The Israeli military announced on Monday morning, June 8, that it had targeted military sites in western and central Iran. The strikes were carried out a few hours after Iran fired several missiles toward targets in Israel in response to an Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Meanwhile, Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the United States, said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that following the launch of Iranian ballistic missiles, the Israeli military targeted surface-to-surface missile launch sites and infrastructure that "were not connected to the energy sector."
In his message, Israel's ambassador to the US also wrote that the Islamic Republic of Iran fired 11 ballistic missiles toward Israel, adding: "No country would tolerate such an attack. In the event of a Hezbollah attack on Israel, the group's command centers in Beirut's Dahiyeh will be targeted with severe strikes."
According to Reuters, the fresh attacks took place even though US President Donald Trump had previously stated that the new strikes by Israel and Iran would not impact his administration's negotiations with Tehran to achieve a peace agreement.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump said: "This will have no effect on the deal."
