Middle East conflict: Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Iran in renewed violence

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese village of Abbasiyyeh on March 13, 2026. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Israel and Hezbollah to "stop the war" at the start of a visit to Beirut, saying it was "no longer the time of armed groups". The UN will launch an urgent humanitarian fundraiser on March 13, to assist the more than 800,000 people registered as displaced in Lebanon. (Photo by KAWNAT HAJU / AFP) /

Israel has launched airstrikes on Iran in retaliation for waves of missiles fired at its northern regions on Sunday.

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The development marked a day of renewed violence in the Middle East after a fragile ceasefire.

Iranian state television reports that the sound of explosions was heard in Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz and Tehran.
The strikes occurred after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, said it had targeted the Ramat David Airbase in northern Israel with ballistic missile fire on the evening of June 7.

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The IRGC claimed that Israel used air-launched ballistic missiles in its attack on Monday morning.

The Israel Defense Forces, IDF, said it identified missiles fired from Iran toward northern Israel and defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat.
“A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” the Israeli military stated.

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