Breaking: Iran launches missiles towards Israel, IRGC warns of "full week of continuous strikes"
The missile fire marked the first Iranian attack on Israel since the 8 April ceasefire and followed a chain of strikes between Hezbollah, Israel and Iran.
Iran launched ballistic missiles towards northern Israel on Sunday night, marking the first such attack since a fragile ceasefire took effect on 8 April, according to AP and Axios.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the launch was in response to Israeli occupation strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to Iranian state media and international reporting.
AP reported that warning sirens were activated in northern Israel and that the Israeli military said the missiles were intercepted. There were no immediate confirmed reports of casualties or damage from the Iranian missile fire.
The missile launch followed a rapid sequence of escalation earlier on Sunday.
According to AP, Israel said its strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs were a response to Hezbollah firing missiles into northern Israel, which Israel said it intercepted.
AP reported that the Israeli occupation strikes on Beirut killed two people and wounded 20, citing Lebanon’s health ministry.
AP said the Israeli military described the Beirut strikes as targeting Hezbollah command centres.
Iran had warned that Israeli attacks on Beirut would risk a wider response. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said US bases and Israeli assets in the region were now legitimate targets after what he described as US backing for Israeli escalation in Lebanon.
The latest exchange threatens to deepen the crisis around the April ceasefire, which had paused direct Iranian missile fire towards Israel while talks continued over a broader regional settlement.
This is a developing story.