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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, Patrick Wintour and Mark Saunokonoko

Israel and Iran exchange strikes as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate

Rescuers work at a heavily damaged multi-story building with collapsed balconies and rubble on the street
Rescuers work at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday. That strike triggered retaliatory missile launches from Iran. Photograph: Abbas Salman/EPA

The Israeli military has launched airstrikes on Iran after the Iranians fired missiles at northern Israel in the first exchange of fire between the two countries since a ceasefire was reached on 8 April, raising fears of a return to a full-scale regional war in the Middle East.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels also fired at Israel and warned they would target Israeli-affiliated ships in the Red Sea, further escalating tension.

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