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Israel-Iran live: Trump thanks Iran for 'early notice' of missile attack on聽US base and shares hope for peace in region

Donald Trump has thanked Iran for giving "early notice" of a missile attack on a US base in Qatar. He confirms no Americans were harmed, and encouraged both Israel and Iran to end their conflict. Watch and follow the latest below.

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Airlines warn of cancellations and delays amid escalation in the Middle East

In the wake of Iran's missile attack on a US base in Qatar, airlines across the region have been adjusting their flight schedules. 

Here's a roundup:

Qatar Airways has announced a "temporary suspension" of flights and expects to "resume operations when the airspace re-opens".

Etihad Airways says it is re-routing several flights today and tomorrow due to airspace restrictions across the region. It has also warned of disruption and delays over the coming days.

Air Arabia says some flights may experience disruption "due to the escalating situation and airspace closures" across the region.

Kuwait Airways suspended departures from the country for the rest of the day. Kuwait has reopened its airspace now.

Pakistan International Airlines has cancelled flight operations from the country to Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Dubai.

EgyptAir says flights to and from Gulf cities have been suspended until the situation in the region stabilises.

Air India says it has ceased all operations to the Middle East, as well as "to and from the east coast of North America and Europe with immediate effect, until further notice". Inbound flights from North America are being diverted elsewhere.

IndiGo says its operations to and from Dubai, Doha, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, the UAE, and Georgia have been affected.

Qatar says attack was 'surprise'

A few more lines are coming out of Qatar.

While Donald Trump has said Iran gave the US a warning ahead of the attacks on its base in Qatar, Doha appears to have said it did not get the same heads up.

A spokesperson for the foreign ministry said they consider the Iranian attack a "surprise".

Its defence ministry said Iran launched seven missiles towards the US base, with another 12 forming a second wave.

It said 11 of those were thwarted.

Meanwhile, the interior ministry said some debris fell in residential areas, but no casualties have been recorded.

Trump: Iran gave 'early notice' of 'weak response' and no Americans were harmed

Donald Trump has posted on social media again, this time to address the Iranian strikes on a US base in Qatar.

He described it as a "very weak response", which the US "expected" and "very effectively countered".

"There have been 14 missiles fired - 13 were knocked down, and 1 was 'set free,' because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction," he added.

"I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done."

He added: "Most importantly, they've gotten it all out of their 'system,' and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE.

"I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured.

"Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same."

Analysis: Way Iran attacked puts ball back in Trump's court - but will he take the way out?

We've just been hearing from our military analyst Michael Clarke for his perspective on Iran's attack on a US base in Qatar.

"A lot of sound and fury" is how he sums it up - but no real chance of any damage, let alone casualties.

Iran giving advance warning of the attack meant nothing was going to get through, Clarke said, and even if it had, "the chances are it would hit sand because it's a very big base".

But the al Udeid base is "symbolically very important", as it's the biggest US base in the Middle East, houses the biggest air wing in the world, and is home to America's Central Command.

Will Trump take the way out?

"So it ticks lots of boxes as being the centre of American power in the Middle East," said Clarke. 

"It's also extremely well-defended for that reason.

"So it's pretty safe, in a military sense, to attack al Udeid. But of course, symbolically, you're making the move."

The way Iran attacked "offers plenty of ways out, depending on how the Americans now respond - it puts the ball back in Trump's court".

Trump rages at 'fake news' media in social media post - but doesn't mention Iran attack

While the US continues to assess the situation following an Iranian attack on its military base in Qatar, Donald Trump has posted on social media.

The president does not address the Iranian attack, though.

Instead, he focuses on media coverage of US strikes on nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend.

"The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it," he wrote.

"Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible - And even they say they were 'pretty well destroyed!'"

He then singles out broadcasters and news channels he accuses of  "working especially hard on this falsehood".

He added at the end: "It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that's why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW 鈥� ZERO CREDIBILITY!"

We know he was in the Situation Room earlier, but we haven't heard any comments from him yet on Iran's attack tonight.

'We have not violated anyone's rights,' says Iran's supreme leader

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has issued a statement after his country's strikes targeting a US military base in Qatar this evening.

"We have not violated anyone's rights," he said in a post on X.

"Nor will we ever accept anyone violating ours, and we will not surrender to anyone's violation.

"This is the logic of the Iranian nation."

More details about Iran's missile attack - which US was expecting

Our lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim reported earlier tonight the US and some Gulf states may have been given prior warning before Iran launched its missiles.

That suggested some coordination - and may pave the way for de-escalation - and two US defence officials have now given more details.

According to our US partner network NBC News, they said the US was expecting the attack, though they would not confirm if there had been direct communication.

They added: 

  • missiles were intercepted;
  • there was no damage to al Udeid, the US base in Qatar;
  • on average, the base has between 5,000-10,000 personnel;
  • there's no indication any other bases were attacked.
Watch: Crowd panics at Qatari shopping mall during Iranian attack

Screams can be heard as shoppers run for safety at a mall in the Qatari capital of Doha earlier.

They were reacting to Iranian missiles fired towards a US air base in Qatar, which were intercepted by Qatari defences.

This was the scene at the Villaggio Mall in Doha just a short while ago.

Analysis: This is a moment of huge jeopardy - and Israel's key to what happens next

As it appears Iran's attack on US facilities in Qatar has concluded, we've just been hearing from our correspondents about what could happen next.

Our US correspondent Mark Stone, in Washington DC, says it's still a moment of "huge, huge jeopardy", with potential for miscalculation on either side despite Iran appearing to have warned the Qataris in advance.

In the longer term, though, Stone says the question is: "What is the plan for the day after?"

He adds Tehran may feel this evening's attacks draw a line under the American strikes on its nuclear facilities over the weekend, but the Israelis seem to remain clear "they want to continue with this".

Striking echoes of history

"For Israel, America's actions on Saturday night were not the end of it," Stone says. "For Israel, they want to keep going. To what end?"

Regime change has been floated by Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, but they "have to have a plan".

There are some "striking echoes of history", Stone continues.

He says America had "absolutely no plan for what came after" its invasion of Iraq in 2003. 

"And the consequences of that invasion are being felt today."

Is Netanyahu ready for a protracted war?

Our correspondent Cordelia Lynch is in Tel Aviv, and she explains Israelis are "unfazed" by the daily ritual of running out to the bomb shelters.

Netanyahu "has already warned of the potential for a protracted war at the very least".

"This Iran, he believes, represents an existential threat - this is something he has had designs on for three decades," Lynch says.

"I think the notion of a quick exit from Israel is highly unlikely, and we are not seeing any kind of framework laid out for regime change, any hint of what they plan to do beyond the strikes that they are still carrying out with regularity."

Even Netanyahu's fiercest critics are supporting this operation, but there is "a lot that could happen", Lynch adds.

The lack of US casualties could mean Trump decides not to respond right now, and "there is still a glimmer" of potential for diplomacy.

But the Israeli leadership is pursuing this "with great enthusiasm and gusto".

No abnormal radiation levels in region, Gulf Cooperation Council says

After the US and Israeli strikes targeting nuclear facilities in Iran, there have been concerns in the Middle East about any knock on effects for the region.

The UN's nuclear watchdog has warned about the dangers of bombing such sites but has not found any unusual levels of radiation since. 

Now, the general secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council has reached a similar conclusion, according to its emergency management centre. 

It says no abnormal radiation levels have been detected in any of its member countries since the Israeli attacks on Iran began on Friday 13 June.

Environmental and radiation indicators remain within safe and technically permissible levels, the council said.

But it added it would continue to monitor radiation levels.

The council has six members - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.