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Israel struck Iran on Monday after being targeted by missiles, while a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia came under fire in the most serious exchange of hostilities since an April ceasefire, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war.<\/p>\n

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The Iranian military’s joint command said that it is halting its offensive operations<\/b> hours after Israel and Iran began <\/b>trading fire early Monday in retaliatory strikes<\/b><\/a><\/span> that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a full-scale regional war<\/b>.<\/li>\n
In a brief statement, Netanyahu said the fighting has stopped “after we hit the terror regime in Tehran.” <\/b>But he said, “If the terror regime in Iran makes the mistake and returns to attacking us, we will respond with force.”<\/b><\/li>\n
Netanyahu also said that Israel is continuing to operate against Iran’s ally<\/b>the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah<\/b>and that Israel “has full right to self-defense and we will exercise it to the full extent necessary.”<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n
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The Israeli prime minister’s brief statement added that “right now, the fire has been halted.” It was his first public statement since Iran fired missiles at Israel late Sunday. They were intercepted.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu asserted Israel’s right to self-defense, “and I say this with appreciation and respect in my good conversations with my friend President Trump.” Netanyahu appears to have openly defied Trump with a strike in Beirut on Sunday and then retaliatory attacks against Iran.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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The civil aviation authority also says operations at Damascus International Airport have resumed.<\/p>\n
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Israeli strikes on Iran wound 15 <\/h2>\n
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Israeli strikes on Iran Monday wounded at least 15 people, the National Emergency Medical Organization said in a statement published by the Iranian official news agency.<\/p>\n
No fatalities have been reported so far, the organization said. The statement did not specify whether the wounded were civilians or military personnel, noting that 14 of the injured were from Mahshahr in the province of Khuzestan, while one was from Tehran.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed concern over the recent surge in violence in the Middle East and urged all parties to “exercise restraint.”<\/p>\n
In a post on X, Sharif said the latest escalation was “a stark reminder of the dangers associated with a tenuous ceasefire and the unbearable consequences it may lead to.”<\/p>\n
Sharif also called for diplomacy over further escalation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 5 people, including a child <\/h2>\n
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Israeli strikes on Monday killed at least five people, including a child, across Gaza, according to hospital officials.<\/p>\n
A strike killed two people in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday morning, according to Nasser Hospital, while another left three people dead in Jabaliya in northern Gaza, including Jad Soleiman, an 8-year-old boy, according to Shifa Hospital. Several were also wounded.<\/p>\n
Jad’s father, Yusuf, clutched his son’s backpack and kissed his face as the child’s body, wrapped in a white burial shroud, lay before him.<\/p>\n
“He was coming home from school,” Soleiman said. “I ran to him and found him lying down with his bag still on. It’s covered in his blood. He was wounded and bleeding from the neck. He was taking his last breaths.”<\/p>\n
Gaza City and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza were also hit. Casualty figures were not immediately available.<\/p>\n
The Israeli army said it struck some Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives, adding it would give further details later.<\/p>\n
The attacks were the latest in a series of strikes that have hit homes and shelters across Gaza since October’s fragile ceasefire that sought to halt the more than two-year war.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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US tells Iran no more Israeli attacks if Tehran halts strikes, official says <\/h2>\n
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The U.S. told Iran there would be no more attacks by Israel if Tehran halted its missile strikes, and that Israel has agreed to halt attacks for now, according to a regional official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.<\/p>\n
The White House and Netanyahu’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Israeli army says 3 projectiles fired at Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon <\/h2>\n
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The army said two projectiles were intercepted, while one landed near the soldiers, adding there were no injuries.<\/p>\n
The launches triggered air raid sirens in northern Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Schools across Israel will remain closed for a second day <\/h2>\n
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Education Minister Yoav Kisch said in a post on X Monday afternoon that schools would not open on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
On Sunday evening, Israel’s military updated its guidelines for civilians, limiting large gatherings and canceling school across the country for the first time since the earlier round of fighting with Iran in April.<\/p>\n
Kisch said the Ministry of Education aims to reopen classrooms on Wednesday under guidelines that would ensure students have access to close shelter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Iraq reopens its airspace <\/h2>\n
Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority announced that the country’s airspace has reopened after earlier announcing a 72-hour closure in response to the renewed exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n
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Syrian man finds a missile partially buried in his field <\/h2>\n
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A missile lay partially buried in a field on the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday, surrounded by scorched earth after overnight exchanges of fire between Israel and Iran sent projectiles across the region.<\/p>\n
The missile’s impact left a blackened patch of ground where a fire broke out, according to the field’s owner, Mahmoud Ataya. He said residents heard a loud explosion during the night but did not immediately know what had happened. When they went to put out the fire, they found half of the missile protruding from the ground. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n
State media in Syria reported explosions in the skies over Damascus Sunday night, attributing them to Israeli air defenses intercepting missiles fired from Iran. Associated Press journalists in the Syrian capital also reported hearing loud explosions overnight<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Iranian military’s joint command says it is halting its offensive operations <\/h2>\n
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The Iranian military’s joint command said Monday it was halting its offensive operations after Israel and Iran exchanged fire in their first attacks since the U.S. struck a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago.<\/p>\n
The joint command said that if Israel or its supporters carried out any further “aggression and hostile acts,” including in southern Lebanon, then “much more severe and crushing measures than before will follow.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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EU approves sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities <\/h2>\n
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The European Union’s foreign policy chief said the 27-member bloc appro ved sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities involved in disrupting transit through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Kaja Kallas said after a meeting with EU defense ministers on Monday that this is the first time the EU has applied a new freedom-of-navigation sanctions system “and where necessary will apply it again.”<\/p>\n
“Ministers were clear today that Iran’s actions are unacceptable,” Kallas said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Trump claims negotiations are ongoing <\/h2>\n
Trump later posted again to his Truth Social website, insisting that both Israel and Iran were “looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!”
He claimed negotiations were ongoing, “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.”<\/p>\n
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Syria reopens its airspace <\/h2>\n
The civil aviation authority also says operations at Damascus International Airport have resumed.<\/p>\n
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Iraq reopens its airspace <\/h2>\n
Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority announced that the country’s airspace has reopened after earlier announcing a 72-hour closure in response to the renewed exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n
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Trump says Israel and Iran must stop shooting <\/h2>\n
In his first comments since Iran and Israel traded fire, Trump wrote online: “Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting.’”<\/p>\n
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Air defenses in Tehran and other cities open fire <\/h2>\n
Just before noon, air defense systems around Tehran and multiple Iranian cities opened fire, with some claims of attacks ongoing.<\/p>\n
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Israel warns people to take shelter <\/h2>\n
The call came as the military warned a third barrage of missiles was incoming from Iran.<\/p>\n
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JUST IN: Explosions could be heard in central Israel as Israeli air defenses sought to intercept the incoming Iranian fire <\/h2>\n
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Israel’s rescue services said there were no reports of casualties or impacts from Yemen missile launch <\/h2>\n
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