Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Military Targets Inside Iran
JERUSALEM / DUBAI — Israel launched targeted airstrikes against military installations in western and central Iran early Monday morning, according to a Reuters report. The strikes were executed just hours after Iran fired a heavy salvo of ballistic missiles toward an Israeli airbase in northern Israel. Tehran’s missile strike was a direct retaliation for a surprise Israeli air raid targeting a Hezbollah command center in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday. While Israel’s defense systems intercepted the incoming Iranian missiles, the swift back-and-forth escalation marks a severe breach of the fragile April ceasefire and threatens to disrupt ongoing regional peace negotiations.
