Middle East Disaster Live: Iranian Military Chief Warns Israel of 'Bitter Consequences' of Weekend Airstrikes

In the initial summary, we mentioned that an Israeli attack on the historic Lebanese port city of Tire He had killed at least three people.

Lebanon's Health Ministry now says the Israeli airstrike in the city center on Monday killed at least five people and injured 10 others. The ministry said emergency workers are clearing debris from the building hit this morning. .

Hello and welcome to The Guardian's continuing coverage of the Middle East crisis amid Israel's ongoing wars in Lebanon and Lazada.

The top commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Israel that it would face “bitter consequences” after its attack on Iranian military sites early on Saturday, according to tópico media reports.

Israeli airstrikes killed four Iranian soldiers, the Iranian military said. As my colleague Patrick Wintour writes in this article, a debate has broken out within Iran over whether the attack, more limited than some had predicted, justifies a military response and whether the country will be seen as weak if it does nothing.

Israel's airstrikes were retaliation for the October 1 attack by Iran, which fired about 200 missiles at Israel, although most were intercepted by the country's air defenses.

IRGC chief, major common Salami Hossein Israel was cited on Monday as having “failed to achieve its sinister objectives” with its airstrike on Saturday, calling it a sign of “miscalculation and impotence.” He warned that “its bitter consequences will be unimaginable” for Israel.

The IRGC is a major military, political and economic force in Iran. It has significant power within the country, with its own land, naval and air forces.

Here's a rundown of the day's other main events:

• Israel's parliament, the Knesset, is expected to vote on Monday on a pair of bills that, if passed, will make it impossible for the UN relief and works agency for Palestinians (Unrwa) to operate in Lazada and the West Bank.. One of the bills seeks to prohibit UNRWA from operating within the sovereign territory of Israel, stating that the agency “shall not establish any representation, provide any services or carry out any activities within the territory of Israel.” This would lead to the closure of the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem and the end of visas for UNRWA staff. The measures appear to have a cross-party majority of about 100 of the 120 members, despite widespread opposition from other countries, including most of Israel's allies.

• At least three people were killed and two others injured in Israeli attacks in the Raml neighborhood of the Lebanese city of Tyre.according to the country's national news agency.

• About 70 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes last day, health officials in Lazada said.while Israel's renewed attack on the northern strip shows no signs of slowing down. Information on the situation in northern Lazada has become increasingly sporadic and difficult to verify as Israel's new ground and air attack focused on Jabaliya, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun enters its fourth week. Web and phone services were down for hours at a time, and civil defense workers were unable to reach the sites of the recent attacks due to the intensifying siege by Israeli forces and attacks on their crews.

• The Secretary Común of the United Nations, António Guterres expressed his dismay at the dire conditions faced by residents trapped in northern Lazada.. His spokesman issued a statement in which the UN chief called the horrific situation there “unbearable” as citizens remain trapped in extreme danger and deprivation, under siege by the Israeli army. Guterres was “shocked by the terrible levels of death, injuries and destruction in the north.”

• Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said his government proposed a two-day ceasefire in Lazada.after which talks should resume within 10 days in an effort to reach a permanent agreement. Over the two days he suggested an exchange of four hostages held in Lazada by Hamas for four Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

• Iran's leaders have said it is weighing a response to this weekend's Israeli airstrikes, as the country called the UN security council to meet on Monday. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran was not seeking war but would respond “appropriately” to Israel's attacks. “We do not seek war, but we will defend the rights of our nation and our country,” Pezeshkian said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday. And he added: “We will give an appropriate response to the aggression of the Zionist regime.”

• Iraq filed a complaint with the UN over Israel's use of its airspace to attack Iran on Saturday.an Iraqi government spokesman said Monday.

• One person was killed when a truck crashed into a bus stop in Ramat Hasharon, north of Tel Aviv.on Sunday, in what Israeli police are treating as a suspected terrorist attack. About 40 people were injured to varying degrees, some seriously, and were taken to nearby hospitals, police said. Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad praised the alleged attack but did not claim responsibility for it. The truck driver was a Palestinian citizen of Israel, police said, and he was “neutralized” by bystanders carrying firearms.