6:46 a.m. – New barrage of Iranian missiles towards Israel
Israel reported Monday morning a second barrage of Iranian missiles towards its territory. “Recently, the army identified missiles fired from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel,” a military statement said. “Defense systems are in action to intercept the threat. »
The Israeli army announced Monday morning that missiles had been fired from Iran towards Israel, while an explosion was heard in Jerusalem after an air alert was activated.
6:40 a.m. – Israel says missile launched from Yemen towards its territory
The Israeli army said on Monday that it had identified a missile strike towards Israeli territory from Yemen, where Houthi rebels support Iran. “The Israeli military has identified the firing of a missile from Yemen towards Israeli territory, and air defense systems are in action to intercept the threat,” a military statement said. The same source shortly after clarified that residents of areas affected by air alerts could leave the shelters. Emergency services indicated that no casualties were immediately reported.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels support Iran in the war against the United States and Israel. They had repeatedly launched missiles towards Israel at the end of March and beginning of April, before the establishment of the ceasefire in the Middle East.
6:33 a.m. – Israel bombs Iran in response to unprecedented attack
Israel carried out airstrikes against Iran on Monday after being targeted by missiles from the Islamic Republic for the first time since the establishment of the Middle East truce.
Explosions rang out in Tehran and the cities of Tabriz and Isfahan, state television announced early Monday, as the Israeli army announced that its air force had bombed “military targets belonging to the Iranian terrorist regime in western and central Iran.”
The army had previously warned that it would strike Iran “with force” in retaliation for the firing towards Israel of two waves of missiles fired from Iran, all of which it said were intercepted.
6:30 a.m. – The night’s news
– After 100 days of war and two months after the entry into force of an already very fragile ceasefire, the region threatens to flare up again, although the American president assures that he wants to negotiate an agreement with Tehran.
– The Israeli army announced Monday that it had carried out airstrikes against “military targets” in western and central Iran, after the Islamic Republic fired missiles against Israel for the first time since the establishment of the truce in the Middle East. Iran fired several missiles against Israel on Sunday, which said it intercepted them.
– Tehran had presented these attacks as a “warning”, in retaliation for an Israeli bombing on the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of the pro-Iranian Islamist movement Hezbollah, leaving two dead and 20 injured despite a truce theoretically concluded between Lebanon and Israel but widely flouted.
– The Iranian Revolutionary Guards also announced Monday morning that they had targeted “terrorist groups” in Sulaymaniyah, in Iraqi Kurdistan, reports the official Irna news agency.
