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Israel and Iran trade strikes, threatening to drag region back to war

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June 8, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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Israel and Iran trade strikes, threatening to drag region back to war

Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in retaliatory strikes that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war.

A projectile streaks through the sky over central Israel during an Iranian missile attack, Sunday, June 7, 2026.

Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in retaliatory strikes that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war.

(Image credit: Ohad Zwigenberg)