Iran has broken a ceasefire deal held with Israel, according to an IDF spokesman who said the defence systems are "working to intercept the threat."
The Israeli military said its defensive systems are working to intercept missiles launched from Iran towards Israel, and told the public to enter protected spaces and remain there until further notice.
However, Iran has denied violating the ceasefire, with a security body spokesman saying: "Iran's armed forces have no trust in the words of its enemies and will keep finger on trigger to respond to any further act of aggression."
It comes as nine more people were killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Israeli strikes on residential buildings in the northern Iranian province of Gilan, the deputy provincial governor told Iranian media.
Four people were killed in an Iranian air strike on the southern Israeli city of Beersheba moments before the ceasefire took effect.
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An spokesman said: "The IDF has identified that missiles were launched from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel a short time ago.
"The defence systems are working to intercept the threat. You must enter the protected areas upon receiving the alert, and remain there until further notice. Exiting the protected area will be possible only after receiving explicit instructions. You must continue to act according to the Home Front Command's instructions."
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said he has ordered a forceful military response to what he called Iran's "violation of the ceasefire", after detecting launches from Iran following the truce’s start.
Israel, joined by the United States on the weekend, has carried out attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, after alleging Tehran was getting close to obtaining a nuclear weapon. Iran denies ever having a nuclear weapons programme, but Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said that if it wanted to, world leaders "wouldn't be able to stop us".
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Meanwhile, the leader of a Paris-based Iranian opposition group said after the announcement of a ceasefire in the Iran-Israel air war on Tuesday that the Iranian people should now bring down Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's system.
Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, spoke a day after the last heir to the Iranian monarchy urged Western states to accept that "regime change" is needed to bring lasting peace and regional stability.
She made her comments before Defence Minister Katz said he had ordered the Israeli military to strike Tehran after Iran fired missiles in violation of the ceasefire.
Rajavi said in a statement: "The proposal for a ceasefire and ending the war is a step forward for the third option: neither war nor appeasement.
"Let the people of Iran themselves, in the battle of destiny, bring down Khamenei and the dictatorship."
Emergency personnel work at an impacted residential site, following a missile attack from Iran on Israel
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The UK has started evacuating Britons from Israel, with the first group of 63 flown back via Cyprus.
Downing Street said "around 1,000" people had requested a seat on an evacuation flight, a quarter of the 4,000 who had registered their presence in Israel or Palestine with the Foreign Office.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy told MPs the Government has withdrawn staff from its embassy in Iran and it is operating "remotely."
Lammy previously spoke of a two-week window for a diplomatic solution after Trump’s apparent decision last week to delay US military action, but said the window had "narrowed", although the need for a diplomatic solution remained.
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