The US embassy in Tel Aviv has suffered damage after an Iranian missile struck a residential area of the city, the ambassador to Israel said. Several residential buildings were destroyed in a strike that blew out the windows of hotels and other nearby homes just a few hundred metres from the embassy branch,

Iranian missiles struck Israel's Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa in an early morning raid on Monday, destroying homes and fuelling concerns amongst world leaders at this week's G7 meeting that the battle between the two old enemies could lead to a broader regional conflict.