Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday, Egypt's presidency said in a statement. The meeting focused on regional developments, with al-Sisi reiterating Egypt's call to avoid the expansion of conflict and the need to halt escalation to prevent a full-scale regional war.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Egypt on Thursday as part of a Middle East tour to persuade regional US allies to put pressure on Washington to limit the scope of Israel's possible retaliatory attack.

Israel has officially reinforced its ban on UN Secretary-General António Guterres, preventing him from entering the country due to his failure to explicitly condemn Iran’s missile attacks on Israel. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz labeled Guterres as “undesirable,

Fears of wider conflict have increased as Israel plans its response to the Oct. 1 missile attack carried out by Iran after Israeli airstrikes on Iranian-allied militants.

Israel reportedly has decided on which possible targets it could strike in Iran in response to an Oct. 1 barrage of missiles that Tehran fired at Israel.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami warned Thursday of further retaliation against Israel if it attacks Iranian targets, which Israel has vowed to do after Iran's missile attack on Octobe