Iran fired missiles at northern Israel on Sunday in retaliation for the Israeli Defense Forces targeting what it called Hezbollah command centers in Beirut.The IDF on Sunday said air defense systems were activated after missiles were detected headed toward Israel from Iran, marking the first direct Iranian attack on the Jewish state since an April ceasefire. Initial reports indicated that at least several missiles were launched, though it was not immediately clear if all of them were intercepted by Israeli forces.The attack comes hours after Israeli missiles struck Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, killing at least two people and wounding others, according to Lebanese authorities. Israel said the strike was retaliation for Hezbollah rocket fire toward northern Israel earlier in the day. Iran had stated that any attack on the Lebanese capital would amount to war.
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Israel’s strike on Beirut shattered a fragile U.S.-backed ceasefire reached only days earlier and crossed a threshold that Iranian officials had repeatedly warned could trigger a military response. Tehran has argued that any truce with Israel must extend beyond Iran itself and include Israeli operations in Lebanon.
