Israel, Iran trade fire despite Trump's call for restraint
TOPSHOT - First responders inspect damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike targeting apartments in a residential building in Beirut's southern suburbs on June 7, 2026. (AFP)
Israel and Iran traded fire on June 8, seriously testing a fragile truce and threating hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war.
The new attacks, including a strike on an Iranian petrochemical complex, came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump called on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Tehran's missiles.
The attacks further rattled a fragile April 8 truce as the war entered its 100th day, with the United States struggling to conclude a deal with Tehran to end the conflict.
