Xi says he is deeply worried by Israel's military action against Iran, calls for de-escalation as soon as possible

Hezbollah, Iran’s most powerful regional ally, has signaled privately that it does not intend to attack Israel, but Lebanon’s military has bolstered its presence in the country’s south to prevent rocket fire.

Israel and Iran have begun a new round of attacks, as the conflict between the two heavily armed rivals enters its fourth day.

The Times explains how Trump went from being hesitant about the Israeli bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities late last week to wanting to share in the credit.

President Trump’s early departure comes after a White House official said he had decided not to sign onto a G7 statement about Israel and Iran. In the end, he did sign it.

What began with Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and other targets has now spiraled into the world’s first full-scale example of what is a “threshold war”.

As soon as the first attacks happened, the Iranian airspace was deserted and commercial airlines could be spotted avoiding the entire region where missiles could fly. Even Israeli airlines said they had relocated their aircraft to safer countries away from the conflict.