Iran’s IRGC Called Sunday’s Launch “A Warning” And Said Responses Would Become “Broader In Scope And Will Encompass All American And Zionist Targets” If Attacks Continue, While A White House Official Said Trump “Underestimated The Willingness Of Iran To Restart The Conflict”
According to The New York Times, PBS NewsHour, CNBC and AP, Iran launched missiles at Israel on Sunday, June 7; the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April 2026. Israel’s military said it intercepted all incoming missiles but warned that “the defence is not hermetic.”
Sirens sounded across several areas of the country and multiple explosions were heard in northern Israel. Iran’s state broadcaster confirmed the launches and the respective country closed its western airspace to brace for a possible Israeli response.
The immediate trigger was an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh earlier Sunday, carried out in defiance of a Washington request to stand down. Israel said Hezbollah had fired at northern Israel earlier in the day. Iran’s IRGC told The New York Times: “The ceasefire was conditional on a cease-fire on all fronts. Tonight’s operation was a warning, and if aggressions are repeated, the responses will be broader.” Israel retaliated with its own strikes. The IRGC warned that if Israel does not stop its attacks on Lebanon, Iranian attacks will continue.
Trump told Fox News the missile attacks “certainly not going to help negotiations.” A White House official, speaking anonymously, told MS NOW that Trump “underestimated the willingness of Iran to restart the conflict” and that the recent negotiations had “exposed a fundamental miscalculation from Trump and the White House.”
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