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Iran and Israel halt hostilities, warn tit-for-tat strikes could resume

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Donald Trump has reportedly warned Benjamin Netanyahu that he “could be left alone” if tensions escalate into a full scale war.

Israel and Iran have halted tit-for-tat strikes after the worst escalation in tensions since the April ceasefire. Both sides, however, have warned that attacks could quickly resume, with Tehran saying its operations will restart if the IDF continues its attacks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the Jewish state carried out “historic strikes to prevent a nuclear attack” and that “Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” threatening to renew strikes if Iran “attacks once more.”



US President Donald Trump, who earlier said both sides “had their fun” and should stop, told Israel’s Channel 12 that he warned Netanyahu he “could be left alone against Iran very soon” if the confrontation spirals into a full scale war, and claimed he persuaded Israel to scale back its operation.

Tehran has accused the US of bearing “direct responsibility” for Israeli ceasefire violations after the IDF launched intensive airstrikes on what it said were Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday.

Iran responded with a wave of retaliatory strikes on Israel, triggering further Israeli attacks on targets across the Islamic Republic, including reported explosions in Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, and Karaj, as well as at the Karun Petrochemical Company in the Mahshahr Special Economic Zone.

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Israel’s latest strikes on Iran wounded 15 people, Iranian emergency services chief Jafar Miadfar has been quoted as saying.

An RT crew reporting from the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon said Israeli strikes have continued despite the ceasefire, hitting residential buildings and making it “very dangerous for anyone to move around these areas.”

Yemen’s Houthis have reinstated a ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, warning any Israeli linked vessel will be treated as a military target.

The death toll from Israel’s offensive on Gaza has exceeded 72,980, with 173,171 people injured since October 2023, according to the Palestinian enclave’s Health Ministry.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. There is a great disturbance in the force https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-hZ2gi7PO4

    Trump is now discovering what the rest of the world has known for ages – dumb yanks are dumb losers. Iran cannot be turned to the dark side.

    Iran is clearly rewriting all terms of engagement irrespective of bullmanure from dumb yanks and their propaganda western media. Let’s hope they fix the oil supply and bring oil prices down https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/06/08/770100/Leader%E2%80%99s-adviser–Iran-will-shatter-US-naval-blockade-on-Hormuz-if-talks-fail

  2. I doubt Stump can walk away from Bloody Benny, much as he might want to. This is not going to stop, because the moment it does, Benny might end up in the clink, where in my opinion, he belongs for the rest of this life and whatever might come next.

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