Ankara steps up diplomacy with a new initiative while condemning assassinations and warning that the conflict is spilling across borders.

The Israeli military has said that it would hunt down Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

"We don't know about Mojtaba Khamenei, we don't hear him, we don't see him, but I can tell you one thing: we will track him down, find him, and neutralise him," military spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin told reporters.

More than 61,000 Americans have left the Middle East and returned to the US since the war with Iran began last month, the State Department said.

"State Department personnel worked around the clock to contact Americans who reached out for assistance. The State Department has reached out to every American who reached out for information and assistance," spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in an emailed statement sent to Anadolu.

The foreign ministers of Iran and Azerbaijan discussed regional developments and bilateral ties in a phone call, as US-Israeli attacks continued against Tehran amid Iranian retaliatory strikes.

During the call, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov, reviewed the latest developments in the region and exchanged views on the ongoing tensions, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Araghchi outlined Iran’s position regarding “the military aggression” by the US and Israel, stressing that under international law, “no country should allow its territory or facilities to be used for acts of aggression against others.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan have agreed on the importance of ensuring “safe and secure” navigation via the Strait of Hormuz.

Modi wrote on X that he spoke to the UAE president and “discussed the current situation" in the Middle East.

“Reiterated India’s strong condemnation of all attacks on the UAE that have resulted in loss of innocent lives and damage to civilian infrastructure,” Modi said.

A projectile has hit Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant site, Tasnim news agency reported.

The US intelligence chief has said, “Iran's enriched uranium stockpile is at its highest levels.”

Israel is led by a network that considers itself superior to others and is dragging the region step by step toward a disaster, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

“We all know that the attacks targeting Gaza first, then Yemen and Lebanon, and most recently Iran, are not solely motivated by security concerns,” Erdogan said at an iftar event at the Presidential Complex in the capital Ankara.

Israeli media have reported this evening that about 25 rockets were launched from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel amid ongoing military escalation between the Israeli army and Hezbollah.

Around 25 rockets were fired from Lebanon toward the city of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel without warning sirens sounding in the area, according to Israeli media.

The media circulated video footage showing interceptor missiles in the skies over Kiryat Shmona, though it was not immediately clear whether the rockets launched from Lebanon caused any material damage or casualties, according to Israeli media.