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Iran and Israel said connected Monday (June 8, 2026) that hostilities betwixt them had halted, aft the 2 countries exchanged strikes that threatened to reignite the West Asia conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the “fire connected that beforehand is contained” hours aft Tehran said it had stopped its subject action.
West Asia warfare LIVE updates connected June 9, 2026
Tehran launched missiles astatine Israel connected Sunday (June 7, 2026) implicit Israel’s ongoing warfare against Hezbollah successful Lebanon. Israel past struck back, despite efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to dissuade Mr. Netanyahu.
That triggered different circular of Iranian missiles, earlier Tehran announced it would cease fire.
Iran has sought to necktie its truce with the United States — successful spot since April 8 contempt repeated attacks by some sides — to Israel’s warfare against Hezbollah, informing that attacks connected Lebanon would unit it to act.
Tehran said connected Monday (June 8, 2026) it would onslaught again if Israel persisted with its strikes successful Lebanon, portion Netanyahu warned successful crook that should Iran “make the mistake of resuming attacks against us, we volition respond with afloat force”.
West Asia warfare updates connected June 8, 2026
Earlier, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz insisted that the run successful Lebanon would transportation connected careless and said Israel would onslaught the Hezbollah-dominated confederate suburbs of Beirut successful retaliation for each onslaught connected bluish Israel by the militant group.
Mr. Trump, who has reportedly grown progressively exasperated with Mr. Netanyahu, had earlier urged some sides to halt “shooting” and said that “final negotiations” towards bid would proceed “subject to ignorance oregon stupidity getting successful its way”.
The Israeli premier, though, said successful a televised connection helium had told Mr. Trump that “Israel has a afloat close to self-defence, and we are exercising it arsenic required”.
Deadly strikes successful Lebanon
Iran fired astir 30 missiles astatine Israel overnight, according to the Israeli military, and Israel targeted subject sites successful the Islamic republic.
No casualties person been reported successful either Israel oregon Iran aft the speech of fire.
But unit continued successful confederate Lebanon connected Monday (June 8, 2026), with an Israeli onslaught sidesplitting 5 radical successful the metropolis of Tyre portion different successful the Nabatieh territory near 7 dormant and a 3rd successful Marwanieh killed two, the Lebanese wellness ministry said.
The Israeli subject said it had identified projectiles launched towards its soldiers operating successful confederate Lebanon, immoderate of which were intercepted portion 1 landed adjacent troops without causing casualties.
It aboriginal said that a “suspicious aerial target” from Yemen had been intercepted without immoderate reported injuries.
Calm successful Tehran
On Monday (June 8, 2026) successful Tehran, determination was small motion of immoderate instrumentality to war, with cafe terraces packed.
Traffic seemed lighter than accustomed for a weekday, suggesting that immoderate radical had stayed location and determination were besides galore much radical queueing astatine petrol stations.
Maryam, 41, an accountant successful Tehran, described “a consciousness of uncertainty and confusion.”
“You don’t cognize if there’s going to beryllium a war, nor bash you cognize if the bid statement volition last. Nothing is clear. People are frustrated,” she said.
Residents of Tel Aviv meantime went to shelters arsenic sirens went off.
“I anticipation it volition beryllium short, but you tin ne'er know. Last clip we thought it volition beryllium abbreviated and past it was a month, truthful I don’t know,” said Jonathan Ariel, 30.
Iranian quality agencies reported aboriginal connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026) that the capital’s planetary airdrome — unopen down implicit the renewed rocket launches — had reopened, allowing flights carrying hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia to land.
The world’s main crude contracts, Brent North Sea and West Texas Intermediate, surged by much than 5 percent successful Asian trading hours connected worries that the warfare would resume but eased aboriginal successful the day, logging gains of 1.3% and 0.8% respectively.
The struggle has seen Tehran each but halt shipments of the Gulf’s lipid and state done the Strait of Hormuz portion Washington has imposed a blockade connected Iran’s ports.
The US subject said it struck and disabled an unladen lipid tanker connected Monday (June 8, 2026) that violated the ports blockade.
Still ‘at the negotiating table’
The speech of occurrence betwixt Iran and Israel came astatine a captious infinitesimal for diplomatic efforts to extremity the struggle involving mediator Pakistan.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei warned astatine a property league successful Tehran connected Monday that diplomacy was continuing but could beryllium affected by the fighting.
As helium was speaking astatine the Foreign Ministry, a immense detonation shook the building, followed by repeated explosions believed to beryllium from aerial defence systems, an AFP newsman said.
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited Tehran to present what helium said was a “special letter” to Iran’s ultimate person Mojtaba Khamenei, according to Iranian authorities television.
He has since returned to Pakistan, an authoritative Pakistani root said connected Monday (June 8, 2026).
Iranian President Masoud Pezehskian posted connected X that Tehran was inactive “at the negotiating table”.
