Iran says it has halted attacks on Israel after first exchange of fire since truce

Iran's equipped forces accidental they person halted subject operations against Israel, aft the 2 countries exchanged strikes for the archetypal clip since April's ceasefire.

The Khatam ol‑Anbiya bid said Iran had delivered a "painful response" to Israel and warned it against continued attacks, including successful confederate Lebanon, wherever Israeli forces are warring the Iranian-backed radical Hezbollah.

An Israeli authoritative told Channel 12 that Israel had halted strikes connected Iran astatine the US president's request, but that attacks connected confederate Lebanon would continue.

Iran launched astir 30 missiles astatine Israel successful retaliation for a onslaught successful Beirut connected Sunday. Israel responded by conducting 2 waves of aerial strikes successful Iran.

US President Donald Trump told some countries connected Monday to "immediately halt 'shooting'" due to the fact that they were jeopardising negotiations connected a woody to extremity the determination war.

"Israel and Iran... are looking to bash an contiguous CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations connected 'Peace' are proceeding, taxable to ignorance oregon stupidity getting successful its way," helium wrote connected Truth Social.

The White House confirmed to the BBC that Trump called Netanyahu to sermon the crisis.

The warfare began connected 28 February, erstwhile Israel and the US launched a associated onslaught connected Iran, sidesplitting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and respective different apical officials.

The hostilities dispersed rapidly crossed the Middle East, arsenic Iran retaliated by launching missiles and drones astatine Israel and Gulf Arab states hosting US subject facilities. Iran besides efficaciously blocked the important Strait of Hormuz waterway, causing a surge successful the terms of oil.

Pakistan brokered a ceasefire that began connected 7 April to facilitate negotiations connected a broad woody to extremity the war, but determination person been sporadic US aerial strikes connected Iran and Iranian drone and rocket attacks connected neighbouring states since then.

Lebanon was drawn into the struggle connected 2 March, erstwhile Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel successful retaliation for Khamenei's assassination. Israel responded with aerial strikes crossed Lebanon and a crushed penetration of a important portion of the country's south.

The warring continued aft the US-brokered a ceasefire woody betwixt the Israeli and Lebanese governments connected 16 April. But successful caller weeks, the US has been pressing Israel to standard backmost its run to let country for a wider woody with Iran, which has demanded that it besides screen the struggle successful Lebanon.

Although Israel has insisted its warfare against Hezbollah is separate, it has constricted its strikes connected Beirut's confederate suburbs - a stronghold of Hezbollah besides known arsenic Dahieh.

Last Wednesday, Israel and Lebanon agreed to renew their ceasefire and make a fig of "pilot" information zones wrong Lebanon successful which Hezbollah operatives would beryllium banned.

But Hezbollah rejected the deal, demanding a afloat Israeli withdrawal. Israel meantime said subject operations would proceed successful confederate Lebanon and threatened to onslaught Beirut if Hezbollah continued to onslaught communities successful bluish Israel.

On Sunday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its defences intercepted 2 projectiles launched from Lebanon into Israeli territory, which Hezbollah said had targeted Israeli artillery and troops implicit the border.

A fewer hours later, the IDF announced that it struck a Hezbollah bid centre successful Dahieh successful response. Lebanon's wellness ministry said 2 radical were killed and 20 injured.

Late connected Sunday, Iran's apical subject commandant accused Israel of "crossing each reddish lines" with the Beirut onslaught and warned of a "devastating" response.

Soon afterwards, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had launched ballistic missiles astatine targets successful bluish Israel, including Ramat David airbase, adjacent Nazareth.

"Tonight's cognition was a warning. If aggressions are repeated, the responses volition beryllium broader," it warned.

The IDF said 2 barrages of missiles were detected and intercepted.

Iran's parliamentary talker and main negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote connected X that Israeli and US assets were "legitimate targets" due to the fact that of hostile acts, including the "violation of agreements implicit Lebanon".

In the aboriginal hours of Monday, the IDF said dozens of its craft had struck subject targets successful occidental and cardinal Iran successful retaliation. It aboriginal identified them arsenic aerial defence systems that had been deployed since the commencement of the ceasefire.

Iranian authorities media reported explosions successful Tehran, Isfahan, Najafabad and Tabriz.

"The Iranian panic authorities erstwhile again chose coercion and is attempting to make a caller equation," IDF spokesperson Brig Gen Effie Defrin said connected Monday.

It cited a elder US authoritative arsenic saying that Trump told Netanyahu to clasp disconnected from striking Iran due to the fact that "we are adjacent to doing thing bully successful presumption of a deal".

The Israeli ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, wrote connected X: "No self-respecting state successful the satellite would tolerate specified an attack, and neither volition Israel."

On Monday morning, Iran launched much missiles towards Jerusalem and cardinal and confederate Israel, according to Israeli authorities.

Israeli media reported that harm was caused to 4 buildings successful an outpost adjacent the Israeli colony of Itamar, successful the northbound of the occupied West Bank, arsenic a effect of a rocket interception.

The IDF meantime said a 2nd question of aerial strikes targeted a petrochemical analyzable successful the south-western Iranian metropolis of Mahshahr, wherever an Israeli subject authoritative said chemicals utilized for ballistic missiles were being produced.

Iranian media reported that parts of the Karun Petrochemical Company's works were damaged.

Yemen's Houthis, different state of Iran, besides announced a rocket onslaught connected Israel connected Monday and declared a "total prohibition connected Israeli maritime navigation" successful the Red Sea.

The Israeli subject authoritative said 2 launches from Yemen were detected and that 1 of the missiles fell abbreviated earlier reaching Israel.

The Houthis joined the determination warfare successful enactment of Iran successful March but had not claimed a rocket onslaught connected Israel since the ceasefire began.

At slightest 3,468 radical person been killed successful Iran during the war, according to the country's Martyrs Foundation. Iran's Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has enactment the decease toll from US and Israeli attacks astatine 3,636, including 1,701 civilians.

Another 3,613 radical person been killed successful Israeli attacks connected Lebanon, the country's wellness ministry says. Its figures bash not differentiate betwixt combatants and civilians.

Israeli authorities accidental 20 civilians person been killed successful Iranian rocket attacks successful Israel, portion 4 Palestinians person been killed successful the occupied West Bank. Thirty Israeli soldiers and 4 civilians person been killed connected some sides of the Israel-Lebanon borderline during the warring with Hezbollah.

Another 29 radical person been killed successful Iranian attacks connected Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to section authorities.

Thirteen US work members person been killed, 7 of them successful Iranian attacks successful the Gulf.