West Asia War LIVE Updates: Iran accuses US, Israel of targeting universities, warns of retaliation

West Asia War LIVE Updates: France condemns Houthis for entering Mideast war

France condemned on Sunday two attacks by Yemen`s Houthi rebels on Israeli targets, accusing them of escalating tension in the Middle East by entering the regional war. A Houthi spokesman said on Saturday the Iranian-backed group had fired missiles and drones towards "several vital and military sites" in Israel, the same day that Israel said it had intensified attacks on Iran`s military industry.

West Asia War LIVE Updates: Israel army says hit key ballistic missile unit in Iran

The Israeli military said on Sunday that overnight it had attacked a key production facility in Tehran used by Iran`s defence ministry to manufacture components for ballistic missiles. "The site is one of only two of its kind in Iran where critical components were developed for the assembly and operationalisation of missiles set to launch toward the state of Israel," the military said.

West Asia War LIVE Updates: Israel military says impact at industrial complex may be from missile shrapnel

The Israeli military said on Sunday that an impact at an industrial zone may have been caused by missile shrapnel, shortly after it detected a new barrage fired from Iran. "We understand that there is a missile shrapnel impact," the military told AFP, as Israeli television channels showed thick black smoke billowing into the sky from the Ramat Hovav industrial zone in the Negev desert in southern Israel. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

West Asia War LIVE Updates: Israel PM says `no malicious intent` in preventing Latin Patriarch from entering Holy Sepulchre

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli police had "no malicious intent" when they prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday mass. "Today, out of special concern for his safety, Jerusalem police prevented the Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pizzaballa from holding mass this morning at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre," Netanyahu said on X.