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14:07
Iran Halts Strikes Amid Trump Cease-Fire Remarks
Iran has said it is halting its military operations against Israel.
The announcement follows multiple waves of strikes between Iran and Israel and comes shortly after US President Donald Trump stated that Iran and Israel were "looking to do an immediate cease-fire."
Iranian media citied the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which serves as Iran's joint military command, as adding that any further attacks, including those in southern Lebanon, will be met with "much more severe and crushing" retaliation.
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13:47
Israel Says US Military 'Coordinated' On Intercepting Iranian Missiles
A spokesperson for the Israeli military said that the US Central Command (CENTCOM) had "coordinated" with Israel on defense and "participated" in intercepting missiles fired by Iran at Israel on June 7.
Speaking at a press conference in Tel Aviv on June 8, Israeli Army spokeswoman Efi Dufferin said that the cooperation between the two allied countries was in the "defense" sector.
A US defense official had previously stressed that his country was not involved in Israel's bombing operations in Iran on June 8.
An unnamed senior Israeli officer reportedly said on June 8 that Israel's attacks on Iran "were carried out without any American assistance" and that the United States only helped Israel defend itself and intercepted one of the 11 missiles that Iran fired on June 7.
The source added that Israeli Army Commander Eyal Zamir spoke with CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper "three times" in the past 24 hours, and that missile defense systems are on standby.
The officer also reported the presence of a delegation of Israeli military personnel in the United States, whose trip apparently began before Iran's missile attacks on Israel.
Dufferin also said on June 8 that Iran had violated the two-month cease-fire by firing missiles on June 7, which "may indicate the inability of Iranian officials to sign an agreement with the United States, and they violated the cease-fire to buy time."
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13:22
Israel, Iran Looking For 'Immediate Cease-Fire,' Trump Says
In a new post on his social media platform Truth Social, US President Donald Trump wrote that both sides, Israel and Iran, are "looking to do an immediate cease-fire."
He said that final peace talks with Tehran are under way but warned they could be disrupted by "ignorance or stupidity."
Trump added that a US naval blockade will remain in place "until a final deal is reached."
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11:57
Trump Urges Iran, Israel To 'Stop Shooting'
US President Donald Trump has urged Iran and Israel to de-escalate tensions as the two countries have exchanged air strikes over the past 24 hours.
Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said simply: "Israel and Iran must immediately stop 'shooting.'"
Trump had previously warned against the resumption of retaliatory attacks, telling an Axios reporter on June 7 that he planned to tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from retaliating against an Iranian missile barrage.
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10:07
Israel Reports 'Large-Scale Strike' On Iran Defense Systems
The Israeli military said it had completed "a large-scale strike" on strategic defense systems in Iran.
"Dozens of Air Force fighter jets, guided by Military Intelligence, completed a short while ago an extensive strike against strategic defense systems of the Iranian terror regime," the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said in a post on X on June 8.
"Recently, defense systems were deployed across Iran to restore the regimes capabilities degraded during Operation Roaring Lion," the IDF said, adding that "the strike led to the dismantling of these systems."
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06:38
Iran Launches Missiles Toward Israel, IDF Says
Israel says Iran launched missiles toward the Israeli territory "a short while ago."
"Defense systems are operating to intercept the threat," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in aposton X on the morning of June 8.
The IDF urged the public to follow safety directives, enter protected spaces when alerted, and stay there until further notice.
Shortly after, the IDF said in a separatepostthat it had identified a second wave of missiles launched from Iran.
The IDF alsoconfirmedthat its Air Force struck several targets in the petrochemical complex in Mahshahr, southwestern Iran, on June 8.
Iran has launched multiple waves of missiles toward Israel since the evening of June 7, while the Israeli military said early on June 8 that it struck Iranian regime sites in retaliation, as the fragile cease-fire in the Middle East appeared to be breaking down.
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05:28
Israel Reports Incoming Missile From Yemen
The Israeli military on June 8 said it was working to intercept a missile launched from Yemen, where the Iran-allied Houthi rebels operate.
The Houthi rebels, who in March said they were joining the Middle East war in support of Tehran, have previously fired missiles toward Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote onTelegramthat it "has identified the launch of a missile from Yemen toward Israeli territory, aerial defense systems are operating to intercept the threat."
"The IDF remains on high alert and is fully prepared to continue operations across all arenas against those who threaten the State of Israel," it added.
Earlier in the morning, the Israeli military said its forces targeted Iranian regime sites early in retaliation for Tehran's latest attacks on Israel, as the wobbly cease-fire in the Middle East again appeared to be in danger.
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05:15
Israel Strikes Back At Iran After Trump Urges No Retaliation
The Israeli military said its forces targeted Iranian regime sites early on June 8 in retaliation for Tehran's latest attacks on Israel and shortly after US President Donald Trump said he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike back.
"The Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran a short while ago," the Israel Defense Forceswrote on Xearly on June 8 without immediately elaborating.
Iranian state TV said explosions were heard in cities throughout the country, including Tehran, Karaj, Tabriz, and Isfahan. Details were not immediately available.
The strikes come after Iran fired a barrage of missiles toward Israel in its first attacks on the country since a shaky cease-fire took effect on April 8, saying it was in retaliation for Tel Aviv's military strikes on Beirut.
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04:49
Analyst Says Israeli Strikes Highlight Deep Divide Over Iran Threat
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WASHINGTON -- Luke Coffey, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute focusing on national security, said the latest escalation between Iran and Israel perhaps is the clearest indication yet that we are nowhere close to a long-lasting peace settlement with Iran.
It is also a reminder that Israel will do whatever it believes is necessary to defend its national interests, even if that means going against the reported wishes of the US president, he told RFE/RL.
Trump -- who was spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey -- is understood to have called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 7 to urge him not to respond to Iran's attack.
Luke Coffey of the Hudson Institute.
Senior administration officials told reporters that the US president believed he had persuaded the Israeli leader to hold off on retaliating against Iran after its missile attacks on Israel.
The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the latest strikes or whether they were carried out in coordination with the US.
Coffey told RFE/RL that the situation "underscores that the different facets of Irans influence across the Middle East cannot be compartmentalized or viewed in isolation."
"In the eyes of the Israelis, the situation with Hezbollah in Lebanon is understandably linked to the broader challenge posed by Iran," he said.
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02:09
IRGC Says It Attacks 'Terrorist' Bases In Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran's hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted what it called "terrorist" bases in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iranian state media reported on June 8.
"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has targeted the headquarters of terrorist groups in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq," Iran's IRNA news agency wrote onTelegram.
Tehran has accused armed Iranian-Kurdish parties -- which have established camps in Iraq's Kurdistan region -- of attempting to overthrow the Iranian regime and of working with Western and Israeli interests.
Members of the Iranian-Kurdish opposition based in Iraq mourn the death of a group member following an Iranian drone attack in April.
Tehran has repeatedly struck the Kurdish groups, although their posts and camps had largely been evacuated since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran beginning on February 28.
Rumors have occasionally arisen that the Iranian-Kurdish exile groups were planning to mount an armed incursion into Iran, but those reports have proved to be false.
Iranian-Kurdish groups, along based in nearby regions, generally operate separately from the US-allied Iraqi-Kurdish groups.
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