Israel has carried out revenge missile strikes on Iranian military targets despite a warning from US President Donald Trump to show restraint.
Israel’s attack early on Monday, June 8, hit multiple targets, according to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) with a petrochemical plant reportedly one site targeted. The strikes come hours after Iran launched barrages at the northern part of the country with the IDF saying it intercepted all the missiles.
The IDF said in a post on X on Monday: “The Air Force, guided by Military Intelligence, struck military targets of the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran a short while ago. Further details to follow.”
The trading of strikes between Israel and Iran marks the worst escalation in the Middle East conflict since the US-Iran truce was agreed in April.
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Israel’s latest attacks on Iran have included a strike on a petrochemical plant, damaging part of the facility, reports the semi-official Fars news agency on Monday, citing an official.
The Karun Petrochemical Company, in the southwestern city of Bandar-e Mahshar, was hit by Israeli projectiles, a regional deputy governor for security affairs said, according to Fars news agency.
Israel Defense Forces said in a post on X that its air force “struck several targets” at the complex.
The Petrochemical Special Economic Zone Organization ordered the evacuation of its workers, reported Tasnim news agency.
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Brent oil prices jumped on Monday after Israel and Iran exchanged fire in the biggest escalation since a ceasefire was brokered in April, the Daily Express reports.
Brent crude futures rose $3.20 or 3.39% to $96.24 a barrel while US crude futures were up $2.87 or 3.17% at $93.41 per barrel just after 4.30am UK time on Monday, June 8.
Tannur AndersToday06:03 BST
Iranian state media has reported an Israeli strike on Karun Petochemical Company in Bandar-e Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province.
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The Israeli army says it is possible to leave shelters after a fresh wave of Iranian missiles targeted the country.
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The IDF has said in a post on X:
“The Chief of the General Staff, Major General Eyal Zamir, and senior IDF officers have been conducting ongoing situation assessments over the past hours and are commanding IDF strikes in Iran from the Air Force’s operations room. The IDF is alert and ready to continue operations across all sectors against anyone who threatens the State of Israel.”
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An Iranian military official said “Iran has not fired any shots” at the Al Kharj Air Base in Saudi Arabia, the IRIB broadcaster reported.
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The Iranian Red Crescent says it is ready to respond to any fallout from Israel’s strikes.
“Iranian Red Crescent rapid response teams, along with logistical, relief, and medical facilities, including pharmacies, are on standby following this morning’s Israeli air strikes on Iran and are providing services to the public,” it said in a statement on X.
It urged the public to prepare first aid kits and stay at least 100 metres (330ft) away from any “affected areas”.
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The Channel 12 broadcaster has reported sirens across central Israel, including Gush Dan and Jerusalem.
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The IDF has said in a post on X that a missile was launched from the direction of Yemen.
The IDF wrote:
The IDF identified that a missile was launched from the direction of Yemen toward Israeli territory; defense systems are operating to intercept the threat.
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Explosions have reportedly been heard in Kharg Island, Iran, Al Arabiya Breaking reported.
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Oil prices were up more than $2 a barrel on Monday after Israel on Sunday launched renewed strikes on Lebanon, Reuters news agency reported.
US crude futures were up $2.10, or 2.32%, at $92.64 per barrel as of shortly before 1.15am UK time, while Brent crude futures rose $2.33, or 2.5%, to $95.42 a barrel.
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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that new strikes by Israel and Iran would not affect peace talks with Tehran.
Following Iran’s barrage of missiles, Trump told the Financial Times, “It’s not going to have any impact on the deal.”
“We’ll see how it ends up. But they [the missile strikes on Israel] were attacks that did not kick at all.”
Hours later, Israel retaliated by striking military targets in western and central Iran.
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The Israeli Defence Force has said in a post on X:
The Air Force, guided by Military Intelligence, struck military targets of the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran a short while ago. Further details to follow.
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US President Donald Trump has declared that close ally Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have no option but to accept any agreement the US reaches with Iran.
Trump, in an interview with the Financial Times, said: “He won’t have any choice. I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots.”
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Trump and Netanyahu had a heated phone call last week (file image)(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Iranian authorities have suspended operations at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport “until further notice”, the official IRNA news agency reports.
Eliana Nunes7th Jun22:22 BST
Effie Defrin, spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), has said the military “will not allow continued fire” from Iran towards Israel’s citizens.
Speaking at a briefing delivered in Hebrew, he said Israel is “prepared for the possibility of additional fire”.
Defrin added that air defence systems have been deployed across the country and that the IDF chief of staff is carrying out a “situational assessment”.
“The IDF will continue to operate throughout Lebanon and will deepen the blow to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation,” he said.
