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Closing summary
Israel and Iran said they have halted attacks on each other on Monday following a fresh wave of attacks from Iran on Israel in response to Israeli attacks on southern Beirut , as well as Israeli strikes on central and western Iran. The aggression, which began Sunday, marked the most direct confrontation between Iran and Israel since an April ceasefire.
Benjamin Netanyahu , Israel’s prime minister, acknowledged the halt in fighting with Iran in a televised speech, but vowed to respond “with force” to future attacks.
The pause in strikes came after US president Donald Trump told Iran and Israel to stop “shooting”. Axios reported that on Monday Netanyahu called off what was set to be the biggest attack on Iran since April after a conversation with Trump. Trump told Axios that he had warned Netanyahu: “I said, ‘Bibi, you better be careful, or you will be on your own very soon,’” Trump said.
Within hours of this declared halt in hostilities, however, the IDF said its air defences intercepted a suspicious aerial target heading toward the area of Eilat in southern Israel. It had been coming from Yemen, the IDF said – where Houthi forces, close allies of Iran, are located.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told CNN that that he will not meet with Netanyahu before an agreement is reached to end the war. “We say to the Israeli government that a military solution will never provide security for northern Israel,” Aoun said.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf , Iran’s parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator said: “We are not going to either just fight or just negotiate; rather, we are going to fight at our own time and negotiate at our own time. Our goal is the end of the war and stable security and we have no trust towards the opposing party.”
Lebanon’s defence minister has said that Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 airstrikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled explosions since the US announced a ceasefire for the country in mid April.
The Israeli defense ministry’s coordinator of government activities in the territories (COGAT) said that it will reopen the Kerem Shalom crossing back into Gaza to “gradually” allow in aid from Tuesday. It closed all crossings into Gaza and halted aid on Sunday as a response to Iran’s attacks. This move was criticised by humanitarian charities.
Updated at 11.05pm BST
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The IDF said its air defences have intercepted a suspicious aerial target heading toward the area of Eilat in southern Israel. It had been coming from Yemen, the IDF said – where Houthi forces, close allies of Iran, are located.
Donald Trump on Monday posted on Truth Social that both Israel and Iran were “looking to do an immediate ceasefire” and that “final negotiations on peace” were under way. He told Axios that he had warned Netanyahu that “you will be on your own very soon”.
Netanyahu said on Monday that he has halted strikes on Iran because “after we struck the terror regime in Tehran, it stopped attacking us”. However, he said Israel would respond “with force” to any future attacks.
9.37pm BST
Report: Trump warned Netanyahu that he may lose US support
Donald Trump told Axios that he had stopped Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu from launching any more strikes on Iran on Monday by warning him that if he continued the aggression, he would lose the US as a partner in the war on Iran.
“I said, ‘Bibi, you better be careful, or you will be on your own very soon,’” Trump told Axios.
This conversation purportedly took place after Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut on Sunday and Iran responded by striking Israel. After the exchange of several more rounds of strikes, Israel was preparing for its biggest attack on Iran since April, Axios reports, citing two anonymous Israel officials – but then came Trump and his warning to Netanyahu.
Trump told Axios that he received calls from five different countries in the region asking him to get Netanyahu to stop. Tehran had also called Trump, Trump said, and told him that “they are not doing any more attacks and asked us to tell Israel not to do any more attacks”.
9.17pm BST
Lebanon's directorate general of antiquities calls for protection of Tyre archaelogical site
Israeli strikes on Tyre in southern Lebanon have damaged a world cultural heritage site, an act that the ministry of culture’s directorate general of antiquities said on Monday constitutes a violation of international law and regulations around the protection cultural heritage.
Strikes that began on Sunday hit the site entrance and some administrative buildings, causing direct damage to some archaeological elements there, the diectorate general of antiquities said on social media .
Tyre is an ancient Phoenician city believed to be the birth place of purple dye, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Its archaelogical site includes Roman baths, an arena, the Roman colonnaded road as well as a cathedral built in 1127 by the Venetians, in addition to the remains of a necropolis.
Updated at 9.23pm BST
8.21pm BST
Complex relationship between Trump and Netanyahu continues to undermine Middle East ceasefire
The latest eruption of hostilities between Iran and Israel appears to have been contained for now after Donald Trump insisted he called “all the shots” in the Middle East, but in a dangerously fragile region Benjamin Netanyahu has again shown he is ready to take shots of his own.
