{"id":5134,"date":"2026-06-08T00:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/iran-launches-missiles-at-israel-in-first-strike-since-april\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:28:37","slug":"iran-launches-missiles-at-israel-in-first-strike-since-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/iran-launches-missiles-at-israel-in-first-strike-since-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Launches Missiles at Israel in First Strike Since April"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning sirens echoed across multiple areas of the Jewish state as Israeli defense systems scrambled to intercept at least three waves of incoming missiles, according to New York Post<\/em>. Israeli military officials acknowledged that their defensive capabilities were not foolproof, though initial reports indicated no immediate casualties or substantial damage.<\/p>\n

The country remains on high alert anticipating further strikes, authorities confirmed.<\/p>\n

Mohsen Rezaei<\/strong>, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, appeared to take credit for the assault in a social media post. The missile launches occurred just hours after Israeli forces struck southern Beirut, targeting positions held by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror organization.<\/p>\n

Tonight, the aggressors received their response,<\/em> Rezaei declared online, threatening that Israel would face even harsher consequences if it chose to retaliate.<\/p>\n

Iranian state media outlets confirmed the missile launches, warning that attacks would continue if Israel either responded militarily or failed to halt its operations in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Washington’s Failed Diplomatic Pressure<\/h2>\n

American officials have repeatedly urged Israel to avoid actions that could expand the conflict as they attempt to negotiate a lasting settlement with Tehran. Israel justified its Beirut strike as retaliation for Hezbollah aggression.<\/p>\n

Last week saw Lebanese and Israeli governments reach a ceasefire agreement, though Hezbollah rejected the terms outright. Pakistan has also attempted to facilitate renewed dialogue between Tehran and Washington, but Iranian officials have insisted any agreement must include a complete end to Israeli military operations in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu Holds Firm on Lebanon Strategy<\/h2>\n

Israel maintains an active military presence in Lebanon as it pursues Hezbollah forces, a position that has consistently complicated efforts to reach a comprehensive peace deal with Iran.<\/p>\n

In an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press, President Donald Trump<\/strong> stated he was not insisting that Lebanon be incorporated into any broader ceasefire framework.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong>, facing reelection later this year, has remained adamant about continuing offensive operations in Lebanon until he determines Hezbollah no longer represents a strategic threat to Israeli security.<\/p>\n

Prior to the Beirut strikes, Iranian officials had warned that any such attack would trigger full-scale warfare throughout the Middle East.<\/p>\n

With information from New York Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran launched a major missile barrage at Israel on Sunday, the first significant attack since last week’s fragile ceasefire, defying American pressure to avoid regional escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[4673,2723,96,279,5624,5622,5623,277],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-5134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-beirut","tag-hezbollah","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east-escalation","tag-missile-strike","tag-mohsen-rezaei","tag-operation-in-iran","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5134"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=5134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}