Trump tells Iran and Israel to "stop 'shooting'" as strikes strain truce

Iran and Israel are seeking an "immediate CEASEFIRE," President Trump said Monday, adding that "final negotiations" were ongoing and "things should determination quickly."

His comments came hours aft Iran and Israel traded strikes successful the worst unit successful the warfare since a ceasefire was signed successful aboriginal April.

Missiles launched from Iran toward Israel are seen successful the entity implicit the West Bank metropolis of Hebron connected June 7, 2026. Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Images

In a station connected Truth Social Monday, Mr. Trump wrote that Israel and Iran were "looking to bash an contiguous CEASEFIRE!"

"Final negotiations connected "Peace" are proceeding, taxable to ignorance oregon stupidity getting successful its way," helium added.

"The Blockade volition stay successful place, and successful afloat unit and effect, until a "Final Deal" is reached. Things should determination quickly."

President Trump told Israel and Iran to "immediately halt 'shooting'" Monday, arsenic the 2 countries traded strikes successful the worst flare-up of the warfare since Mr. Trump announced a ceasefire successful aboriginal April.

"Israel and Iran indispensable instantly halt 'shooting'," Mr. Trump said successful a station connected Truth Social.

The 2 sides person exchanged occurrence since Israel launched strikes Sunday connected the Lebanese superior Beirut, successful defiance of the Trump administration's wishes. 

The U.S. president had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Sunday not to retaliate for Iranian strikes launched successful effect to the attacks successful Beirut, according to Axios. 

Iran said Monday that the United States held work for the resumption of warring with Israel, saying Israel's actions "cannot beryllium separated" from U.S. policy.

"Without a uncertainty ... the actions of the Zionist authorities successful the portion cannot beryllium separated from U.S. policies," overseas ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said astatine a property league successful Tehran.

"No 1 believes that the Zionist authorities would transportation retired immoderate enactment without anterior coordination and practice with the United States," helium added.

The Israeli subject said Monday that it had detected a caller barrage of missiles launched from Iran, the sixth salvo since the latest flare-up successful warring began the erstwhile day.

"A abbreviated portion ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran towards the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat," the subject said.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced a rocket onslaught connected Israel connected Monday and declared a prohibition connected Israeli shipping successful the Red Sea, raising the specter of a instrumentality to large disruption connected the cardinal route.

"We state a implicit and full prohibition connected Israeli maritime navigation successful the Red Sea," said a connection from the Houthis' equipped forces, which besides confirmed their archetypal rocket onslaught connected Israel since aboriginal April.

Israel and Iran traded occurrence aboriginal Monday successful retaliatory strikes that threatened to resistance the wider Middle East backmost into a determination war.

Israeli authorities said 2 waves of Iranian missiles targeted the state and urged the nationalist to question shelter. Explosions could beryllium heard successful cardinal Israel arsenic Israeli aerial defenses sought to intercept the incoming Iranian fire.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it had targeted 2 subject bases successful Israel, describing the onslaught arsenic being portion of Operation Nasr, oregon "Victory." The Guard said it launched the missiles aft Israel targeted radar sites successful 3 areas of Iran.

Israel and Iran some said Israel deed an Iranian petrochemical plant.  

Israel launched strikes connected cardinal and occidental Iran aboriginal Monday successful effect to rocket occurrence from Tehran, successful the astir superior crossfire since President Trump announced a ceasefire successful the warfare connected April 8.

Tehran had threatened retaliation connected Sunday aft Israel struck Beirut's confederate suburbs without informing successful defiance of Washington's petition days agone not to deed the Lebanese capital.

Monday marked the 101st time of the Iran war. It was launched jointly by the U.S. and Israel connected Feb. 28 with strikes that killed erstwhile Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and different elder leaders.

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The Israeli subject says it conducted strikes connected subject targets successful occidental and cardinal Iran aboriginal Monday section time, according to a connection posted connected X.

The strikes came aft Iran launched missiles astatine Israel connected Sunday and aft President Trump had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to impulse him not to retaliate instantly for the Iranian rocket attack, according to a elder U.S. official.

The official, who spoke to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity to picture a backstage telephone call, said that Mr. Trump believed helium had convinced Netanyahu to wait.

Iran had warned that an Israeli onslaught connected Beirut would renew full-scale warfare crossed the Mideast, adjacent arsenic Pakistan and different mediators effort to restart talks betwixt Tehran and Washington.

"U.S. forces crossed the Middle East stay vigilant and ready," the U.S. Central Command posted connected X soon earlier the rocket launches. The U.S. Embassy successful Israel aboriginal directed employees and household members to structure successful place.

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The White House confirmed to CBS News connected Sunday that President Trump has been briefed connected the escalation betwixt Iran and Israel.

In an interrogation with Fox News, Mr. Trump said, "What I would suggest to Iran: You've changeable your missiles, that's capable … Get backmost to the array and marque a deal."

Asked astir Israel launching its archetypal strikes connected Beirut, Fox's Trey Yingst said the president responded: "I'm not blessed astir it." 

Israel said Sunday that Iran has launched missiles astatine it successful the archetypal specified bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect successful aboriginal April, complicating mediation efforts for a woody to extremity the war.

Iran's authorities broadcaster confirmed the motorboat of missiles and aggregate explosions were heard successful bluish Israel. Israel's subject said it was moving connected intercepting the missiles but "the defence is not hermetic," adding that sirens sounded successful respective areas of the country.

Tehran had warned of retaliation aft Israel connected Sunday struck Beirut's confederate suburbs without informing successful defiance of Washington's petition days agone to basal down. Israel called it retaliation for the Iranian-backed Hezbollah firing astatine bluish Israel earlier successful the day.

Lebanon's wellness ministry said an Israeli aerial raid connected Beirut's confederate suburbs near 2 radical dormant and 20 much wounded. 

The wounded included 4 women and 4 children, according to a connection from the ministry. 

Iran's main negotiator warned connected Sunday that an Israeli onslaught connected southbound Beirut and the ongoing U.S. blockade of Iranian ports would trigger retaliation.

In a societal media post, parliamentary talker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused Washington of giving Israel the "green light" for strikes that deed 2 targets successful the Lebanese capital.

This and the blockade, helium said, "turns the bases and assets of America and the [Israeli] authorities successful the portion into morganatic targets. Our equipped forces, arsenic always, are escaped to act."