The exchange of missiles on Sunday and Monday was ample demonstration of the inherent instability of the current limbo between war and peace, but it also shone a bright light on the complex and conflicted relationship between the US president and the Israeli prime minister, frenemies who could determine the fate of the current ceasefire.
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In a series of posts Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator said: “We are not going to either just fight or just negotiate; rather, we are going to fight at our own time and negotiate at our own time. Our goal is the end of the war and stable security and we have no trust towards the opposing party.
“The Lebanon affair demonstrated that the diplomatic arena, alongside the military arena, can push back enemies. One time we prevent the attack on Beirut by threatening to cut off negotiations, and another time by attacking. We will turn the maritime blockade into another failure for the enemy,” he ended.
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According to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator,The US is “neither seeking a ceasefire nor seeking dialogue” and Iran should respond “decisively to defend the rights of the Iranian people.”
“We do not want to move forward with commitment or sloganeering, but rather we must seek an engineered victory with Iranian authority and rationality,” he said.
“The military field, the diplomatic field, the field of public presence, and the field of serving the people are the threads and fibers of a single fabric. If we consider diplomacy to be merely dialogue in closed rooms and diplomatic smiles, we will fail from the very beginning,” Ghalibaf added.
7.31pm BST
Lebanese president: 'I will not meet with Netanyahu before the war ends'
In statement to CNN, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said:
I will not meet with Netanyahu before an agreement is reached to end the war. We say to the Israeli government that a military solution will never provide security for northern Israel.
We have no option but to negotiate and we are trying to take advantage of President Trump’s personal interest in ending this conflict. What is being proposed is a non-aggression agreement or a security agreement, but as for a peace agreement, we are part of the Arab Initiative.
Updated at 7.52pm BST
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Israel and Iran trade strikes: what does this mean for peace deal?
Nosheen Iqbal with the Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger about what we can expect next with the peace talks between Iran and Israel.
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Here are some of the latest images coming out of the Middle East:
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Four paramedics wounded in Tyre, says Lebanese Red Cross
Four paramedics were hit with glass shrapnel is an attack in front of the Lebanese Red Cross Centre in Tyre , the Lebanese Red Cross said on X .
The injuries ranged from moderate to minor, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
The IDF did not immediately return a request to confirm any activity in the area, but had earlie r issued a warning urging residents to evacuate the Zuqaq al-Mufdi neighbourhood located north of the centre.
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Summary of the day so far
It is approaching 8pm in Tel Aviv and Beirut, and 9pm in Tehran. Here is a summary of the key events so far today:
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he has halted strikes on Iran after similar remarks earlier from Iranian leadership.
The pause in strikes came after US president Donald Trump told Iran and Israel to stop “shooting” after the two sides attacked each other’s territory for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took effect in April.
Iran launched waves of attacks on Israel on Monday in response to Israeli attacks on southern Beirut, while Israel launched strikes on central and western Iran. Explosions were heard in the Iranian capital of Tehran – there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Netanyahu is set to convene a full security cabinet tonight at 9pm. Despite pausing the strikes, he vowed to respond with “full force” if Israel is struck again.
The Israeli defense ministry’s coordinator of government activities in the territories (COGAT) said that it will reopen the Kerem Shalom crossing back into Gaza to “gradually” allow in aid from Tuesday. It closed all crossings into Gaza and halted aid on Sunday as a response to Iran’s attacks. This move was criticised by humanitarian charities.
A senior Hezbollah official said that the group has not had any “direct contact” with the US president, despite Trump suggesting otherwise. The official said Trump was “perhaps” referring to the fact that parliament speaker Nabih Berri ’s adviser “communicates with the US ambassador and passes on messages”.
Lebanon’s defence minister has said that Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 airstrikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled explosions since the US announced a ceasefire for the country in mid April.
Updated at 6.05pm BST
5.28pm BST
The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) has said that it will reopen the Kerem Shalom Crossing back into Gaza to “gradually” allow in aid from Tuesday.
This comes after it announced on Sunday that “a number of necessary security measures have been implemented” after Iran’s missile firing on Israel. This includes “the closure of the crossings into the Gaza Strip, among them the Kerem Shalom Crossing and the Rafah Crossing, until further notice.”
