Iran, Israel say hostilities on hold after first attacks since truce

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Published - June 09, 2026 10:50 am IST - Tehran Israeli security works next to a part of a projectile following a missile attack from Iran towards Israel in northern Israel. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran and Israel said on Monday (June 8, 2026) that hostilities between them had halted, after the two countries exchanged strikes that threatened to reignite the West Asia conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the “fire on that front is contained” hours after Tehran said it had stopped its military action. West Asia war LIVE updates on June 9, 2026 Tehran launched missiles at Israel on Sunday (June 7, 2026) over Israel’s ongoing war against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel then struck back, despite efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to dissuade Mr. Netanyahu. That triggered another round of Iranian missiles, before Tehran announced it would cease fire. Iran has sought to tie its truce with the United States — in place since April 8 despite repeated attacks by both sides — to Israel’s war against Hezbollah, warning that attacks on Lebanon would force it to act. Tehran said on Monday (June 8, 2026) it would attack again if Israel persisted with its strikes in Lebanon, while Netanyahu warned in turn that should Iran “make the mistake of resuming attacks against us, we will respond with full force”. Earlier, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz insisted that the campaign in Lebanon would carry on regardless and said Israel would strike the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut in retaliation for each attack on northern Israel by the militant group. Mr. Trump, who has reportedly grown increasingly exasperated with Mr. Netanyahu, had earlier urged both sides to stop “shooting” and said that “final negotiations” towards peace would proceed “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way”. The Israeli premier, though, said in a televised statement he had told Mr. Trump that “Israel has a full right to self-defence, and we are exercising it as required”. Iran fired nearly 30 missiles at Israel overnight, according to the Israeli military, and Israel targeted military sites in the Islamic republic. No casualties have been reported in either Israel or Iran after the exchange of fire. But violence continued in southern Lebanon on Monday (June 8, 2026), with an Israeli strike killing five people in the city of Tyre while another in the Nabatieh district left seven dead and a third in Marwanieh killed two, the Lebanese health ministry said. The Israeli military said it had identified projectiles launched towards its soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, some of which were intercepted while one landed near troops without causing casualties. It later said that a “suspicious aerial target” from Yemen had been intercepted without any reported injuries. On Monday (June 8, 2026) in Tehran, there was little sign of any return to war, with cafe terraces packed. Traffic seemed lighter than usual for a weekday, suggesting that some people had stayed home and there were also many more people queueing at petrol stations. Maryam, 41, an accountant in Tehran, described “a sense of uncertainty and confusion.” “You don’t know if there’s going to be a war, nor do you know if the peace agreement will last. Nothing is clear. People are frustrated,” she said. Residents of Tel Aviv meanwhile went to shelters as sirens went off. “I hope it will be short, but you can never know. Last time we thought it will be short and then it was a month, so I don’t know,” said Jonathan Ariel, 30. Iranian news agencies reported early on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) that the capital’s international airport — shut down over the renewed missile launches — had reopened, allowing flights carrying hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia to land. The world’s main crude contracts, Brent North Sea and West Texas Intermediate, surged by more than five percent in Asian trading hours on worries that the war would resume but eased later in the day, logging gains of 1.3% and 0.8% respectively. The conflict has seen Tehran all but halt shipments of the Gulf’s oil and gas

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