Iran has launched ballistic missiles at Israel in a retaliatory strike for attacks on Beirut over the weekend. The strike threatens to destabilize an already fragile ceasefire in the region, with US President Donald Trump telling American news outlet Axios on Sunday he would ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike back.
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“It’s certainly not going to help negotiations,” Trump told Fox News a short time later. “What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough, get back to the table and make a deal.”
Israel reportedly struck the southern suburbs of Dahiyeh in Beirut earlier on Sunday, despite a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The attack led to Iran sending retaliatory strikes on northern Israel. All missiles were intercepted with no casualties reported.
Iran says it launched missiles at Israel in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon's capital Beirut. Credit: AP. The Israeli army says it struck Dahiyeh in Beirut after Hezbollah fired towards northern Israel. Credit: EPA.
It was the first such strikes from Iran since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April. Be the first to know: Add 7NEWS as your preferred news source on Google.
Israel is yet to respond to the breach. After the strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps demanded the Israeli army stop its attacks on Lebanon.
Loading Tweet. Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted on X that “tonight Tehran must burn” after the strikes.
Lebanon’s health ministry said Israel’s attack on a residential building killed two people and wounded 20 others.
The tension comes as US officials express confidence that a deal will be reached soon, with American troops remaining in position until the war is complete. “Of course it’s a ceasefire. I mean, the president has said that. He’s very clear. Things can happen intermittently during that,” US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said. “But right now, the president is committed to getting a great deal for the United States of America that ensures they never get a nuclear weapon.”
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss an end to the war. Credit: 7NEWS. Hegseth added that the Department of War was prepared to take necessary action if diplomatic efforts fail. “We are prepared at the War Department, if that does not happen, to do what needs to be done,” he said.
Pakistani officials have touched down in Tehran as mediation efforts continue to end the three-month war in the Middle East. Stream free on.