It is unclear as to whether other border crossings will be opened. The closing of these crossings was criticised by humanitarian organisations including Medical Aid For Palestinians and Save The Children.
5.17pm BST
Netanyahu said he has stopped strikes on Iran, claiming they have deterred further attacks
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Monday that he has stopped strikes on Iran, and claims The IDF’s strikes has deterred the Islamic republic from launching further attacks, leading to a cessation of hostilities between the two adversaries.
“At this moment, the fire on that front is contained – after we struck the terror regime in Tehran, it stopped attacking us,” Netanyahu said in a televised statement.
However, in the video statement he also said the state would respond “with force” to future attacks.
In a video statement, Netanyahu said the fighting stopped after Israel “hit the terror regime in Tehran.”
He added: “If Iran makes the mistake and attacks us again, we will respond forcefully.”
“Israel has a full right to self-defence and we exercise it to the extent necessary,” he said.
In the televised statement, he also acknowledges his conversations with US president Donald Trump , who he has been confirmed to have spoken to since the strikes began on Sunday.
Updated at 5.19pm BST
4.40pm BST
US president Donald Trump called Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, AFP reports, after the first exchanges of fire between Israel and Iran since an April ceasefire.
This phone call comes after Trump called his ally “crazy” during another recent phone call between the pair. Speaking to the agency, a White House spokesperson confirmed that a phone call took place on Monday but did not give any further details.
Iran fired missiles at Israel overnight and Israel responded by targeting military sites in the Islamic republic, sparking fears of a new full-scale conflict.
“Israel and Iran must immediately stop ’shooting’,” Trump wrote earlier Monday on social media.
Also on Monday, Netanyahu has said that Hezbollah are “weaker than ever”, but says that the war with them “has not yet ended”.
4.17pm BST
MAP criticises closure of Gaza aid borders, calls it 'illegal act of collective punishment'
The director of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has criticised the closing of aid borders in Gaza, calling it an “illegal act of collective punishment”.
This comes after the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said on Sunday that all crossings with the Gaza Strip will remain closed until further notice – after Iran’s missile strikes in Israel.
According to The Times of Israel, COGAT said : “a number of necessary security measures have been implemented” after the missile firing. This includes “the closure of the crossings into the Gaza Strip, among them the Kerem Shalom Crossing and the Rafah Crossing, until further notice.”
However, Fikr Shaltoot , Gaza director at MAP, says that this is a “form of collective punishment against Palestinians and egregious use of starvation as a weapon of war”, and she argues that this is illegal and will cost more lives.
Shaltoot said: “Nearly a thousand Palestinians have been killed since the so-called ‘ceasefire’ came into effect – and even before the crossings were sealed, aid was only ever trickling in, keeping millions only slightly above the threshold of starvation and between living and dying.
“Life-saving medical supplies, fuel, cooking gas, essential equipment – all of it might now be blocked. Hospitals that were already struggling without medicines or power will now face an even graver crisis.”
MAP calls for the crossings to be opened, and calls on the international community to support the guarantee of full humanitarian access, the suspension on all arms sales, and support accountability mechanisms.
Updated at 4.22pm BST
3.45pm BST
US did not intercept Iranian missiles fired at Israel - official
Speaking to CNN on the condition of anonymity , a US official denied Israel’s claim that the US intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles launched at Israel overnight.
It contradicts an Israeli military official who said earlier that the US helped Israel’s air defence efforts, including by intercepting some of the Iranian missiles.
In previous rounds of fighting, the US has acknowledged helping Israel shoot down Iranian missiles fired toward the country, making the denial unusual.
3.29pm BST
In this insightful analysis piece , the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour , sums up the state of US-Iran negotiations and nods at how Tehran’s grip on the strait of Hormuz puts them in a relatively strong position going forward despite the country’s economy suffering heavily from the war. Here is an extract:
Iran’s negotiating demands have been remarkably consistent: a ceasefire in Lebanon including the withdrawal of Israel forces and the unfreezing of half of Iran’s frozen assets, about $12bn; a form of Iranian management over the strait of Hormuz; and detailed discussions later about how Tehran assures the US it is not seeking a nuclear weapon, including the down-blending of its highly enriched uranium stockpile.
Trump has been very close to agreeing these terms , but is trying to find ways to phrase them to make them more palatable to his domestic audience.
