The US and Israel bombed several nuclear targets and steel facilities in Iran on Friday, as Tehran continued to launch strikes across the Persian Gulf and rebuffed President Donald Trump’s increasingly insistent demands to end the conflict.

The White House says talks are proceeding while Iran’s foreign minister says they are not. Meanwhile, the US is working to arrange a meeting in Pakistan to discuss an off-ramp, two administration officials told CNN.

The US and Israel exchanged missile fire with Iran as the war across the Middle East approached the one-month mark, with no sign of Tehran accepting US President Donald Trump’s demands for a ceasefire.

Israel's defense minister said on Friday that Israeli attacks on Iran "will escalate and expand." This comes as talks between the United States and Iran to end the war continue.

Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Iran and threatened on Friday that its attacks “will escalate and expand” after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz,

Secretary of State ⁠Marco ⁠Rubio said on Friday ⁠the United States could achieve its objectives in Iran ​without the use of any ground troops and expected its operation to ‌conclude in a matter of ‌weeks,

Israel’s opposition leader warned the military was “stretched to the limit and beyond,” while US arsenals have been strained by other conflicts.

An Iranian missile attack wounded several U.S. service members and damaged several planes at a base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, a U.S. official familiar with the situation said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters,