In the course of a generalized conflict, it enters again, as it was launched on Sunday night by a massive missile attack against it. According to an official announcement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), air defense sirens sounded in many areas of the country.
The Israeli armed forces announced that they had intercepted the first wave of rockets, but clarified that they had already detected new fire, while an Israeli source told Reuters that Tel Aviv would immediately retaliate.
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“Red lines” and threats from Tehran
The Iranian attack comes, in the Dahiya region, from the Israeli air force. These are the first strikes in the Lebanese capital since the recent presentation of the US ceasefire plan, a development that has thrown diplomatic efforts to end the war into a tailspin.
Iran’s armed forces and Revolutionary Guards made it clear that Israel “violated all red lines” and interpreted tonight’s operation as just a warning.
“If Israel expands its attacks or responds to Iran’s actions, it will suffer even more painful, overwhelming and devastating blows, while all US-Zionist targets in the region will be targeted,” said the head of the Iranian army, General Ali Abdullahi.
Earlier, the spokesman for the Iranian parliament’s national security committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, had foreshadowed the attack, calling on Israelis to “look to the sky”. At the same time, the speaker of the parliament, Mohammad Bakr Ghalibaf, emphasized that Israel “only understands the language of power”, setting both Israeli and American bases as legitimate targets.
Iran’s first missile attack since the ceasefire
A few hours after the strike in Beirut, the Israeli armed forces announced that they had detected missiles fired from Iran towards Israeli territory.
It is the first direct missile attack by Iran since the start of a fragile ceasefire that was put in place in early April. Israeli authorities even warned that a second wave of rockets had followed, raising the level of alert across the country.
This development marks a new phase in the confrontation between Tehran and Tel Aviv, with an immediate risk of expanding the conflict at the regional level.
Tehran’s threats to Israel and the US
Before the missiles were fired, Iranian MP Ebrahim Rezaei had warned in a post on Platform X that Tehran would give a “painful response” to the Israeli strike in Dahiya.
At the same time, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, raised the tone, arguing that recent developments make US military bases and US interests in the region “legitimate targets”.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) followed suit, calling on Israel to stop its attacks on Lebanon. They warned that any further escalation or Israeli response to Iran’s actions would bring “more crushing and painful blows.”
Trump’s intervention and the message to return to negotiations
US President Donald Trump, commenting on the Iranian missile attacks in an interview with Fox News, estimated that the developments do not facilitate the search for a diplomatic solution.
“Certainly this is not going to help the negotiations,” he said characteristically, at the same time appealing to Tehran to return to the negotiating table.
“My advice to Iran is this: launch your missiles, that’s enough. Come back to the table and make a deal,” he said.
Asked about the Israeli raid on Beirut, the US president expressed his displeasure, saying: “I’m not happy about it.”
Fears of new regional conflagration
The simultaneous activation of multiple fronts – from Lebanon to Iran – brings back to the fore fears of a generalized conflict in the Middle East.
The fragile truce reached in early spring appears to be under severe pressure, while the rhetorical confrontation between Iran, Israel and the United States limits the scope for de-escalation.
The next period is considered critical, as the attitude of the parties involved will determine whether the region will return to the diplomatic track or enter a new cycle of military confrontation.
Intervention by Trump in favor of the truce
With developments running rampant and with Israel issuing threats of harsh retaliation after the Iranian strikes, Donald Trump in his own way seems to be trying to call on both sides to show restraint. More specifically, he said that no one was injured by Iran’s strikes and that “Israel should not respond because if it responds then, this will continue as it has been for the last 47 years or the last 3000 years” and added that: “We are very close to a final agreement and I don’t want it to collapse because of what is happening now.” Among other things, Trump said that he would immediately call Benjamin Netanyahu to tell him to stop, while regarding the strike in Beirut he made it clear that he is not at all happy about it and that Iran should return to the negotiating table.