That is because on balance, the battle of blockades in the strait of Hormuz is trending in Iran’s favour. World oil inventories slowly running out, crashing the global economy from Japan to Brazil, seems more dangerous than Iran running out of cash and oil exports. The democratic west’s capacity to absorb economic pain does not match that of the Iranian regime.
3.13pm BST
Iraq’s civil aviation authority said 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.
Syria also reportedly reopened its airspace to commercial air traffic on Monday, after partially closing it yesterday. Iranian media is reporting that Iran has cancelled all domestic flights (until further notice).
Updated at 3.15pm BST
2.56pm BST
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, announced that member states have sanctioned Iran over “restricting naval traffic” in the strait of Hormuz as she said Tehran’s drones are threatening safe passage for commercial vessels wanting to transit the key waterway. In a social media post, Kallas wrote:
Ministers were clear that Iran’s actions are unacceptable. In response, EU member states in Brussels today sanctioned Iranians over restricting naval traffic in the Strait. This is the first time the EU applies its new freedom of navigation sanctions regime.
The Middle East is stuck in phases of peace talks and fragile ceasefires.
Tehran's drones continue to threaten maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
Ministers were clear that Iran's actions are unacceptable. In response, EU Member States in Brussels today sanctioned… pic.twitter.com/OJcvCknTFe
— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) June 8, 2026 ">
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene a full security cabinet tonight at 9pm, the Times of Israel is reporting . There has been no formal comment from Netanyahu on the renewed fighting with Iran since it began yesterday.
Hezbollah said earlier that it fired a rocket barrage at Israeli army vehicles and soldiers in southern Lebanon this morning in retaliation to Israel’s “violation of the ceasefire and its attacks on villages in southern Lebanon”.
Netanyahu will be under pressure domestically to continue his strikes on Lebanon and to degrade Hezbollah’s ability to conduct retaliatory attacks against Israel, but is in a bind as he is being told by the US to halt the military assault because it is derailing Washington’s peace talks with Iran.
Updated at 2.48pm BST
2.28pm BST
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has urged “all sides” to show restraint in order to give peace and diplomacy a chance of success.
In a post on X, Sharif said:
The recent surge in violence in the Middle East is a stark reminder of the dangers associated with a tenuous ceasefire and the unbearable consequences it may lead to.
As we work earnestly and painstakingly, together with our brothers and partners, to find a peaceful diplomatic solution to the conflict, and especially when the final objective is just about to be achieved, we sincerely urge all sides to exercise restraint and give peace a little more chance.
Let us continue to remain on the path of peace and diplomacy which have bright prospects of success instead of violence and destruction!
Pakistan has relatively good ties with both Washington and Tehran and has been the main mediator in the peace talks between the two sides.
2.20pm BST
The Palestinian news agency Wafa is reporting that a child was among three Palestinian people killed in an Israeli strike targeting a group of civilians in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
In a separate report, citing local sources, Wafa reported that several Palestinian people were injured after Israeli warplanes targeted a residential apartment in Gaza City.
2.16pm BST
Israel’s education minister Yoav Kisch wrote in a post on X this afternoon that schools would not open on Tuesday.
Kisch said the ministry of education aims to reopen classrooms on Wednesday under guidelines that would ensure students have access to close shelter.
2.08pm BST
Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Israeli military to halt preparations for another attack on Iran on Monday, two Israeli military officials told the NY Times , suggesting that the Israeli prime minister is looking to de-escalate attacks, for now, after pressure from the US, Israel’s biggest weapons supplier and most powerful ally.
2.00pm BST
Israel has struck southern Lebanon, according to its state-run national news agency (NNA). This comes less than an hour after Iran said it suspended military operations against Israel – with the condition of ending attacks, including on Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Israel says that several sirens rang in the country’s north. Earlier today, Iran said that “if aggressions and hostile actions continue, including in southern Lebanon, far more severe and crushing measures than before will follow.”
Updated at 2.05pm BST
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Iran’s president says his country’s priority is “national security and the peace of our people.”
Posting on X, Masoud Pezeshkian wrote: “We will defend the rights of the nation with authority and will not retreat in the face of any threat.”
“Diplomacy and defense are the two wings of national power; we have neither abandoned the field nor the negotiating table. God willing, with unity and rationality, Iran will emerge triumphant from this trial as well.”
