Israeli airstrike struck an ambulance in Iran's West Azerbaijan province, killing two people, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

The semi-official Tasnim news agency said the vehicle was "deliberately targeted" while carrying out humanitarian operations. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

TEHRAN -- Israeli airstrikes in Iran's East Azerbaijan province have killed 30 military personnel and one rescue worker, the province's Governor, Bahram Sarmast, announced on Saturday.

TEHRAN -- An Israeli micro aerial vehicle hit an onshore refinery of the phase 14 of Iran's South Pars gas field in Bushehr province on Saturday, causing an explosion at the facility, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement on Saturday that "we have paved a path to Tehran. In the very near future, Israeli jets will be seen over the skies of Tehran."

He warned that Israel would strike any site of Iran, "and what they have felt so far is nothing compared to what they will feel under our arms in the coming days."

BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke to his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa'ar, over the phone on Saturday.

In the phone call, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China firmly opposes Israel's use of force against Iran in violation of international law.