Middle East crisis live: Iran launches missiles towards Israel after Lebanon airstrikes

<p>Launches appear to mark the first such attack since April ceasefire; Tehran threatened Israel with ‘painful’ response after strikes on southern Beirut</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/07/israel-escalates-war-hezbollah-airstrikes-beirut">Full report: Iran launches missiles at Israel</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Donald Trump also aggressively pushed back against claims that he broke a key campaign promise to keep the US out of new foreign conflicts.</strong></p><p>“Well, well, first of all, I didn’t guarantee no war,” Trump said during the Meet the Press interview. “Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/07/israel-lebanon-southern-beirut-hezbollah-idf-ceasefire-iran-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>