Updated at 2.06pm BST
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Israel halts Iran strikes as per Trump's request - report
Israel’s Channel 12 news channel is reporting that Israeli strikes on Iran are being halted per US president Donald Trump’s request.
But the channel also reported that a senior Israel official said that the IDF will attack southern suburbs in Beirut if Hezbollah attacks Israeli towns.
Updated at 2.42pm BST
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Hezbollah official says group had "no direct contact" with Trump, despite president's claims
A senior Hezbollah official has said that the group has not had any “direct contact” with US president Donald Trump .
Despite recent statements from the US leader suggesting otherwise, AFP reports that a senior official from the group claims that they did not have any direct contact with the president.
Senior Hezbollah official Mahmud Qomati told the agency in a written response that “there has been no direct contact between President Trump and Hezbollah officials.”
This comes after Trump told reporters last Wednesday that “we actually spoke with Hezbollah for the first time, ever.”
Two days earlier, after Israel threatened to again bomb Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, Trump said that “through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah.”
Qomati said that the president was “perhaps” referring to the fact that parliament speaker Nabih Berri’s adviser “communicates with the US ambassador and passes on messages”.
Washington considers Hezbollah a “terrorist” group, including both its military and political wings.
12.50pm BST
Summary of the day so far...
It has just gone past 14.50 pm in Tel Aviv and Beirut, and 15.20 pm in Tehran. Here is a summary of the key events so far today:
The US president, Donald Trump, told Iran and Israel to stop “shooting” after the two sides attacked each other’s territory for the first time since a fragile ceasefire took effect in April.
Trump then said that Israel and Iran were “looking to do an immediate ceasefire”.
Shortly afterwards, the Iranian military’s joint command said it was halting its offensive operations against Israel, but warned that if attacks continue, “including in southern Lebanon,” Iran will respond in “much more severe and crushing” ways than before.
The Israeli army said before this statement that it was preparing for at least several days of conflict with Iran and was operating in coordination with the US.
Iran launched waves of attacks on Israel on Monday, and Israel launched strikes on central and western Iran. Explosions were heard in the Iranian capital of Tehran – there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Monday it launched a missile attack on a petrochemical plant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa in retaliation for Israeli strikes on the Karun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels also fired at Israel and warned they would target Israeli-affiliated ships in the Red Sea.
The escalation in conflict, which threatened to drag the region back into war, came after Israel attacked the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Sunday in what Tehran viewed as a violation of the US-Iran ceasefire.
Israel claimed it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure after it said the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group fired rockets at northern Israel.
The Israeli attack hit two apartments in two separate buildings, Lebanon’s state news agency reported, killing two people, according to a preliminary casualty count.
Updated at 12.52pm BST
12.28pm BST
Iran’s armed forces announce the end of military operations against Israel - report
Iran’s armed forces have announced an end of military of operations against Israel, but have warned of harsher attacks if Israel resumes attacks on Lebanon, according to the Fars news agency. We have not been able to independently verify this report yet and Israel has not issued a comment in response.
The Khatam ol-Anbiya Central Headquarters was quoted as saying that “ in support of the oppressed people of Lebanon” Iran gave a “painful response” to Israel after it attacked the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday.
“Accordingly, a halt to the operations of the armed forces is announced; but it is emphasized that if the aggressions and evils continue, including in southern Lebanon, much more severe and crushing measures will be on the way.”
Updated at 12.51pm BST
12.24pm BST
Trump claims that Israel and Iran are 'looking to do an immediate ceasefire'
In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump said Israel and Iran are “looking to do an immediate ceasefire” and that “final negotiations on peace” are under way, without giving any further details.
He said the US blockade of Iranian ports – put in place to counter Iran’s effective closure of the strait of Hormuz – will remain in place until a final deal is secured. “Things should move quickly,” Trump added.
In an earlier Truth Social post , Trump said Israel and Iran must immediately stop “shooting”.
Updated at 12.24pm BST
12.12pm BST
Israel has bombed Lebanon nearly 3,500 times during ceasefire, minister says
Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 airstrikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled explosions since the US announced a ceasefire for the country in mid April, Lebanon’s defence minister, Michel Menassa, said.
