Iran fires missiles at Israel for the first time since the ceasefire: restoring deterrence, or shattering the truce?
Iran launched missiles at Israel — its first bombardment since a fragile ceasefire two months ago — after Israeli strikes on Tehran, and Israel struck back at targets across Iran the next day despite Trump urging Netanyahu not to retaliate. Israel calls Iran's barrage a dangerous violation of the truce; Tehran casts its fire as a measured response to restore deterrence, leaving the ceasefire hanging by a thread.
The summary above is a neutral framing. Below, each side reports the same story in its own words — judge for yourself.
Israel says Iran has broken the ceasefire by firing missiles at it for the first time in two months, casting Tehran as the aggressor and reserving the right to respond — even as President Trump has reportedly urged Prime Minister Netanyahu not to retaliate, to keep the truce from collapsing entirely.
Tehran frames the launches as a response to Israeli attacks on Iran, intended to restore deterrence while deliberately stopping short of a return to all-out war — presenting itself as reacting to aggression, not initiating it.
