Iran launched multiple missile barrages at Israel on Sunday night, shattering a fragile ceasefire that had been in place since April 8.
The Israel Defense Forces said air-defense systems were engaged in intercepting the incoming missiles and urged the public to follow instructions issued by the Home Front Command.
The Magen David Adom emergency service said paramedics were treating two people who were injured while rushing to shelters.
A senior Israeli official told Channel 12 that Israel would “respond forcefully” to the Iranian attack.
According to the report, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to hold security consultations with top military commanders and senior government officials.
Channel 12 journalist Barak Ravid reported that U.S. President Donald Trump told him he would call Netanyahu later on Sunday night to urge him not to respond to the Iranian attack.
Shortly thereafter, Trump told Fox News that the Iranian attack was “certainly not going to help negotiations,” adding: “What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough, get back to the table and make a deal.”
Meanwhile, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for a strong retaliation, writing on X: “Tonight, Tehran must burn.”
Transportation Minister Miri Regev said Israeli airspace remained open for the time being, subject to an ongoing situation assessment.
Earlier on Sunday, the IDF targeted the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
“The IDF struck a Hezbollah terror infrastructure site in the area of the Dahiyeh,” the military stated.
Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said they ordered the attack “in response to Hezbollah’s firing toward Israeli territory.”
Tehran had warned that it would retaliate against Israel if the IDF struck Hezbollah’s stronghold in the Lebanese capital.
Israel and the United States launched a joint military operation against Iran on the morning of Feb. 28, including the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Over the following six weeks, Israeli and U.S. forces struck targets across the Islamic Republic, with a particular focus on degrading the regime’s nuclear and ballistic-missile capabilities.
Since the April ceasefire, intermittent military exchanges had taken place across the region, without any direct engagement between Jerusalem and Tehran.
On Friday, U.S. forces intercepted several Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched toward Gulf nations and the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Central Command said.
In total, the Islamic Republic fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, hours after CENTCOM downed four Iranian one-way attack drones that were fired toward the strait, the statement read.
In response, U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Geruk, east of the strait, and on Qeshm Island in the northern part of the waterway as a defensive measure.
Trump on Friday told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that one reason Tehran is not rushing to reach an agreement with Washington to end the conflict is that it “has been getting away with whatever [it] wanted” for 47 years, since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
He added that the Iranians are “strong, they are proud; there are things they never thought they’d be doing that they’re going to have to do ..., they’ve got no choice. And it takes a little while.”
The war against Iran “should’ve been done long ago. This should’ve been done by other presidents or other countries,” Trump continued.
He said he decided to act because Tehran had twice come close to acquiring an atomic bomb, adding that the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, negotiated during the Obama administration, was “tantamount to giving them a nuclear weapon.”
