Middle East crisis live: Iran launches missiles towards Israel after Lebanon airstrikes

US-Israel war on Iran Launches appear to mark the first such attack since April ceasefire; Tehran threatened Israel with ‘painful’ response after strikes on southern Beirut Full report: Iran launches missiles at Israel LIVE Updated 17m4m ago Adam Fulton (now); Marina Dunbar , Nadeem Badshah and Yohannes Lowe (earlier) Mon 8 Jun 2026 02.2557 CEST First published on Sun 7 Jun 2026 15.37 CEST Key events 33m1h ago Trump tells Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran - report 1h2h ago Oil prices jump after Iran strikes at Israel 2h ago Trump says Netanyahu will have to accept US deal with Iran because 'I call the shots' – report 2h3h ago Tehran suspends flights at international airport - reports 3h4h ago Summary of the day so far 5h ago Trump tells Iran: 'You've shot your missiles... get back to the table' 5h ago Iran's Revolutionary Guards say Israel must stop Lebanon attack 5h ago Israeli military warns of second barrage of missiles fired from Iran 5h6h ago Israeli military says Iran launched missiles towards country 7h8h ago Iran's top negotiator threatens US bases and assets in the region 9h10h ago Iranian lawmaker says Tehran will give a 'painful' response to Israel's attack on southern Beirut 10h ago Israeli attack on southern Beirut killed at least two people - report 10h ago IDF orders residents of Lebanon's fifth-largest city to evacuate ahead of attacks 10h11h ago US says it destroyed two drones over strait of Hormuz 11h ago Trump says he would not unfreeze Iran's assets before peace deal is done 11h ago Israel strikes southern suburbs of Beirut despite ceasefire agreement with Lebanon Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier today despite its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The Lebanon health ministry says this attack killed two people and wounded 20 others. The Israeli military later said it identified missiles launched from Iran toward the state of Israel in an apparent retaliation. It was the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April. The Israeli military warned of a second barrage of missiles fired from Iran soon after the first. The Iranian missiles came shortly after Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Rezaei warned in a post on X that Tehran will give a “painful” response to Israel’s attack on Beirut’s Dahiyeh southern suburb, after the Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the area. Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf , issued a threat to US bases and assets in the region, claiming that the latest military action turned them into “legitimate targets.” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the Israeli military must stop its attacks on Lebanon and warned that if Israel escalates its offensives in Lebanon or responds to Iran’s actions, it will face “more crushing and regretful blows.” Donald Trump told Fox News when asked about the incoming Iranian missiles that “It’s certainly not going to help negotiations.” He added: “ What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough . Get back to the table and make a deal.” When asked about Israel striking Beirut earlier today, Trump replied: “ I’m not happy about it .” Key events 33m1h ago Trump tells Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran - report 1h2h ago Oil prices jump after Iran strikes at Israel 2h ago Trump says Netanyahu will have to accept US deal with Iran because 'I call the shots' – report 2h3h ago Tehran suspends flights at international airport - reports 3h4h ago Summary of the day so far 5h ago Trump tells Iran: 'You've shot your missiles... get back to the table' 5h ago Iran's Revolutionary Guards say Israel must stop Lebanon attack 5h ago Israeli military warns of second barrage of missiles fired from Iran 5h6h ago Israeli military says Iran launched missiles towards country 7h8h ago Iran's top negotiator threatens US bases and assets in the region 9h10h ago Iranian lawmaker says Tehran will give a 'painful' response to Israel's attack on southern Beirut 10h ago Israeli attack on southern Beirut killed at least two people - report 10h ago IDF orders residents of Lebanon's fifth-largest city to evacuate ahead of attacks 10h11h ago US says it destroyed two drones over strait of Hormuz 11h ago Trump says he would not unfreeze Iran's assets before peace deal is done 11h ago Israel strikes southern suburbs of Beirut despite ceasefire agreement with Lebanon Donald Trump believes he has convinced Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on retaliating against Iran after its missile attacks against Israel , according to a senior US official . The Associated Press quotes the official as confirming Trump had called Netanyahu and urged him not to immediately retaliate over Iran’s launches against Israel, which have shattered the fragile ceasefire in place since April. