Iran Fires Missiles At Israel After Beirut Suburb Shelling, Sirens Sound Across Northern Israel
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Iran Fires Missiles At Israel After Beirut Suburb Shelling, Sirens Sound Across Northern Israel

09 July, 2026.Iran.5 sources

Key Takeaways

  • Iran fired missiles at Israel, first attack since the ceasefire was announced.
  • Sirens sounded across northern and central Israel in response.
  • Tehran called the strike a warning after Beirut's southern suburb shelling.

Ceasefire frays

The Spectator says Donald Trump declared at the Nato summit in Ankara that the ceasefire with Iran was over, after a 60-day ceasefire brokered by Pakistan and Qatar on 17 June to end the war between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, a war that began on 28 February.

Iran fires missiles at Israel for the first time since the ceasefire declaration in the war

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The Spectator also describes how, after the first 12-day war in June 2025, Mossad and the CIA launched a joint covert operation sending Israeli and American military and intelligence advisers to Iraqi Kurdistan to recruit, train, and equip Iranian and Iraqi Kurdish fighters intended to invade Iran.

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In Kurdistan24’s account, sirens sounded across northern and central Israel on Sunday after Iran targeted it with missiles for the first time since the ceasefire was announced in April, and the Israeli army said all the missiles were intercepted.

Kurdistan24 reports that Iran said the missile strikes were a 'warning' in response to Beirut's southern suburb being shelled, while the IRGC said 'Tonight's operation is a warning.'

Kurdistan24 adds that the Education Ministry and the IDF's Home Front Command announced closures of schools on Monday, and that Iran partially closed its airspace in the western part of the country until further notice as of Sunday evening and suspended flights at Imam Khomeini International Airport.

Threats and warnings

In قناة العالم’s account of a private interview with Iranian television on Thursday evening, Brigadier General Razai congratulated all Muslims around the world on the occasion of Eid al-Ghadir and said modern Iran was founded by Imam Khomeini.

قناة العالم quotes Razai warning: 'We will turn northern Israel into a hell if the enemy dares to move toward the southern suburbs of Beirut.'

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Kurdistan24 reports that Israeli army spokesman Evi Dvirin said, 'The Iranian terrorist regime has committed a grave misstep by choosing again the path of terrorism.'

Kurdistan24 also says IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi vowed that the army 'will strike the enemy with force as soon as the green light is given.'

Kurdistan24 further reports that Ali Abdullah Ali Abadi, commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters, told Israel the Israeli army must stop its attacks on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs, and warned that if it broadened its attacks it would face 'even more crushing and destructive strikes.'

What comes next

yalibnan reports that Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Thursday his country was prepared to relaunch its military campaign against Iran if needed, “with even greater force,” and he said, “The army is ready and on alert for a resumption of fighting, in order to regain air superiority and strike again… in Iran, to eliminate threats, including a third time if necessary.”

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Thursday his country was prepared to relaunch its military campaign against Iran if needed, “with even greater force”

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yalibnan adds that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “The Iranian axis is weaker than ever before, while Israel is stronger than ever before,” and also acknowledged that “the campaign is not over.”

The Spectator frames the stakes by saying Iran’s military capabilities were severely degraded but its nuclear and missile programs were not destroyed, and it says the radical clerical regime was not overthrown.

The Spectator also says the latest round of hostilities—Iran’s missile and drone strikes on three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, followed by two days of massive US airstrikes and Iran’s retaliatory attacks on American bases in Bahrain—have revived Netanyahu’s hopes that the war will resume.

In yalibnan’s live updates, it also notes that the US launched fresh air strikes against Iran hours after President Donald Trump said an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was “over,” while Netanyahu criticised Trump’s willingness to sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets, saying it would “destroy” the balance of power in the Middle East.

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