During a cabinet meeting, Menassa said that from 17 April to 7 June, Israel had carried out 3,491 airstrikes, 407 controlled demolitions and six “razing” operations, or demolitions – which have left some entire villages in the southernmost strip of Lebanon entirely flattened.
At least 3,613 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the start of the war on 2 March, according to the country’s health ministry. Israel’s renewed war on Lebanon was triggered in response to Hezbollah firing rockets at northern Israel after the US and Israel killed the former Iranian supreme leader in Tehran on 28 February.
More than 1 million people have already been displaced by the renewed Israeli war on Lebanon, triggering a major refugee and humanitarian crisis.
Updated at 2.32pm BST
11.40am BST
Over in the UK, British prime minister Keir Starmer has said it was “really important that all parties get back to a ceasefire” in the Middle East after Israel and Iran attacked each other’s territory for the first time since the April ceasefire came into effect.
The prime minister said:
I am deeply concerned about the resumption of violence. It is really important that all parties get back to a ceasefire.
There are serious negotiations going on, towards a lasting peace. It’s really important that we give them ever chance of success because this conflict is already having a huge impact across the world, including here in the United Kingdom.
So I say to all parties, we all have a responsibility to get back to that ceasefire and it’s really important we’re very clear about that.
Updated at 11.42am BST
11.33am BST
Iranian media is reporting that the country’s air defences shot down a drone over Tehran earlier today. It followed reports of several explosions being heard in the capital.
Mohammad Esmaeil Tavakoli, head of emergency services in Tehran province, was quoted by the Mehr news agency as having said that there were no casualties so far, and that authorities were investigating “two explosions”.
11.19am BST
An Israeli military official said Iran has fired nearly 30 missiles towards Israel since Sunday night, adding that Yemen’s Houthi rebels separately fired two missiles at the country.
11.15am BST
Gaza’s health ministry said in its latest update that at least 9 people were killed and 43 others injured in Israeli attacks across the territory over the past day.
The health ministry says 970 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since the supposed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in October 2025.
It says that 72,980 people, many of whom were women and children, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since October 2023, when Israel launched its assault on the territory following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.
11.10am BST
The Lebanese presidency has a statement from the US ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, after meeting with Lebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun.
It said they discussed the US mediated negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, with Issa praising the “effectiveness” and “high professionalism” of the Lebanese negotiating team.
He said Donald Trump follows developments in Lebanon extremely closely but acknowledged that negotiations may “take time” as all “issues” will probably not be resolved in a single meeting.
“What happened yesterday is a political message, and we in the United States have decided not to allow the confrontation to expand further,” Issa said, confirming that further negotiations are due to take place in Washington despite the fresh strikes.
“We have reached a point of no return; the ice has been broken, and we are continuing to help Lebanon emerge from its crisis.”
Hezbollah is not a party to the negotiations between Israel and the government of Lebanon. Despite being engaged in diplomacy with Lebanon, Israel is striking southern Lebanon and ordering mass evacuation orders on a near-daily basis.
Both Israel and Hezbollah have repeatedly violated the US-brokered April ceasefire, which is a ceasefire in name only, much like the ceasefire in Gaza and increasingly the ceasefire with Iran.
Hezbollah has fired rockets and drones into northern Israel and against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon as it rejects pushes for its disarmament and Israeli occupation of large areas of southern Lebanon.
Updated at 12.51pm BST
10.40am BST
Trump demands that Israel and Iran 'immediately stop shooting'
In an extremely short post on his Truth Social platform, Donald Trump demanded Israel and Iran to “immediately stop shooting”.
Trump has leaned on Israel to stop its attacks on Lebanon to allow room for a deal to end the wider war with Iran. However, Israel launched strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday, apparently ignoring the US president’s warning not to.
Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing domestic political pressure to continue his war on Lebanon, particularly from far-right elements of his fragile coalition, is therefore derailing peace talks but escaping any serious reprimand for doing so from Washington. Netanyahu is trailing in the polls heading into a challenging re-election fight.
Updated at 12.03pm BST
10.23am BST
IDF says it expects several days of 'fighting' with Iran
The Israeli army said it is preparing for at least several days of “fighting” with Iran, or a prolonged “campaign”, according to a military statement being carried by the Israeli newspaper Hareetz .
It said the strikes are only being carried out by Israel, but noted there is “full coordination” with US Central Command, as the US military has helped in the interception of missiles fired by Iran at Israel.
