Iran and Israel Sunday exchanged strikes for the first time since the April ceasefire.
US President Donald Trump had urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold back from retaliation, following Tehran’s launch of ballistic missiles at northern Israel.
Iran’s attack late Sunday evening came after Tel Aviv struck Beirut. Israel announced that it “identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat”.
An hour before that statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it hit a Hezbollah command centre in the Dahieh area of Beirut, despite Trump’s earlier urging Tel Aviv to hold off strikes against the Lebanon capital.
Early Monday morning, the IDF announced that it “struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in Western and Central Iran”. Tel Aviv closed schools as a precautionary measure.
