Gulf states under attack as Kuwait power station killed and Iran fires more missiles towards Saudi Arabia and Dubai - live updates

A chemical plant in Beersheba, Israel, has come under attack

Israel's military has said Iran has launched multiple waves of missiles at Tel Aviv, while an attack has also been fired from Yemen for only the second time since the war began.

It said two drones from Yemen were intercepted early Monday but gave no further details. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia entered the war on Saturday, firing missiles at Israel, escalating a conflict that has engulfed the Middle East.

Israel's military also said the Air Force was carrying out strikes on Tehran on Monday, targeting what it described as military infrastructure.

On Sunday, a chemical plant near the city of southern Israeli city Beersheba was hit by a missile or missile debris as Israel fended off multiple salvos from Iran.

Donald Trump once again claimed there had been 'regime change' in Iran as he insisted a peace deal could be struck soon.

Trump, citing the number of Iranian leaders who have been killed in the month-long US-Israeli war against Iran, said the new leadership was 'much more reasonable'.

'We've had regime change,' he told reporters aboard Air Force One.

'We're dealing with different people than anybody's dealt with before. It's a whole different group of people. So I would consider that regime change.'

Asked whether there could be a deal with Iran this coming week, Trump said: 'I do see a deal in Iran. Could be soon.'

by Imogen Garfinkel, Senior Foreign News Reporter

Donald Trump has said that he could 'take the oil in Iran' and boasted that he can invade Kharg Island 'easily'.

It comes as the number of US troops in the Middle East swelled to 50,000, roughly 10,000 more than usual.

Tehran has promised to set American soldiers on fire should the US President order a ground invasion of the country, after the Pentagon drew up plans for potential raids on Kharg Island - the Islamic Republic's main oil export hub - and attacks on coastal sites near the Strait of Hormuz.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump said his 'preference would be to take the oil', comparing the potential operation to Venezuela where Washington intends to control the oil industry 'indefinitely' following its seizure of strongman leader Nicolás Maduro in January.

His comments came as the US-Israeli war on Iran stretched into its fifth week, deepening the crisis in the Middle East with the price of oil soaring more than 50 per cent in a month.

• Read more here

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the Iran war which enters its fifth week today.

An Iranian strike on a power station in Kuwait killed one Indian worker and damaged a building at the site, the Gulf state's electricity ministry said this morning.

'A service building at a power and water desalination plant was attacked as part of the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, resulting in the death of an Indian worker and significant material damage to the building,' said Fatima Abbas Jawhar Hayat, a spokesperson for the ministry.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's defence ministry said its forces detected and intercepted five ballistic missiles aimed at the kingdom's Eastern Province.

And authorities in Dubai said reports of explosions across parts of the city were the result of successful air defence operations.

Stick with us for the latest developments throughout the day.