Middle East crisis live: Iran launches missiles towards Israel after Lebanon airstrikes

June 7, 2026 adminsr

Summary of the day so far

Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier today despite its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The Lebanon health ministry says this attack killed two people and wounded 20 others.
The Israeli military later said it identified missiles launched from Iran toward the state of Israel in an apparent retaliation. It was the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April. The Israeli military warned of a second barrage of missiles fired from Iran soon after the first.
The Iranian missiles came shortly after Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Rezaei warned in a post on X that Tehran will give a “painful” response to Israel’s attack on Beirut’s Dahiyeh southern suburb, after the Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the area.
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibafissued a threat to US bases and assets in the region, claiming that the latest military action turned them into “legitimate targets.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the Israeli military must stop its attacks on Lebanon and warned that if Israel escalates its offensives in Lebanon or responds to Iran’s actions, it will face “more crushing and regretful blows.”
Donald Trump told Fox News when asked about the incoming Iranian missiles that “It’s certainly not going to help negotiations.” He added: “What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough. Get back to the table and make a deal.” When asked about Israel striking Beirut earlier today, Trump replied: “I’m not happy about it.”

Key events

The US embassy in Jerusalem will be shut on Monday because of “the current security situation in Israel”.

The embassy said in a security alert posted on X that its branch office in Tel Aviv would also be closed and directed all American government employees and their families to “shelter in place” until further notice.

Oil prices jump after Iran strikes at Israel

Oil prices have climbed more than 3% amid the escalation in the Middle East war.

In early trading on Monday after the weekend, the price of Brent crude – the international benchmark – rose 3.29% to $96.15 a barrel.

Its US equivalent, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), was up 3.25% to $93.48 a barrel.

Iran fired missiles at Israel in apparent retaliation after Israel hit Beirut’s southern suburbs earlier in the day, with the Iranian barrage the first since the fragile truce took effect in early April.

Trump says Netanyahu will have to accept US deal with Iran because ‘I call the shots’ – report

Donald Trump has said Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have no choice but to accept whatever deal the US negotiates with Iran because “I call the shots”according to a report.

“He won’t have any choice,” the Financial Times quoted Trump as saying. “I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots.”

The US president was speaking shortly after Iran launched missiles at Israel in the most serious escalation of the war since the April ceasefire.

Trump has reportedly said he will tell Netanhayu not to strike back against Iran so as not to jeopardise a possible peace deal with Tehran.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump at talks in Florida in December. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Trump told the Financial Times that Iran’s strikes had not changed his desire to conclude the US-Iran negotiations.

“It’s not going to have any impact on the deal,” he was quoted as saying.

We’ll see how it ends up. But they [the missile strikes on Israel] were attacks that did not kick at all. It’s one of those things that’s been going for 3,000 years, or 47 years, depending on how you count.”

He did not, however, sound upbeat about the prospects of an imminent deal, saying in the interview: “I think the deal is going on. We’ll see what happens.”

Asked what would happen if any such deal failed “on its merits”, Trump told the FT he would consider a commando raid on Iran:

It means [one of] two things. Number one, it would mean that possibly we would go in and take care of the rest of the place that we didn’t take care of militarily. Or it would just mean that we would keep the blockade on Iran because the blockade has been probably more powerful than any attack that was ever made on that country.”

Tehran suspends flights at international airport – reports

Tehran’s international airport has suspended all incoming flights after Iran’s missile strikes on Israelaccording to local media.

“The civil aviation authority announced the suspension of all flights bound for the airport until further notice,” said the Iranian news agency Mehr said, cited by AFP.

It is the latest closure for Khomeini international airport, which is one of two serving the Iranian capital and re-opened only in April after being shut for weeks over the Middle East war.

The Israeli government’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said it is closing all crossings into Gaza after the missile attack by Iran.

“Following the missile attacks launched by Iran against the State of Israel, a number of necessary security measures have been implemented, including the closure of the crossings into the Gaza Strip, among them the Kerem Shalom Crossing and the Rafah Crossing, until further notice,” a statement posted on social media said.

Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi discussed the latest events in the region on Sunday night with his counterparts in Britain, France, and Turkey, as well as with Qatar’s leader and 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 brief statement to AFP.

The telephone calls, reported by the IRNA news agency citing the Iranian foreign ministry, came as Iran launched salvoes of missiles at Israel after an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Araghchi spoke to Qatar’s prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the French, British and Turkish foreign ministers, and members of the Pakistani team attempting to mediate an agreement between Tehran and Washington to end the Middle East war.

Summary of the day so far

Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier today despite its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The Lebanon health ministry says this attack killed two people and wounded 20 others.
The Israeli military later said it identified missiles launched from Iran toward the state of Israel in an apparent retaliation. It was the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April. The Israeli military warned of a second barrage of missiles fired from Iran soon after the first.
The Iranian missiles came shortly after Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Rezaei warned in a post on X that Tehran will give a “painful” response to Israel’s attack on Beirut’s Dahiyeh southern suburb, after the Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the area.
Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibafissued a threat to US bases and assets in the region, claiming that the latest military action turned them into “legitimate targets.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the Israeli military must stop its attacks on Lebanon and warned that if Israel escalates its offensives in Lebanon or responds to Iran’s actions, it will face “more crushing and regretful blows.”
Donald Trump told Fox News when asked about the incoming Iranian missiles that “It’s certainly not going to help negotiations.” He added: “What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough. Get back to the table and make a deal.” When asked about Israel striking Beirut earlier today, Trump replied: “I’m not happy about it.”

The Israeli military vowed on Sunday to press ahead with its military campaign in Lebanon and said it would step up operations against Hezbollah.

“The (Iranian) regime is attempting to establish a new equation through direct attacks on Israeli territory in response to IDF operations in Dahiyeh,” military spokesman brigadier general Effie Defrin said, in a televised statement.

“We struck in Dahiyeh in response to Hezbollah’s relentless attacks on the communities of northern Israel. The IDF will continue to operate throughout Lebanon and will intensify its actions against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation.”

“The Iranian terrorist regime has made a grave mistake by once again choosing the path of terror,” Defrin said.

Barak Ravid, correspondent for Axios, said Trump told him during a phone call Sunday: “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.

He also said: “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.”

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

“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.

The Syrian Civil Aviation Authority has announced a temporary closure of its airspace for 12 hours, suspending operations at Damascus International Airport amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel.

Iraq has also temporarily closed its airspace and suspended air navigation, civil aviation officials told Al Jazeera.

Iran’s military central command said Sunday that Israel’s latest strike on the southern Beirut suburbs had “crossed all red lines”demanding a halt to its campaign in Lebanon.

“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, without directly mentioning missile salvos that Israel said it was intercepting.

Trump tells Iran: ‘You’ve shot your missiles … get back to the table’

Trey Yingst, a correspondent for Fox News, says he spoke with Trump following the reports of Iranian missiles launched at Israel.

“What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough. Get back to the table and make a deal,” Trump said.

“It’s certainly not going to help negotiations,” Trump told Fox News when told about the incoming Iranian missiles

When asked about Israel striking Beirut earlier today, he replied: “I’m not happy about it.”

Mohsen Rezaeithe military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, has posted on social media about the missiles launched towards Israel.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran had repeatedly declared that it would not tolerate violations of the ceasefire or aggression against Lebanon,” he wrote on X. “Tonight, the aggressors received their response. This response is a warning for them to cease their villainy; every new action will be met with a more crushing response and heavier costs.”