Iran preparing to launch missile attack on Israel, says US, as Israel invades southern Lebanon [View all]

Source: BBC

Iran preparing 'imminent' missile attack on Israel - reports
published at 14:50 British Summer Time
14:50 BST
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The US has indications that Iran is preparing to "imminently" launch a missile attack on Israel, according to several news agencies.

AFP cites a US official as its source, and Reuters and Axios cite separately a senior White House official.

Summary
The US has indications that Iran is preparing to "imminently" launch a missile attack on Israel, a senior White House official says

Israeli troops have invaded Lebanon, in what the Israeli military calls a "limited, localised and targeted" ground operation against Hezbollah

On Tuesday morning, an Israeli security official told the BBC there had been "no clashes" yet - but a military spokesman later told people in around 25 Lebanese villages to evacuate

The Lebanese prime minister says his country is facing "one of its most dangerous phases", and that one million people are displaced

Israeli air strikes are continuing - the IDF says it hit Beirut, while officials in Lebanon say a building in a Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon was hit

The Israeli military also says it has been operating inside Lebanon for months, with special forces destroying Hezbollah tunnels and seizing weapons

The US official reportedly tells AFP an attack on Israel would carry "severe consequences for Iran".

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