The IDF says it "continues to degrade" Hezbollah capabilities in Lebanon.

Overnight, it completed an "additional wave of strikes targeting rocket launchers, weapons storage facilities, and additional military sites" in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa valley, the Israeli military writes in a post on Telegram.

The IDF says commanders of Hezbollah's Radwan Force were also struck, as well as two Radwan command centres in the area of Majdal Sel in southern Lebanon.

The Radwan Force is Hezbollah's elite commando unit.

The IDF says "steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians" before the attack.

Separate photos we shared earlier also show charred buildings and piles of rubble in Beirut's capital, Lebanon. The IDF has issued mass evacuation orders in recent days, resulting in thousands being displaced from their homes

Image source, IRNA

UPDATE: The image, published by the state-run news agency IRNA, appears to be an old photo that was used by other media in 2019.

The UK Department for Transport said on 8 March that officials were able to confirm that the oil tanker Prima, located off Mozambique, was not attacked.

Iranian media have shared this image of a burning ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

This follows a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) earlier, saying it had targeted an oil tanker in the Gulf as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz.

The IRGC reiterated that it is not allowing oil tankers and commercial vessels "allied with hostile countries" to pass through the strait.

The BBC has verified footage showing a drone striking near Dubai International airport.

Video shared widely on social media shows an explosion and a large plume of smoke above near the terminal. In the footage, a man can be heard describing "another drone" and a whirring sound is heard just before the explosion.

The exact location of the impact is not clear, but appears to be near the airport's concourse A.

We'll bring you the video shortly.

Large-scale evacuations were carried out yesterday in the Dahieh suburbs of southern Beirut, Lebanon, where Israel has been carrying out strikes.

BBC Arabic has been speaking with displaced families.

"What can I say? We no longer know what to take with us, what to do, or how we will run while carrying our children," says Fatima.

"Sometimes I sit and think about my house: is it possible that I may never see it again? I still haven’t finished repairing it since the previous war," she adds.

"Last time when we were displaced, we took the cat with us. We put it in a hotel and paid money for it, while we ourselves were displaced to a school... But this time we couldn’t take it out."

Zahraa describes how she slept in a car. "There were four of us," she says.

"It was a shock for us to leave our homes like that. There was suffocating traffic, and we kept thinking that we might be hit by an airstrike at any moment. No one could understand what was going to happen."

We are seeing photos from Beirut's southern suburbs, which have been targeted by Israeli strikes.

In a post on X yesterday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Israeli Air Force had struck "terror targets" in the Dahiyeh district, including Hezbollah and IRGC command centres.

Thousands have been displaced from their homes after sweeping evacuation orders were issued by Israel.

“Of course, everyone is afraid, but we always have to have hope," one woman told the BBC from a makeshift shelter in Beirut yesterday.

Image source, Reuters

Image source, Reuters

Image source, Reuters

Sasha Schlichter
BBC World Service

Regional states hosting US bases are adamant they've not allowed them to be used to launch attacks against Iran.

Several Gulf countries even tried to dissuade Washington from starting its bombing campaign.

And yet, Iran's first reaction, exactly a week ago, was to lash out at its neighbours, even at Oman which had been mediating in diplomacy.

Now, in a speech broadcast on state TV, President Pezeshkian declared that Iran would stop its attacks, unless attacked first.

He also apologised to Iran's neighbours, and vowed that Iran would continue resisting, saying its enemies "must take their wish for the surrender of the Iranian people to their graves".

However, Qatar's defence ministry has also reported that it has intercepted a missile.

The Israel Defense Forces says it has started a "broad wave" of strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure in Tehran and Isfahan.

This is its first announcement today on its English Telegram channel about strikes on Iran.

UPDATE: The UK Department for Transport said on 8 March that officials were able to confirm that Prima, located off Mozambique, was not attacked.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has targeted an oil tanker in the gulf that was passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement shared on Telegram, it says an oil tanker under the name "Prima" was struck by a drone after "ignoring repeated warnings" issued by the IRGC Navy about the "prohibition of traffic" through the strait.

The IRGC adds it is not allowing oil tankers and commercial vessels "allied with hostile countries" to pass through the Strait.

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most significant lanes for shipping energy, and about a fifth of the world's oil and gas passes through it.

The war in the Middle East has seen the shipping lane grind to an effective standstill, with the Iranian regime threatening earlier this week to "set fire" to vessels that attempt to go through.

US President Donald Trump later said that the US navy could escort ships through the passage "if necessary".

Nick Beake
Europe Correspondent reporting from Dubai

There is ongoing confusion about the status of flights in and out of Dubai today.

The United Arab Emirates says another Iranian strike was intercepted early this morning.

On X, the official account of the Government of Dubai Media Office has called it a “minor” incident with some falling debris but no injuries.

