Israel's military said it had struck Iran's defence ministry headquarters, "nuclear weapons project" infrastructure sites and other targets, as the rival nations exchanged fire for a third day.

The Israeli military said that its air force had just "completed an extensive series of intelligence-based strikes on a number of targets in Tehran related to the Iranian regime's nuclear weapons project", as well as on fuel tankers.

"The targets included the Iranian Ministry of Defense headquarters, the headquarters of the SPND (Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research) nuclear project, and additional targets" which Israel said advanced Iran's efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon.

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Iran fired a fresh barrage of missiles at Israel, state television announced, as the rivals exchanged fire for a third day.

"A new wave of Operation Honest Promise 3 began a few minutes ago," Iranian state TV reported, while broadcasting live images of Israel.

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A series of blasts were heard in Tehran on Sunday, but the origin was not immediately known, as Iran and Israel exchange drone and missile fire.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that the country had struck sites used by Israeli warplanes for refuelling, in retaliation for strikes carried out by Israel since Friday.

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 Israeli strikes hit two fuel depots in Tehran, the Iranian oil ministry said, shortly after Iran announced the launch of a new wave of strikes against Israel.

According to the oil ministry, the oil depots at Shahran northwest of Tehran and another reservoir south of the city were hit.

An AFP journalist saw the depot at Shahran on fire.

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Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that an Israeli strike had targeted the country's defence ministry headquarters in Tehran and damaged one of its buildings.

In "an attack on Tehran this evening by the air force of the Zionist regime, the headquarters of the defence ministry was targeted. One of the headquarters' buildings was lightly damaged," the agency said.

The defence ministry did not comment.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that the country had struck sites used by Israeli warplanes for refuelling, as the two rival states bombarded each other for a second day.

"Installations producing fuel for fighter planes and the (Israeli) regime's energy supply centres were targeted by a multitude of drones and missiles," the Guards said in a statement.

"The Iranian armed forces' offensive operations will continue more fiercely and more broadly if the depravity and attacks (against Iran) continue."

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Israeli first responders said that a woman was killed when an Iranian missile attack damaged a house near the northern city of Haifa.

"Teams have confirmed the death of a woman in her 20s who was rescued from the rubble", emergency service providers Magen David Adom said in a statement, adding that surrounding homes also sustained damage.

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