War returns to Iran with Israel, US strikes

The Israeli military said 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, AFP reports.

“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.

A military update said it is possible to leave shelters after a new wave of Iranian missiles targeted Israel, Al Jazeera reports.

The Israeli Army Radio is reporting that Israel’s military has assessed that the campaign against Iran could last several days, according to Al Jazeera.

The military is preparing for a “large-scale mobilisation of reserves” and is expected to mobilise a number of reserve battalions, according to Israeli Army Radio reporter Doron Kadosh.

A former defence minister of Iran has stated that all combat and operational units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are in a state of complete readiness to conduct extensive operations across multiple fronts.

In a post on X, the former minister said that “operational plans have already been developed and finalized in accordance with a range of possible enemy scenarios”.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group ⁠⁠said that they would ban Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, AFP reports.

They also said in a statement that they had attacked Israel.

Qatar’s prime minister has held a phone call with Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss the conflict in Lebanon and containing escalation in the region, Doha’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani told Abbas Araghchi the importance of reaching an agreement for “last peace” in the region, the statement said.

EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas urged calm after Iran and Israel traded strikes, testing a fragile truce and threatening hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war, AFP reports.

“Overnight, we have seen escalation again. I think the region does not need an escalation, but actually that parties sit down to a negotiation table and agree,” Kallas said.

The IRGC says it launched attacks on the Israeli air bases of Nevatim and Tel Nof a few minutes ago, Al Jazeera reports.

It said the strikes were in response to Israel’s attacks on several radar sites in three parts of the country.

The Strait of Hormuz will be open but under new conditions to be set by Iran and Oman, including a transit fee, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow has been quoted as saying.

“Of course, this strait will be open, but with new conditions to be determined by the Iranian and Omani authorities,” Ambassador Kazem Jalali told the Russian newspaper Izvestia in an interview published on Monday.

“We understand that Iran and Oman provide certain services related to this strait. And fees will be charged for those services,” he said without elaborating.

The Israeli military has said it has identified another wave of missiles launched from Iran and its defensive systems are working to intercept them.

“Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the military said.

The Karun petrochemical plant near Iran’s southwestern city of Bandar-e-Mahshahr has beem hit and parts of it have been damaged by an Israeli projectile, the deputy governor for security of the Khuzestan province said on Monday, according to Fars news.

The latest exchange of fire between the US and Iran raises the question: at what point does a ceasefire cease to be one? American forces say they intercepted Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz before striking Iranian radar installations.

Tehran responded with missiles and drones aimed at Gulf states hosting US forces. Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.

Ceasefires are meant to reduce tensions and create space for diplomacy. When military exchanges become a recurring feature, that distinction begins to lose meaning. The danger is not only the violence, but the gradual erosion of confidence that disputes can still be resolved at the negotiating table.

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The Israeli military said Major-General Eyal Zamir and senior Israeli officers have been conducting ongoing situation assessments over the past hours and are “commanding” Israeli strikes on Iran, Al Jazeera reports.

The military “is alert and ready to continue operations across all sectors against anyone who threatens the State of Israel,” it said.

The Saudi Civil Defence says the “danger has passed” in the Al-Kharj governorate, Al Jazeera reports.

The statement came moments after it issued an alert warning residents of a potential danger and asking them to take shelter.

The IRNA agency said two explosions were heard in western Tehran at 4:43am and 4:45am local time and that a spokesperson for the city’s fire department has announced that “urban areas were not targeted,” Al Jazeera reports.

The Israeli army said it had struck targets in western and central Iran, as Iranian state TV reported explosions in the cities of Tehran, Tabriz and Isfahan, according to AFP.

“A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” the Israel Defense Forces posted on Telegram.

Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi has discussed the “latest developments” in the region with his counterparts in Britain and Turkey, as well as 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 statement, without offering further details.

US President Donald Trump has told Axios that he will call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate after Iran’s missile strikes.

“I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one,” Axios quoted him as saying.

He further said, “The Iranian strikes didn’t hurt anybody. Hopefully Israel is not going to retaliate. If Bibi strikes them back, it’s just gonna keep going like the last 47 years — or the last 3,000 years.“

“We are very close to a final deal with Iran. It is going to be a good deal. I don’t want it to blow up because of what is happening now.“

The Israeli military has said that Iran has committed a “grave mistake” by launching a barrage of missiles at Israel, reports AFP.

“The Iranian terrorist regime has made a grave mistake by once again choosing the path of terror,” military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin.

Iran has closed the airspace over the west of the country after launching a salvo of missiles towards Israel in response to its latest strike on Lebanon, reports AFP.

“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.

Iraq and Syria have closed their airspace as a safety precaution on after their eastern neighbour Iran launched missiles across their territory towards targets in Israel, reports AFP.

In a brief statement, the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority reported the closure of Iraqi airspace for 72 hours. Syria’s authority closed the country’s “southern air corridors” for 12 hours.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have said the Israeli army must stop its attacks on Lebanon, and warned that if it expands its attacks or responds to Iran’s actions, it will face “more crushing and regretful blows”.

“We had previously warned that if the crimes in the Dahieh area of Beirut expand, we will attack targets in the occupied territories,” IRGC top joint military command said.