Middle East crisis live: Israel and Iran exchange fresh round of strikes as attacks intensify

Key events Iran’s state media is reporting that the capital Tehran’s Mehrabad airport has suspended all flights until further notice. Israel and Iran continued to fire at each other on Monday while a missile reportedly targeted a part of Saudi Arabia housing a US military base. It’s the most serious escalation since a ceasefire began two months ago and now threatens to plunge the Middle East back into war. Share Updated at 07.34 BST Yemen's Houthis claim missile attack on Israel Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have claimed an attack on Israel and say Israel-affiliated vessels would again be a target in the Red Sea, Associated Press reports. The statement from Brig Gen Yahya Saree was broadcast on the Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel on Monday. It’s another new escalation as the nominal ceasefire in the Iran war is being challenged by crossfire between Israel and Iran. The Houthi threat to target vessels again puts the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait connected them in danger. The Houthis during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip killed at least nine mariners and sunk four ships across over 100 attacks. Those assaults upended shipping in the Red Sea , through which about $1 trillion of goods passed each year before the war. Share Updated at 07.20 BST The EU’s top diplomat has urged calm after Iran and Israel traded strikes , testing the fragile truce and threatening to drag the Middle East region back into war. …