Hours after Israel defied a US request and an Iranian warning on Sunday by striking a Hezbollah command center on the outskirts of Beirut, Iran fired ballistic missiles at northern Israel. The launch was the first since a shaky ceasefire took effect in early April, per the New York Times. Israeli officials had said they struck the Hezbollah target in Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood after intercepting Hezbollah missiles fired at northern Israel earlier in the day, Axios reports. Lebanon's state news agency said that at least two people were killed and about a dozen injured. The Israeli military said that it intercepted the first missiles fired by Iran but that more were on their way.
Iran had warned last week it would launch missiles at Israel if Beirut was attacked, raising the risk of a broader confrontation that could also derail US-Iran peace talks. The militant group rejected ceasefire terms from Israel and Lebanon on Thursday. A senior Iranian lawmaker vowed on X that Tehran would deliver a "decisive and painful response" and told followers to "watch the skies" over Israel. The Israeli strike hit a residential building, damaging four of its seven floors, per the AP. "We are striking them very hard, and we know that Hezbollah is on the run," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet. Israel notified the Trump administration before the strike on Lebanon's capital, per Axios. Israeli officials argued Hezbollah's cross-border fire violates the ceasefire and gives them license to hit targets in Beirut.
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