Current sectionMiddle East NewsIran NewsAnalysis It is possible that IDF strikes in Beirut on Sunday were coordinated between Israel and the U.S., while Iranian escalation may reflect growing confidence within Tehran's leadership that it can pressure Trump into a cease-fire compromise by deliberately provoking IsraelShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeAmos Harel06:12 AM • June 08 2026 IDTAfter a two-month lull, the war between Iran and Israel restarted on Sunday night, with Iran firing ballistic missiles at northern Israel. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:2026 Israel-Iran WarLebanonHezbollahDonald TrumpBenjamin NetanyahuIran - U.S.Israel - U.S.CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTerror AttackWest BankGulfLebanonGermany-IsraelRachel Goldberg-PolinHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAs Israel Tips Back to War, Netanyahu Gets His WishDear Bennett and Lapid: Forget Eisenkot and Stop Cannibalizing the 'Change Bloc'Neither Military Pressure nor Flattening Southern Lebanon Can Topple HezbollahA Criminal for a Justice MinisterEuropean Foreign Ministers to Discuss EU-wide Sanctions on Ben-GvirRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know About'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own BaseManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic Failure