Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Israeli defence forces struck military targets in Southern Iran early June 8 in retaliation to Iran’s missile attack at Israel late on June 7. This fresh exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel is the first one since temporary ceasefire took place on April 8.
Currently, Israel is facing a missile threat from Yemen and is working to intercept them, according to local media.
Earlier, Iran struck Israel after Tehran warned of action over Netanyahu’s repeated attacks on Lebanon. The war between Lebanon and Israel has been a major front in the ongoing conflict with Israel continuing to attack it while Tehran has maintained that ceasefire there is key for a peace deal with the United States.
Israel took Lebanon capital Beirut’s southern suburbs with surprise with strikes with no prior warning, going against its ally US’ request to hold off fighting. According to Israel, before it struck Lebanon, Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters fired at Israel on itself.
After Iran’s offensive, US President Donald Trump had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not launch any retaliatory strikes and to let diplomacy take care of the situation, Axios reported citing a senior US official and an Israel source familiar with the development.
According to the senior US official, there was no “green light” by the US for the Israeli strike on Beirut.
The US official also told Axios that during the call, Trump asked Netanyahu not to escalate the situation because they are “close to doing something good in terms of a deal”. However, Netanyahu pushed back to the request before “pseudo agreeing” to it, the official said.