Eliana Nunes7th Jun22:12 BST
Israeli media outlets are reporting that schools across Israel have been cancelled for tomorrow.
Israel’s Channel 12 is also reporting that while Ben Gurion Airport is currently open, authorities are considering whether to close it.
Eliana Nunes7th Jun22:07 BST
Israel’s Channel 12 is reporting that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are currently speaking on the phone.
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Axios correspondent Barak Ravid said Donald Trump told him over the phone: “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.”
Eliana Nunes7th Jun22:00 BST
Barak Ravid, a correspondent for Axios, said Donald Trump told him during a phone call today: “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.
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Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the strikes were in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
It said in a statement: “In response to the widespread crimes of the widespread crimes of the usurping Zionist regime in southern Lebanon and the large scale killing and displacement of the oppressed people of Tyre, Nabatieh and other areas, including Beirut’s Dahiyeh district, the Ramat David airbase, the origin of these aggressions was targeted by ballistic missiles launched by the IRGC Aerospace Force.”
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Effie Defrin, spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), has said in a brief statement that the Iranian regime has made a “grave mistake”.
The IDF said it intercepted all the missiles launched from Iran.
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A projectile fired from Iran at Israel is seen in the skies over Jerusalem(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
A projectile streaks through the sky over central Israel(Image: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Iran has closed the western part of its airspace until further notice, the semi-official news agency Tasnim is reporting.
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Our Defence Editor Chris Hughes reports.
Iran’s missiles have been aimed at northern and central Israel.
Sources told the Daily Mirror around 20 were fired – at least one from the Iranian region of Karaj. Other missiles were fired from Khuzestan Province, in Iran.
Sirens blared throughout Israel as additional launches were fired by Iran, and Tel Aviv has warned Washington it will launch revenge strikes, according to sources.
On Sunday night, Israeli officials within the Ministry of Health were preparing emergency measures, including moving hospitals to underground bunkers.
It is believed most, if not all, of Iran’s missiles have been intercepted by 8.40pm BST, and Israel may already have launched a retaliation.
Sources said Israel’s Ramat David Air Base may have come under fire.
Major explosions were reportedly heard in Tabriz, in eastern Iran, and more waves of missiles were heading for Israel by late evening and were mostly intercepted.
Chris Hughes7th Jun21:30 BST
Our Defence Editor Chris Hughes reports.
The Middle East’s ceasefires are on a knife-edge, set to explode into a new round of war after Tehran unleashed waves of missiles on Israel.
Medium-range ballistic weapons have been fired at Israel in two waves, fired, it is believed mostly from eastern Iran – in revenge for strikes on Lebanon.
At least three of the missiles are feared to have hit northern Israel, according to sources.
Both the Iran ceasefire and the fragile cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which has been beset by violence, may now be in tatters.
It is the first time Iran has directly attacked Israel with missiles since April.
Washington has been desperately trying to play down the escalation, and US President Donald Trump is expected to order President Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate.
He has insisted peace talks are still underway – despite consistent denials they are happening from Iran.
Chris Hughes7th Jun21:25 BST
Iran’s military central command has said that Israel’s strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier today “crossed all red lines”.
“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.
He did not directly mention the missile salvos that Israel said it was intercepting.
Eliana Nunes7th Jun21:20 BST
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has said “Tehran must burn” following Iran’s latest missile strikes targeting northern Israel.
“Tonight Tehran must burn!” he said in a post written in Hebrew on X.
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir(Image: Getty Images)
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it is firing missiles towards Israel in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, earlier today
- The Israel Defence Forces had warned it was “preparing for potential fire” after two strikes on apartment buildings in the Dahieh district of Beirut killed two people and injured at least 20 others, including women and children, according to Lebanon’s health ministry
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes on Beirut were “in response to Hezbollah’s firing at Israeli territory”
- Shortly after the start of tonight’s attacks, the IRGC said Tel Aviv must stop its attacks on Lebanon or face “more crushing blows”
- The IRGC added that Israel had crossed “all red lines” by targeting Beirut and intensifying its attacks across southern Lebanon
- Around an hour ago, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi shared an image on X showing the flags of the Islamic Republic and Lebanon side by side
- In Lebanon, more than 3,550 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, according to the country’s health ministry
- Israel says 26 of its soldiers and four Israeli civilians have been killed on both sides of the border since the start of its latest conflict with Hezbollah
Eliana Nunes7th Jun21:09 BST
Iraq has temporarily closed its airspace, according to civil aviation officials.
The Syrian Civil Aviation Authority has also announced that it has temporarily closed its southern air corridors and suspended operations at Damascus International Airport for 12 hours.