Iran launched a number of ballistic missiles at Israel on Sunday night for the first time since the U.S. and Iran reached a tenuous ceasefire in early April.
The IDF said it had intercepted all of the missiles “thus far,” and no injuries were reported. Israel’s Home Front Command canceled schools nationwide on Monday.
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s foreign policy and national security committee, had warned several hours prior to the attacks that Iran would deliver “a decisive and painful response” to the IDF’s strikes in the suburbs of Beirut earlier in the day. “These rabid dogs must be disciplined and put back in their place. Watch the sky over [Israel] tonight,” he wrote on X.
Shortly after Iran’s attacks, Trump told Fox News that the incident was “certainly not going to help” the ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. He continued, “What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough, get back to the table and make a deal.”
Trump also told Axios, “I am going to call [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu right now and tell him not to strike back. … Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one.” Israeli sources, however, told several news outlets that the IDF planned to deliver a “powerful” response to Iran.
This is a developing story.
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