West Asia war LIVE: Iran launches missiles at Israel in first such escalation since April ceasefire

A projectile streaks done the entity implicit cardinal Israel during an Iranian rocket onslaught connected Sunday (June 7, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP

Iran launched missiles astatine Israel successful the archetypal specified escalation since a fragile ceasefire took effect successful aboriginal April, raising the anticipation of a instrumentality to dense warring and complicating mediation efforts to extremity the war. Iran’s authorities broadcaster confirmed the launches, and Iran closed its occidental airspace to brace for a imaginable response. Tehran had warned of retaliation aft Israel struck Beirut’s confederate suburbs without informing earlier connected Sunday (June 7, 2026) successful defiance of Washington’s petition days agone to basal down.

Meanwhile, lipid ⁠prices were up much than $2 a tube connected Monday (June 8) aft Israel connected Sunday (June 7) launched renewed strikes connected Lebanon contempt a truce betwixt the 2 countries, eroding hopes ‌for an extremity to the wider warfare and a restart to crude flows done the Strait of Hormuz.

Israeli Prime ‌Minister Benjamin Netanyahu volition person ⁠no prime but ‌to judge ‌whatever ‌deal ⁠the U.S. negotiates ⁠with Iran, U.S. President ‌Donald Trump told the Financial Times ‌in an interrogation published connected ⁠Sunday (June 7), due to the fact that Mr. Trump “calls the ‌shots”.

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