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Jerusalem: Iran launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s state broadcaster confirmed the launches, and Iran closed its western airspace to brace for a possible response. Tehran had warned of retaliation after Israel struck Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs without warning earlier on Sunday in defiance of Washington\u2019s request days ago to stand down. Israel said the Iranian-backed Hezbollah fired at northern Israel earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShould these acts of aggression be repeated, the responses will be broader in scope and will encompass all American and Zionist targets throughout the region,\u201d Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard said in a statement that also referenced attacks on Iran\u2019s coast and vessels around the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Sirens sounded in several areas of Israel, sending millions running for shelter. Israel\u2019s military said it intercepted the missiles, and multiple explosions were heard in the north. Less than an hour later, the military said people could leave areas reinforced against missile attacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran has made a grave mistake,\u201d Israel military spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin said. The military\u2019s chief of staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, said it would \u201cstrike the enemy with determination as soon as the order is given\u201d.<\/p>\n
But Israel\u2019s public broadcaster, Kan, said US President Donald Trump told it that he doesn\u2019t think Israel needs to respond further.<\/p>\n
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Security forces examine a fragment of an intercepted Iranian missile in northern Israel, early on Monday.AP Photo\/Rami Shlush<\/p>\n
Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone after the Iranian attack, Reuters reported citing Israeli media.<\/p>\n
Earlier, US news outlet Axios<\/a> reported that Trump said he would call Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate for Iran\u2019s missile attack.<\/p>\n \u201cI am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don\u2019t need another one,\u201d Trump told Axios, using Netanyahu\u2019s nickname.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Iranian strikes didn\u2019t hurt anybody. Hopefully, Israel is not going to retaliate. If Bibi strikes them back, it\u2019s just gonna keep going like the last 47 years \u2013 or the last 3000 years.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very close to a final deal with Iran. It is going to be a good deal. I don\u2019t want it to blow up because of what is happening now.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump told a Fox News Channel reporter on Monday (AEST) that he wanted the Iranians to stop firing missiles and return to the negotiating table. He also said that Israel\u2019s strikes earlier Sunday were not co-ordinated with the US and \u201cI\u2019m not happy about it\u201d.<\/p>\n Later, in an interview with the Financial Times<\/a>, the US president said Netanyahu would have no choice but to accept whatever deal the US negotiates with Iran because Trump \u201ccalls the shots\u201d.<\/p>\n Related Article \u201cHe won\u2019t have any choice,\u201d Trump was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n \u201cI call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn\u2019t call the shots.\u201d<\/p>\n Iran had warned that an attack on Beirut would renew full-scale war across the Middle East, even as Pakistan tries to restart talks between Tehran and Washington. Iran wants a deal to include ending the war in Lebanon.<\/p>\n Trump told the Financial Times that Iran\u2019s strikes had not changed his desire to conclude negotiations. Asked what would happen if any such deal failed \u201con its merits\u201d, Trump said he would consider a commando raid on Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cUS forces across the Middle East remain vigilant and ready,\u201d US Central Command posted on X shortly before the missile launches.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s attack on Beirut came a few days after the Lebanese and Israeli governments agreed to a ceasefire in US-hosted talks, though Hezbollah rejected the deal. The strike on a residential building killed two people and wounded 20, Lebanon\u2019s health ministry said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe army will continue to act in all of Lebanon,\u201d the Israel military spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Associated Press journalists also heard loud explosions in the sky over Damascus. State media in Syria attributed the booms to Israeli air defences. Syria has temporarily closed its southern airspace for 12 hours and suspended operations at Damascus airport.<\/p>\n Related Article Iraq also temporarily closed its airspace and suspended air navigation for reasons related to air traffic safety after the launch of Iranian rockets, civil aviation officials told Reuters on Sunday. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority said Iraqi airspace would remain closed for 72 hours.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s strikes and ground invasion in Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah, and the militant group\u2019s resistance to disarming, have complicated an overall deal to end the war in the Middle East. Iran says any deal must include an end to fighting in Lebanon.<\/p>\n Last week, Israel had announced it would strike the southern suburbs of Lebanon\u2019s capital, but urgent talks via Washington halted that on the condition that Hezbollah stop targeting Israeli border towns.<\/p>\n On Sunday night, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for firing at Israel earlier in the day.<\/p>\n Hezbollah wants direct talks between Lebanon and Israel to end, instead supporting Iran\u2019s stance that an overall ceasefire deal between Tehran and Washington include the situation in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Mediation efforts on that larger deal continued on Sunday as Pakistan\u2019s interior minister visited Iran to talk to officials and Egypt said its foreign minister and his Qatari counterpart discussed \u201cproposed elements\u201d of a potential agreement, with no details.<\/p>\n Trump, in an interview taped on Friday and aired on Sunday with NBC\u2019s Meet the Press, said: \u201cI\u2019d like to see Lebanon have a better life. I\u2019d like to see a more surgical attack on Hezbollah. I think it should be more surgical.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump added that he was \u201cnot demanding\u201d that Lebanon be part of the short-term deal to extend the ceasefire in the Iran war.<\/p>\n More than 3500 people have been killed in Lebanon since the war began on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel, two days after Israel and the US began attacking Iran. More than 1 million people in Lebanon have been displaced. The fighting has killed at least 31 Israeli soldiers and three civilians.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Iran continued to assert its grip on the Strait of Hormuz and the US continued its blockade of Iranian ports, with shipments of oil, natural gas and fertiliser affected and the global economy in pain.<\/p>\n Netanyahu, who faces elections this year, wants to press ahead with Israel\u2019s offensive until he believes Hezbollah no longer poses a threat.<\/p>\n Pakistan\u2019s interior minister was in Tehran on Sunday. Mohsin Naqvi was delivering a message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei from Pakistan\u2019s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to Iran\u2019s state-run IRNA news agency. There were no details on the message\u2019s contents.<\/p>\n Khamenei has not been seen in public since he was named the Islamic Republic\u2019s ruler after his father was killed on February 28, the first day of the war.<\/p>\n AP, Reuters<\/p>\n Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what\u2019s making headlines around the world. Sign up for our weekly What in the World newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Trump](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780878735_389_49535756c3b88f71d7a827d0d3943c699bbabc1703c863b167441e67433abe6d.gif\")
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A man stands next to an unexploded missile at the site following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh.AP <\/p>\n