US-Iran war live updates: Anthony Albanese announces fuel excise reduction to cope with soaring fuel prices

The fire erupted Monday at the refinery in the northern Israeli city of Haifa for the second time during the monthlong war with Iran, according to AP.

Video showed flames on a large refinery tank with thick black smoke that was quickly extinguished. It wasn’t clear if a missile strike or debris caused the blaze.

The Israeli military says it has begun striking Hezbollah’s infrastructure in Beirut.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say it is targeting the Iran-backed group’s “terrorist infrastructures”.

Lebanese media also report a new wave of Israeli strikes on southern Beirut.

According to the BBC, more than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon as the US-Israel war with Iran continues to impact the wider region.

Israel on Thursday had said it killed Alireza Tangsiri, a rear admiral in the navy.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has now officially acknowledged Tangsiri’s death .

A statement from the Guard on Monday, read on state television, said Tangsiri “joined the ranks of Allah due to the severity of his injuries.”

It praised his efforts, particularly in helping Iran maintain a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. “Every fighter is a Tangsiri, and we will see what surprises they will bring in the days and months ahead,” the statement added.

Comments by Noura Al Kaabi, a minister of state at the UAE’s Foreign Ministry, offered another signal that the UAE wants more than just a ceasefire to stop the war.

In the state-linked, English-language newspaper The National, Al Kaabi denounced the missile and drone attacks targeting her country and Iran’s chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz.

“We want a normal neighbor,” she wrote.

“An Iranian regime that launches ballistic missiles at homes, weaponizes global trade and supports proxies is no longer an acceptable feature of the regional landscape.”

Israel’s military says six of its soldiers have been injured in Lebanon in separate incidents.

Two soldiers were severely injured after an anti-tank missile was fired towards them in southern Lebanon yesterday afternoon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says.

Three IDF soldiers were injured, one severely, after a drone fell near to them, the military says. One more soldier was injured after an “operational accident”, it adds. The troops have all been taken to hospital.

The Kuwait National Guard says it intercepted five drones, the country’s state news agency reported this morning.

It follows the death of a worker from India in an Iranian attack on a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water said in a statement overnight.

Yesterday, Kuwait’s armed forces said 10 of its members were injured in Iranian attacks on military camps.

In a short post on his social platform, President Trump says the US has already destroyed “many targets” in Iran.

He posts on Truth Social: “Big day in Iran. Many long sought after targets have been taken out and destroyed by our GREAT MILITARY, the finest and most lethal in the World.”

The Prime Minister has called for “more certainty” over Donald Trump’s war on Iran, as the head of the RSL warns the month-long conflict is already showing early signs of “mission creep.”

Four weeks after the US launched its attack, Anthony Albanese has again stressed he has “nothing but contempt” for the Iranian regime but argued the objectives outlined by Washington at the start of the war have now largely been achieved.

“At the beginning of the conflict, the objectives were outlined as, one, stopping Iran getting a nuclear weapon – agree. And clearly (that) has been achieved,” Mr Albanese said.

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Shortly after announcing fresh strikes on Tehran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has identified missiles launched from Iran and defensive systems are working to intercept the threat, BBC reports.

It has also issued a precautionary directive to the public, urging them to “act responsibly” and “enter a protected space” until further notice, according to the IDF’s Telegram channel.

US President Donald Trump said today was a “big day in Iran” after joint US-Israeli military operations and ongoing peace talks.

“Big day in Iran. Many long sought after targets have been taken out and destroyed by our GREAT MILITARY, the finest and most lethal in the World. God bless you all!” he wrote on Truth Social.

Speaking on Air Force One, Mr Trump said again the US was “weeks ahead of schedule in Iran”.

He said his administration was now dealing with “new people”.

“We have a group, it’s really a new regime, it’s a new group of people, people we’ve never dealt with before... acting pretty reasonable.

“It really is regime change.”