Iran's attacks on Israel leave at least 10 dead: 'They will pay a very high price,' warns Benjamin Netanyahu

Iranian missile fire against Israel killed at least 10 people overnight, officials reported Sunday, as the arch-rivals continued to launch new waves of attacks in their most intense confrontation ever. On Sunday, for the third consecutive day, Israel launched a new wave of attacks against Tehran, where explosions and a large cloud of smoke were reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office reported 13 dead and more than 350 wounded in his country from Iranian airstrikes since the military escalation began on Friday.

Netanyahu warned Iran that it will pay "a very high price" for the deaths of civilians in Israel.

"Iran will pay a very high price for the premeditated murder of civilians, women and children," Netanyahu said during a visit to Bat Yam, a city south of Tel Aviv hit by missiles, in a video message released by his office.

In response to this attack, the Israeli army bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran on Sunday, as well as fuel depots in several cities across the country, on the third day of an unprecedented conflict between the two arch-enemies.

In Iran, a dense cloud of smoke covered the capital after Israeli aircraft hit two fuel depots.

President Donald Trump warned Iran that the US military would respond with "full force" if it attacked Iran and stressed that Washington had "nothing to do" with Israel's attacks on Tehran's nuclear sites.

Israel launched its offensive against the Islamic Republic on Friday, bombing the country's military and nuclear sites in attacks that left dozens dead and hundreds wounded.

Iran's representative to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, reported on Friday that at least 78 people had been killed and more than 320 injured, the "vast majority of them civilians."

Iranian authorities did not release an updated toll, but Tehran claims that Israel killed nine nuclear scientists and senior officers of the Revolutionary Guards, the country's ideological army.

In response, the Islamic Republic launched missiles at Israel, and the mutual attacks continued on Sunday.

Israeli police said six people were killed and at least 180 wounded in an overnight missile attack in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv.

Emergency crews, wearing helmets and headlamps, inspected the bombed building at dawn, and police said at least seven people were missing.

"There was an explosion, and I thought the whole house had collapsed," said Shahar Ben Zion, a Bat Yam resident. "It was a miracle we survived."

In northern Israel, rescuers and medics said an attack destroyed a three-story building in Tamra, killing four women.

After decades of hostility and conflict, this is the first time the arch-enemies have clashed with such intensity, raising fears of a protracted conflict that could affect the entire Middle East.

On Sunday morning, AFP journalists heard several explosions in Tehran, the Iranian capital.

The Israeli military said it attacked the Defense Ministry headquarters in the city, and the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported minor damage.

Iran's ISNA news agency also reported an Israeli attack on a Defense Ministry facility in the central city of Isfahan.

Israeli forces claimed to have struck "the headquarters of the SPND (Defensive Innovation and Research Organization) nuclear project," fuel depots, and other targets.

The Iranian Oil Ministry said two fuel depots in the Tehran area were hit.

An AFP journalist saw a burning warehouse in Shahran, northwest of the capital.

Netanyahu vowed on Saturday to strike "all targets of the Iranian regime" under the guise of preventing it from acquiring nuclear weapons, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that further attacks would provoke "a more forceful response."

Israeli strikes hit the Natanz pilot uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, killing nine scientists working on the nuclear program.

The country's highest-ranking officers were also killed, including the head of the Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, and the chief of staff, Mohammad Bagheri.

The Israeli military on Sunday urged Iranians to evacuate areas near weapons facilities across the country.

"The Zionist regime has crossed a new red line in international law" by attacking nuclear facilities, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi declared during a meeting with foreign diplomats broadcast on state television.

He also claimed that Tehran has "solid evidence" that US forces supported the Israeli attacks.

"We are defending ourselves; our defense is completely legitimate (...) If the aggression ceases, our responses will naturally cease as well," he added.

The attacks continue despite global calls for de-escalation. Iran and the United States were scheduled to hold a new round of indirect negotiations on Iran's nuclear program this Sunday, mediated by Oman.

However, Muscat announced on Saturday that the talks would not take place, after Iran accused Israel of undermining the discussions.

Minister Araqchi, however, stated this Sunday that Iran remains open to a nuclear deal, although it refuses to give up its "nuclear rights."

Western powers, including the United States and Israel, suspect that Iran is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. Tehran, however, denies this and defends its right to pursue a nuclear program for civilian purposes.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRG) said they had attacked Israeli warplane refueling facilities and vowed to respond "with even greater ferocity" if Israel continues its offensive.

For their part, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed they launched several missiles at Israel, attacks "coordinated with operations carried out by the Iranian army."