Middle East updates: Iran, Israel both declare pause in attacks
Key takeaways
- Both sides said that they were halting the latest round of fire, but also warned they would retalliate if struck again.
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- "At this moment, the fire on that front is contained — after we struck the terror regime in Tehran, it stopped attacking us," Netanyahu said in a televised statement.
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Both sides said that they were halting the latest round of fire, but also warned they would retalliate if struck again. The announcement came after Trump called for an end to the fighting. Follow DW for more.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Eyvr Israel's military released satellite images it said showed strikes on Iranian aerial defense systems on Monday Image: Israeli Military/Handout/REUTERSAdvertisement Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Iranian and Israeli leaders both said they were stopping attacks, with each claiming their strikes to be successful Israel and Iran both fired at each other in the latest escalation US President Donald Trump had called for an immediate halt in fighting The Iran-backed Houthis have threatened to target Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea The EU's top diplomat has urged all parties to return to the negotiating table Read below for a roundup of news related to the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Monday, June 8, 2026.
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