Pictures have emerged from Tel Aviv, in Israel, where a man and a woman in their 70s were killed by an Iranian missile strike overnight.

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For many Iranians, there is a fear of all sides: American and Israeli bombing of their cities as well as repression from supporters of the regime.

But more than two weeks of war has also left many hopeful that this moment could lead to the end of the current regime, which has a history of heavy-handed suppression of dissent, even as people despise the foreign bombs that have sent plumes of toxic smoke into the air.

The BBC has obtained footage and interviews from the Iranian capital Tehran which evoke a city of strained nerves, of constant waiting for the next air strike and relentless fear of the state security apparatus.

Baran – not her real name – is a businesswoman in her thirties. She is now too scared to go to work. "With the start of the drone attacks, no one dares to go outside. If I open my door and step out, it is like gambling with my life."

Read Fergal Keane's report here.

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The US military says it has struck Iranian missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz with powerful bombs that are capable of penetrating bunkers.

In a post on X, the US Central Command said US forces had "successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile sites" along Iran's coastline of the strait.

"The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these sites posed a risk to international shipping in the strait," the US military says.

Iran’s effective closure of the waterway - through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil shipments move - has sharply disrupted maritime traffic and contributed to rising global oil prices.

The huge bombs, called "bunker busters" – which reportedly cost an estimated $288,000 each – are less powerful than the 30,000-pound (13,600kg) bombs the US used last year when it attacked three underground nuclear sites in Iran.

Unlike conventional bombs, bunker busters are not designed to explode in the air, on the ground or surface of a target. They are encased in heavy, hardened steel and are made to penetrate deep into the ground before detonating.

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We're hearing more reports of an Israeli airstrike in another central suburb in Lebanon's capital of Beirut.

A witness told Reuters news agency that they heard loud explosions in the city's Bachoura neighbourhood after the Israeli military issued a statement urging the evacuation of a building there.

For context: Lebanon was pulled into this conflict a few weeks ago when Hezbollah, a Lebonese Shia Muslim political and military group, launched rockets and drones into Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Iran's supreme leader and repeated Israeli strikes.

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There have also been reports of new attacks on the US embassy compound in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad overnight.

AFP and Reuters news agencies have reported explosions in the early hours of Wednesday local time.

The agencies cited security sources and AFP journalists in the city heard explosions near the embassy, which is in the highly fortified Green Zone area, home to many diplomatic missions and international organisations.

The US outpost has been attacked several times since the start of the war.

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Meanwhile, Israel has been carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon's capital Beirut, where the health ministry says at least six people were killed and 24 others injured.

It added that the figures are preliminary and the victims' identities "will be determined after DNA testing", a statement said.

Local media previously reported one strike hit an apartment building in the central Zuqaq al-Blat neighbourhood, which is close to the government headquarters and several embassies.

A second strike also hit the central Basta district, with witnesses hearing several explosions, according to AFP.

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel in response to US-Israeli strikes that killed Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Iranian army chief Amir Hatami has threatened to launch a "decisive" retaliation for the killing of security chief Ali Larijani in an Israeli air strike.

"At the appropriate time and place, a decisive, deterrent, and regretful response will be given to the criminal America and the bloodthirsty Zionist regime," Hatami says in a statement.

He adds that Larijani's and the deaths of other "martyrs will be avenged".

Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which is separate from the army, says it has already launched missiles at central Israel "in revenge" for Larijani's death, AFP news agency reports.

Israel's emergency services have been responding to missiles strikes on Tel Aviv overnight.

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Thanks for joining our continuing live coverage of the US-Israel war with Iran.

Retaliatory strikes by Iran and its allied militia groups have continued throughout the night, here are the latest developments:

• Iran state media confirms the killing of Ali Larijani, the influential secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in an air strike. Larijani is the most senior official to be killed since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
• Iran's army chief vows revenge for the killing of Larijani by threatening a "decisive, deterrent, and regretful response". Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which is separate from the army, says it has already launched missiles at central Israel "in revenge" for Larijani's death, AFP reports.
• In Israel, a man and a woman in their 70s are dead following an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv
• Israeli military continues striking Hezbollah targets across Lebanon. Lebanon's Health Ministry says at least six people have been killed and 24 others injured in two Israeli strikes on central Beirut, AFP reports
• A UN agency says a projectile hit an Iranian nuclear power plant, but that there was no damage.
• The US military says it has struck Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz
• And Donald Trump has lashed out at Nato and other allies, and claimed the US "no longer need or desire" their help in the Iran war after previously asking them for support

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