The Israeli military said Hezbollah has not joined the fighting with strikes against Israel, but stressed it is ready for the possibility it may do so.
Updated at 10.23am BST
10.03am BST
Here are some of the latest images sent to us over the newswires:
Updated at 10.26am BST
9.40am BST
Fresh explosions reportedly heard in Tehran
We are seeing reports of explosions being heard in the Iranian capital of Tehran. We don’t have many details yet but will provide updates as soon as more information comes in.
Updated at 10.09am BST
9.23am BST
The IDF said in a post on X that dozens of air force fighter jets have “completed an extensive strike” on “strategic defence systems” in Iran. There has been no official comment from Iran on this claim.
9.18am BST
Diplomatic activity is continuing as regional concerns about the further unravelling of the US-Iran ceasefire intensify. The Qatari prime minister and foreign minister, sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, spoke with the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, earlier today, the Qatari foreign ministry said. During the call, they discussed US-Iran mediation efforts and the latest “developments” in Lebanon.
9.00am BST
Iranian media is reporting that there were no immediate casualties following apparent Israeli strikes on the Karun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province.
According to the Fars news agency, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they responded to what they described as an American-Israeli strike on the Iranian petrochemical site by launching a missile attack on a similar plant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.
“We warn you; by taking action against civilian targets and targeting oil industries, the Zionist enemy has started a dangerous game, the scope of which will encompass all energy targets in the region, and its consequences for the global economy are the responsibility of the main arsonist in this field, the United States,” the IRGC said.
Updated at 9.05am BST
8.34am BST
Iran says US directly responsible for recent ceasefire breaches
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said the US holds direct responsibility for the recent ceasefire breaches, adding that Israel’s military actions cannot be separated from US policies.
“The actions of the Zionist entity within the region cannot be looked at in isolation from the United States,” Baghaei was quoted as having said at a press conference.
“No one believes that the Israeli regime would take any action without coordination with the United States,” he said. “The United States bears responsibility for the Israeli regime’s aggression, and it will also be responsible for the consequences of any escalation in tensions.”
Israel launched strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday in what Tehran viewed as a violation of the US-Iran ceasefire. Israel claimed it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure after it said the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group fired rockets at northern Israel. The Israeli attack hit two apartments in two separate buildings, Lebanon’s state news agency reported, killing two people.
Iran launched missiles at Israel on Sunday in response to the Israeli strikes and a fresh exchange of fire has been reported between the two sides today.
The latest exchange came even after the US president, Donald Trump, reportedly told the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from attacks on Iran. Netanyahu shows no signs of wanting to stop the war on Lebanon, which makes it hard to see how Trump can negotiate an end to the war on Iran as Tehran insists that the conflict can only end when attacks on “all fronts” have ceased.
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In a post on Telegram, Israel’s ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said there are no known casualties from the latest Iranian attacks after sirens were heard across northern Israel and in the centre of the country. An MDA spokesperson said:
At this stage, no casualties are known. MDA medics and paramedics went out to scan the scene where a report was received. Update later if necessary.
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Oil prices have continued to rise after Iran and Israel fired missiles at each other for the first time since the April ceasefire. You can track how much Brent crude has jumped by in our business live blog which has all the latest market reaction to the strikes:
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Israeli military says new barrage of missiles incoming from Iran
The Israeli military said Monday that it had detected a new barrage of missiles launched from Iran, the sixth salvo since the latest flare-up in fighting began the previous day.
“A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the military said.
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Houthis confirm attack on Israel as group 'bans' Israeli shipping in Red Sea
Yemen announced that it had joined the war for the first time since the 8 April ceasefire. The Houthi leadership fired missiles towards Jaffa Israel and said Israeli linked commercial shipping would be blocked entering the Red Sea, a decision that will unnerve other shipping.
Iranian officials had earlier suggested the revival of the blockade of Bab al-Mandab strait for Israeli linked shipping was being considered by the Houthi leadership.
In a statement Yemen’s Houthi leadership also known as Ansar Allah Yemen said “We declare a complete and absolute ban on maritime navigation for the Israeli enemy in the Red Sea and believe that any enemy movement from the moment this statement is announced will be a military target for our armed forces.
“We will respond to escalation with escalation, and our military operations will be increasingly coordinated with events, battles, and participation in the axis of jihad and resistance”.
