Live updates: Israel launches airstrikes on Iran after being targeted by missiles
This is the most serious exchange of hostilities since an April ceasefire, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war.
Watch live views of the Beirut skyline as Israel moves deeper into Lebanon.
Iranian state television reported the sound of explosions being heard in Isfahan, Tabriz, Karaj and Tehran, without immediately elaborating. Earlier, Iran had launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April.Tehran had warned of retaliation after Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without warning earlier Sunday in defiance of Washington’s request days ago to stand down. Israel said the Iranian-backed Hezbollah fired at northern Israel earlier in the day.Israel now occupies southern Lebanon and had moved into areas of the country it hadn’t held in a quarter century — leading to fears about them further widening their campaign.The Israeli strikes came in apparent defiance to President Donald Trump who urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he doesn’t think Israel needs to respond further.
