Overview
- An Israeli airstrike on the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh on Sunday struck Hezbollah-linked areas and caused civilian casualties, prompting Iran to say it would retaliate.
- Iran launched ballistic missiles at Israel late Sunday that Israeli air defenses intercepted, and Israeli officials reported no confirmed deaths from those launches.
- Hours after the Iranian missile barrage, the Israel Defense Forces said it struck targets in western and central Iran, including a petrochemical site near Mahshahr.
- President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and publicly urged both sides to stop, and Iran’s armed forces later announced a halt to their operation while warning they could resume if Israel continued attacks.
- Diplomats from the United States and Pakistan are pressing to restore the April ceasefire as markets and regional actors respond to the instability and the Lebanon front remains the most likely trigger for renewed escalation.