Israel and Iran exchange attacks as ceasefire falters
Key takeaways
- In effort to contain escalation, US President Donald Trump spoke with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, US media reported.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early on Monday that it had launched attacks on Israel’s Nevatim and Tel Nof airbases in response to Israeli air attacks overnight on radar sites across Iran.
- Iranian media reported that several explosions were heard in the capital Tehran, as well as in Tabriz and Isfahan.
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In effort to contain escalation, US President Donald Trump spoke with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, US media reported.
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early on Monday that it had launched attacks on Israel’s Nevatim and Tel Nof airbases in response to Israeli air attacks overnight on radar sites across Iran. Shortly afterwards, Israel’s army said it had detected a new barrage of missiles launched from Iran.