The Houthis for internal reasons has been reluctant to join the US-Iran conflict preferring to hold talks with Saudi Arabia about reuniting Yemen.
Aliakbar Velayati adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei had earlier warned “today’s security of the Ban al-Mandab strait should not cause the enemy to make a miscalculation; the resistance rings have the power to close both waterways
“The choice is yours; stop the folly or enter into a regulated balance of the two straits”. The joint closure of the strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab has the capacity to sabotage the flow of East West flow of commercial naval traffic.
Iranian officials admitted Israeli strikes hit the Karun Petrochemical Company in the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone.
Iran said the attacks did not result in any casualties, but “the extent of damage and possible injuries is under investigation.”
Abbas Araghchi the foreign minister through the night was in contact with fellow diplomats to explain Iran’s decision to restart its assault on Israel. He spoke with the Uk foreign minister Yvette Cooper and the Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan as well as the Saudi foreign minister
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Iran’s state media is reporting that the capital Tehran’s Mehrabad airport has suspended all flights until further notice.
Israel and Iran continued to fire at each other on Monday while a missile reportedly targeted a part of Saudi Arabia housing a US military base. It’s the most serious escalation since a ceasefire began two months ago and now threatens to plunge the Middle East back into war.
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Yemen's Houthis claim missile attack on Israel
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have claimed an attack on Israel and say Israel-affiliated vessels would again be a target in the Red Sea, Associated Press reports.
The statement from Brig Gen Yahya Saree was broadcast on the Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel on Monday.
It’s another new escalation as the nominal ceasefire in the Iran war is being challenged by crossfire between Israel and Iran.
The Houthi threat to target vessels again puts the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait connected them in danger.
The Houthis during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip killed at least nine mariners and sunk four ships across over 100 attacks. Those assaults upended shipping in the Red Sea , through which about $1 trillion of goods passed each year before the war.
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The EU’s top diplomat has urged calm after Iran and Israel traded strikes , testing the fragile truce and threatening to drag the Middle East region back into war.
“Overnight, we have seen escalation again,” Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
I think the region does not need an escalation, but actually that parties sit down to a negotiation table and agree.”
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Opening summary
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
Israel launched airstrikes early on Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire from Tehran, attacks that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war.
Iranian state TV reported the sound of explosions being heard in the cities of Isfahan , Karaj , Tabriz and Tehran . A witness in Tehran described hearing at least one large blast somewhere to the west of the capital.
Iran closed the airspace around Tehran’s Imam Khomeini international airport – the main airfield in the country – after the Israeli attack.
Multiple explosions were heard over Jerusalem later on Monday as Israel said a new wave of Iranian missiles was incoming. The Israeli military said it “identified missiles launched from Iran” and was working to intercept the threat.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guards said Israel used air-launched ballistic missiles in its attack on Iran.
The Israeli military at dawn in Iran issued a short statement as its strikes started, saying: “A short while ago, the Israeli air force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran.” It did not provide further details.
US officials said Donald Trump earlier spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu and urged the Israeli prime minister not to immediately retaliate over Iran’s missile launches against Israel, which upended the fragile ceasefire in place since April.
We will bring you all the latest developments here. Meanwhile:
Iran’s attacks appeared to be in retaliation for Israel strikes on Beirut’s Dahiyeh southern suburb area targeting Hezbollah infrastructure despite the truce agreement with Lebanon. Two people were killed and 20 wounded in Beirut, the Lebanon health ministry said.
A missile was launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory on Monday, the Israeli military said , adding its aerial defence systems were operating to intercept the threat. Israel’s rescue services say there were no reports of casualties or impacts.
Oil prices jumped more than 3% after Iran’s strikes, with the price of Brent crude – the international benchmark – rising 3.29% to $96.15 a barrel in early trading on Monday.
Iran’s barrage was the first since the ceasefire took effect in early April . Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, said US bases and assets in the region were now “legitimate targets”.
The strait of Hormuz will be opened but under new conditions to be set by Iran and Oman, including a transit fee, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, told the Russian newspaper Izvestia – a position Trump strongly opposes.
Trump said Netanyahu would have no choice but to accept whatever deal the US negotiated with Iran because “I call the shots” , the Financial Times reported. “He won’t have any choice,” Trump said. “I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots.”
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