Israel says Iran's intelligence minister killed

Israel says Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib has been killed in an overnight strike, the BBC reports.

It comes after Iran's top security official Ali Larijani was also killed yesterday. Iran has not yet commented on Khatib.

Meanwhile, Israel has launched a series of strikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut, as it continues its offensive against Hezbollah.

Retaliatory strikes by Iran and its allied militia groups continue across the Middle East - in Israel, two people are killed in Tel Aviv, with blasts and drone interceptions reported in Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Earlier, the US military said it used bunker-busting "deep penetrator" bombs to hit Iranian missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz; the vital waterway for transporting oil has been effectively blocked by Iran since the war began.