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Trump “got Bibi to hold off for the time being”, referring to Netanyahu’s nickname. The official would not offer any other details of the call and there was no immediate comment from Netanyahu’s office, the report said. Iran’s ballistic missile attack came soon after Israeli strikes on southern Beirut targeting infrastructure of the Tehran-backed Hezbollah . Iran warned that strikes on the Lebanese capital would renew full-scale war across the Middle East, even as Pakistan and other mediators try to restart talks between Tehran and Washington. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has targeted the headquarters of “terrorist groups” in Iraqi Kurdistan , state media is reporting. The Iranian government accuses the armed Kurdish parties – which have camps in neighbouring Iraq’s Kurdistan region – of serving western or Israeli interests and designates them as terrorist organisations. Since the start of the Middle East war, and despite the ceasefire announced in April, Iran has repeatedly struck these groups, although their posts and camps have largely been evacuated, says Agence France-Presse. Iran’s official Irna news agency posted on Telegram on Monday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “targeted the headquarters of terrorist groups in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq”. Donald Trump has told Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran’s missile attack and to allow more time for diplomacy , Axios is reporting. The news site quotes a senior US official as saying the US president told the Israeli prime minister on a call to hold off on because “we are close to doing something good in terms of a deal”. Netanyahu pushed back but ultimately “pseudo agreed” to stand down, according to the unnamed official. Sunday’s call was calmer than last week’s heated exchange and Trump did not raise his voice at Netanyahu, Axios quotes the official as saying, adding: We think the president bought a little bit of time. He is pretty adamant that we are close to a deal with Iran. I don’t think anything is imminent in terms of an Israeli strike.” Oil prices have climbed more than 3% amid the escalation in the Middle East war. In early trading on Monday after the weekend, the price of Brent crude – the international benchmark – rose 3.29% to $96.15 a barrel. Its US equivalent, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), was up 3.25% to $93.48 a barrel. Iran fired missiles at Israel in apparent retaliation after Israel hit Beirut’s southern suburbs earlier in the day, with the Iranian barrage the first since the fragile truce took effect in early April. Donald Trump has said Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have no choice but to accept whatever deal the US negotiates with Iran because “I call the shots” , according to a report. “He won’t have any choice,” the Financial Times quoted Trump as saying. “I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots.” The US president was speaking shortly after Iran launched missiles at Israel in the most serious escalation of the war since the April ceasefire. Trump has reportedly said he will tell Netanhayu not to strike back against Iran so as not to jeopardise a possible peace deal with Tehran. Trump told the Financial Times that Iran’s strikes had not changed his desire to conclude the US-Iran negotiations. “It’s not going to have any impact on the deal,” he was quoted as saying. We’ll see how it ends up. But they [the missile strikes on Israel] were attacks that did not kick at all. It’s one of those things that’s been going for 3,000 years, or 47 years, depending on how you count.” He did not, however, sound upbeat about the prospects of an imminent deal, saying in the interview: “I think the deal is going on. We’ll see what happens.” Asked what would happen if any such deal failed “on its merits”, Trump told the FT he would consider a commando raid on Iran: It means [one of] two things. Number one, it would mean that possibly we would go in and take care of the rest of the place that we didn’t take care of militarily. Or it would just mean that we would keep the blockade on Iran because the blockade has been probably more powerful than any attack that was ever made on that country.” Tehran’s international airport has suspended all incoming flights after Iran’s missile strikes on Israel , according to local media. “The civil aviation authority announced the suspension of all flights bound for the airport until further notice,” said the Iranian news agency Mehr said, cited by AFP. It is the latest closure for Khomeini international airport, which is one of two serving the Iranian capital and re-opened only in April after being shut for weeks over the Middle East war. Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi discussed the latest events in the region on Sunday night with his counterparts in Britain, France, and Turkey, as well as with Qatar’s leader and Pakistani mediators. The separate conversations focused on Iran’s response to Israel’s “repeated violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon”, his ministry said in a brief statement to AFP. The telephone calls, reported by the IRNA news agency citing the Iranian foreign ministry, came as Iran launched salvoes of missiles at Israel after an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs. Araghchi spoke to Qatar’s prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the French, British and Turkish foreign ministers, and members of the Pakistani team attempting to mediate an agreement between Tehran and Washington to end the Middle East war. Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier today despite its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The Lebanon health ministry says this attack killed two people and wounded 20 others. The Israeli military later said it identified missiles launched from Iran toward the state of Israel in an apparent retaliation. It was the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April. The Israeli military warned of a second barrage of missiles fired from Iran soon after the first. The Iranian missiles came shortly after Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Rezaei warned in a post on X that Tehran will give a “painful” response to Israel’s attack on Beirut’s Dahiyeh southern suburb, after the Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the area. Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf , issued a threat to US bases and assets in the region, claiming that the latest military action turned them into “legitimate targets.” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the Israeli military must stop its attacks on Lebanon and warned that if Israel escalates its offensives in Lebanon or responds to Iran’s actions, it will face “more crushing and regretful blows.” Donald Trump told Fox News when asked about the incoming Iranian missiles that “It’s certainly not going to help negotiations.” He added: “ What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough . Get back to the table and make a deal.” When asked about Israel striking Beirut earlier today, Trump replied: “ I’m not happy about it .” The Israeli military vowed on Sunday to press ahead with its military campaign in Lebanon and said it would step up operations against Hezbollah . “The (Iranian) regime is attempting to establish a new equation through direct attacks on Israeli territory in response to IDF operations in Dahiyeh,” military spokesman brigadier general Effie Defrin said, in a televised statement. “We struck in Dahiyeh in response to Hezbollah’s relentless attacks on the communities of northern Israel. The IDF will continue to operate throughout Lebanon and will intensify its actions against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation.” “The Iranian terrorist regime has made a grave mistake by once again choosing the path of terror,” Defrin said. Barak Ravid, correspondent for Axios, said Trump told him during a phone call Sunday: “The Iranian missile fire didn’t hit anyone. I hope Israel doesn’t respond. If Bibi attacks them back, it’ll just drag on like it has for the past 47 years, or the past 3,000 years.” “We’re very close to a final deal with Iran. It’ll be a good deal. I don’t want it to blow up because of what’s happening now,” Trump added. He also said: “I’m about to call Bibi right now and tell him not to respond. Both of them have already done their part. Israel had its strike and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one.” Iran closed the airspace over the west of the country on Sunday after launching a salvo of missiles towards Israel in response to its latest strike on Lebanon . “Due to safety and security assessments... the western part of the country’s airspace was declared closed until further notice,” said Majid Akhavan, the spokesman for the National Civil Aviation Organisation, in a statement carried by the news agency IRNA. The Syrian Civil Aviation Authority has announced a temporary closure of its airspace for 12 hours, suspending operations at Damascus International Airport amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel . Iraq has also temporarily closed its airspace and suspended air navigation, civil aviation officials told Al Jazeera. Iran’s military central command said Sunday that Israel’s latest strike on the southern Beirut suburbs had “crossed all red lines” , demanding a halt to its campaign in Lebanon . “The Israeli army must stop its attacks on southern Lebanon and the suburbs, and if it expands its attacks to that region or responds to Iran’s action, it will face more devastating and regrettable blows,” said general Ali Abdollahi, the head of the Khatam al-Anbiya command, without directly mentioning missile salvos that Israel said it was intercepting. The Israel military says it has intercepted all missiles fired by Iran so far, multiple outlets are reporting. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said the Israeli military must stop its attacks on Lebanon and warned that if Israel escalates its offensives in Lebanon or responds to Iran’s actions, it will face “more crushing and regretful blows”, according to Reuters. From 3h4h ago