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Or sign-in if you have an account.Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on June 7, 2026. Air raid sirens sounded in Israel on June 8 as its military worked to intercept barrages of incoming Iranian missiles for the first time since an April ceasefire took hold in the Middle East war. Photo by JACK GUEZ /AFP via Getty ImagesIran fired several missile barrages toward Israel, threatening to disrupt a fitful ceasefire in the U.S.’s 100-day conflict with Tehran.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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The military said it intercepted all the missiles in the initial rounds and that no casualties had been reported yet.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that a new wave of missiles was fired toward Israel, citing attacks on southern Lebanon, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, which quoted a statement that also warned against retaliation.Columnist Jesse Kline keeps you up to date with what’s happening in Israel and the effects of antisemitism on life here in Canada. Friday mornings.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Channel Israel will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againThe fresh attack comes amid skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah, and as the U.S. and Iran appear to be making little progress toward an interim deal to end the war.As warning sirens sounded in several areas, Israel said it cancelled school across the country for Monday. A rocket trail is seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on June 7, 2026. Photo by JACK GUEZ /AFP via Getty ImagesThe past week saw the worst flare-up in tensions since the truce started around April 8. Negotiations between Washington and Tehran are bogged down over the fate of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets and a parallel conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.Fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah continued over the weekend. The Israel Defence Forces said they’d intercepted two projectiles launched from Lebanon into Israel on Sunday.Israel retaliated with a strike on two apartment buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, killing two and injuring 11.Hezbollah last week rejected a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon announced by the State Department just hours before.Iran has demanded a ceasefire in Lebanon before an accord can be reached with the U.S. A military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei told CNN, “the ball is in Trump’s court” when it comes to a deal.In Washington, President Donald Trump’s administration is floating a plan to steer Iranian assets frozen in the U.S. toward helping Persian Gulf allies rebuild from damage inflicted by the Islamic Republic.Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he would not unfreeze any Iranian assets or lift any sanctions against Iran as part of an initial deal.“If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking” about releasing the assets, Trump told Kristen Welker in the interview taped Friday for NBC’s Meet the Press.Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi poured cold water on the idea, saying in a post on X that his country’s assets “are neither Washington’s war spoils nor a fund for paying its allies.” He also noted that Iran is still demanding “full compensation” for its own damages from the war Israel and the U.S. started on Feb. 28.The dispute risks derailing the discussions on a truce extension, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and future talks over Iran’s nuclear program.— With assistance from Susanne Barton and Jennifer A. 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