It has denied reports on social media the international airport had been impacted.

Dubai International Airport has said in the past hour that operations have been suspended, but moments ago posted that flights are partially resuming.

Emirates - one of the two UAE flag carriers - has also announced it is resuming operations, asking customers with flights today to come to the airport.

The Government of Dubai Media Office has also reposted Emirates’s latest message about its operations restarting.

Dubai International Airport says it has "partially resumed operations", with some flights operating out of Dubai International Aiport and Al Maktoum International Airport.

This follows a temporary suspension of services earlier today.

"Please do not travel to the airport unless you have been contacted by your airline that your flight is confirmed, as schedules continue to change," it adds.

The BBC's Anna Foster has just been speaking on the Today programme, reporting from Doha.

Just as she was reporting the news that Iran's president said the country would not target its neighbours in strikes, an alert started sounding on her phone.

"You might be able to hear in the background as I'm speaking an alert siren," she says.

"I feel like I've used the word unpredictable so much in last week, but when I'm preparing to let you know that the Iranian president has apologised to his neighbours and said no more attacks, and then you hear a siren moments later, I think it's a real example of that unpredictability in action," she says.

Qatar's Ministry of Defense says its armed forces have "intercepted" a missile attack.

The update was shared in a post published on X just before 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT).

It comes just a message from Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian was broadcast a video message on Iranian state television, saying Iran would no longer target neighbouring countries.

Arman Sharifi
BBC Monitoring

Image source, IRNA

The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has just broadcast a video message on Iranian state television.

“I deem it necessary to apologise to neighbouring countries that were attacked,” he says.

"We do not intend to invade neighbouring countries,” he says, and calls for regional cooperation to "establish peace and calm".

Pezeshkian adds that a leadership decision has been issued to the armed forces: “from now on, do not attack neighbouring countries unless attacked first.”

“Those considering exploiting this moment to attack Iran must not become puppets of imperialism," the president says, adding that supporting Israel or the US is “not a path to honour and freedom.”

Emirates says it is resuming operations, following its temporary suspension of flights earlier.

Dubai's international airport previously said it was suspending operations. We haven't yet heard an update about whether flights have resumed.

A new statement from Emirates airline says that it "will resume operations. Passengers who have confirmed bookings for this afternoon’s flights may proceed to the airport."

This includes customers transiting in Dubai, if their connecting flight is also operating, says the airline.

"Emirates continues to monitor the situation, and we will develop our operational schedule accordingly," it says.

In a new update, Dubai International Airport says it has "temporarily suspended" all operations.

This is for "the safety of passengers, airport staff, and airline crew", it says.

In a new statement shared on X, the Emirates airline says that "all flights to Dubai have been suspended until further notice".

"Please do not go to the airport," it says.

The airline says it will share updates when they are available, and that "the safety of our passengers and our crew is our highest priority and will not be compromised".

Image source, X/@Vahid

A little earlier, we reported on explosions at Tehran's Mehrabad airport, as witness describe intense strikes in the area.

Mehrabad airport was once the capital's main international airport but now mostly serves domestic flights.

Built in 1938, it is said to be the country's busiest airport.

It is also home to several aerospace companies that have been linked to Iran's defence industry.

Israel has bombed the site several times, including in June last year when it also launched a series of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has completed "an additional wave of strikes" that targeted infrastructure of the Iranian regime.

More than 80 Israeli Air Force fighters jets were involved, it says.

As part of the strikes, the IDF says it "struck several military sites" including "the main Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military university, the Imam Hossein University, which was used for the training of IRGC officers."

It says it also struck a "storage site of the Iranian missile unit" and an underground ballistic missile site "where hundreds of regime operatives were operating".

Jon Donnison
Reporting from Jerusalem

Iran has been hit by another night of heavy bombardment, after Israel announced a new wave of strikes on what it called "regime infrastructure".

One of Tehran’s main commercial airports was heavily targeted with eyewitnesses reporting planes burning on the tarmac.

Iran has kept up its own retaliation.

There were air raid sirens in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv overnight as Israelis faced incoming ballistic missiles and drones. Most appear to have been shot down by Israel’s air defence system.

There has been speculation over whether Israel could soon run out of bombs and interceptor missiles.

This morning the US State Department announced it would expedite the sale of more than $150 million (£112 million) worth of weapons to its ally, including more than 12,000 bombs.

New images are coming in to us showing a large fire and thick smoke over Tehran, in the direction of Mehrabad airport.

The images are taken from video circulating on social media, and the location has been verified by the Reuters news agency. The agency says it has not been able to verify the date, but no older version of the footage was found to exist online before 7 March.

Earlier, eyewitnesses reported explosions from the Iranian capital's busiest airport.

Image source, Reuters

Image source, Reuters