Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel, while Israel struck military targets and a petrochemical complex in Iran, as an uneasy two-month truce appeared to break down. Share full articleImageHeading to shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming missiles, in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Monday.Credit...Oded Balilty/Associated Press See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de búsqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Latest PinnedUpdated June 8, 2026, 5:29 a.m. ETAaron Boxerman and Farnaz Fassihi Here’s the latest.Iran and Israel traded strikes and threats of further retaliation on Monday as an uneasy two-month truce that had suspended the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran appeared to break down. Iranian ballistic missiles sent sirens wailing in central and southern Israel and booms from air defenses could be heard overhead. Israel’s air force bombarded sites in western and southern Iran, including a petrochemical factory and Iranian air defenses, the Israeli military said. The attacks were the first between Israel and Iran since April, when President Trump called a halt to the American-Israeli campaign to allow for negotiations. But weeks of talks failed to end the conflict, and the renewed fighting has once again brought the Middle East to the edge of full-blown war. On Monday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps threatened energy infrastructure across the region in response to the Israeli attack on the petrochemical complex in Mahshahr, saying Israel had “initiated a dangerous game.” Earlier in the war with the United States and Israel, which began in late February, Iran fired volleys of missiles and drones at Arab states throughout the Gulf. It has yet to do so this time. Mr. Trump — at least in public — has called for calm. Renewed fighting could tie up his efforts to extricate himself from the war, which has proved broadly unpopular at home and jacked up global oil and gas prices. The escalation between Israel and Iran has no clear off-ramp, leaving people in both countries and across the Middle East bracing for further fighting after a cascade of events on Sunday put them on a collision course. On Sunday afternoon, Israel struck the southern outskirts of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, as part of its war with Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia. Iran had previously pledged to retaliate against Israeli strikes on Beirut. Hours after the Israeli strikes, Iran acted on its threats, launching a wave of ballistic missiles at Israel. Mr. Trump told the Axios news site on Sunday that he planned to call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to tell him not to respond to the first barrage of Iranian missiles. The president also told the Financial Times that Mr. Netanyahu had no choice but to accept a deal with Iran. “I call all the shots,” the newspaper quoted Mr. Trump as saying. “He doesn’t call the shots.” Diplomacy: Canada and Britain called for de-escalation. The prime minister of Qatar, which has mediated between the United States and Iran, spoke with Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, on Monday to discuss mediation efforts. Yemen: The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen fired a ballistic missile at central Israel on Monday and announced a naval blockade against Israel in the Red Sea, although it was unclear what that threat would mean in practice. Earlier Houthi attacks in the Red Sea snarled global shipping and prompted a U.S.-led bombing campaign. Iranian state news media reported a fresh wave of Israeli attacks against Tehran around midday local time. According to IRIB, Iran’s state broadcaster, the sound of explosions could be heard in western and southern Tehran, as Iranian defenses intercepted Israeli drones. No calm for Tehran’s residents as Iran-Israel fighting resumes.ImageTehran on Monday.Credit...Atta Kenare/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesResidents of Tehran, the capital of Iran, woke up in the early hours of Monday to the sound of massive explosions from Israeli strikes. Large plumes of smoke and red flames billowed in the air. Then came the drill of frantically checking their phones, social media and family WhatsApp groups to piece together what was happening. The pressing question: Was Iran back at war again? “We were just starting to get back to some level of routine and normalcy,” said Keivan, a 46-year-old father of three and a business owner in Tehran. “It’s all up in the air again.” Like others in the city, Sara, a 54-year-old chemist, said she had gone to bed anticipating that Israel would retaliate for Iran’s earlier barrage of ballistic missiles. Tehran was stormy on Sunday evening, and she woke up several times from thunder and lightning, thinking they were under attack. On state television, conservative pundits on morning news shows blamed Israel and the United States for the renewed hostilities, saying the two had worked together, and praised Iran for its proactive strategy of aggression. Tehran’s fire department said two nonresidential locations in the western part of the city had been attacked, according to state television. Isfahan’s deputy governor said on the broadcast that Najafabad — a city close to Isfahan, in central Iran — had been hit, but no casualties had been reported so far. A government official in East Azerbaijan Province said a military facility in Tabriz, the provincial capital, had been struck, also with no casualties reported, state media said. Israel also attacked Iran’s largest petrochemical complex in the city of Mahshahr, located in the south near the Persian Gulf. Officials from Khuzestan province, where Mahshahr is located, told Iranian state media that the strikes had damaged the Karun petrochemical plant. Iran’s state news agency, IRNA, reported that tens of thousands of workers were being evacuated from the complex. The Israeli military said it had bombarded Iranian military sites in central and western Iran, as well as a major petrochemical factory in southern Iran. Golshan Fathi, a resident of Tehran, wrote on social media that she had prepared an emergency bag, filled up her gas tank and updated the apps on her phone in anticipation of an attack overnight. “Now I’m sitting here, waiting for the war,” Ms. Fathi wrote, adding that it was a “wait born of fear, not courage.” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps threatened to expand its retaliation after Israel struck petrochemical facilities in southern Iran, and said it had fired on a similar Israeli industrial site in the coastal city of Haifa. There was no immediate confirmation from the Israeli authorities. In remarks carried by Iranian state television, the Revolutionary Guards said that the Israeli attack had “initiated a dangerous game whose scope will encompass all energy-related targets in the region.” The Israeli attacks on Iran this morning included a “large-scale strike on strategic defense systems” throughout the country, the Israeli military said. Dozens of Israeli fighter jets attacked Iranian defenses as part of the operation, the military added. In previous operations in the war with Iran that began in February, attacks like these paved the way for broader aerial bombing by suppressing Iranian air defenses. Iran launched another volley of ballistic missiles at central Israel on Monday morning, the Israeli military said, the latest in the tit-for-tat strikes between the two countries. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Houthis in Yemen on Monday announced a naval blockade against Israel in the Red Sea. The Iran-backed militia has targeted vessels passing near parts of Yemen that are under their control since the war in Gaza began in 2023, including some with no clear connection to Israel. Earlier Houthi attacks in the Red Sea ensnarled global shipping, forcing vessels to sail thousands of additional miles around Africa and prompting a bombing campaign by the United States and its allies against them. It is unclear how the Houthis might carry out their threat this time, but the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has already rattled global markets. Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for oil and gas, has caused energy prices to rise worldwide. Diplomatic contacts were ongoing as concerns about the U.S.-Iran cease-fire mounted. Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, spoke with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of Iran on Monday, the Qatari foreign ministry said. The two discussed mediation efforts between the United States and Iran, and the developments in Lebanon, according to the statement, which did not mention the latest fighting between Iran and Israel. Iran’s state news agency IRNA said all the workers of Mahshahr’s vast petrochemical complex, which employee tens of thousands of workers, were being evacuated under emergency provisions. Israel attacked a petrochemical plant earlier in the morning. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had launched strikes on two Israeli air bases, Nevatim and Tel Nof. The attack was in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Iranian radar sites in three regions, it said in a statement carried by Iran’s state news agency, IRNA. The Israeli military said it had attacked several targets at a petrochemical complex in Mahshahr, southern Iran, on Monday morning. The governor of Khuzestan province, where Mahshahr is located, told Iranian state media that Israel had struck the Karun petrochemical plant.
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