Iran And Israel Trade Blows On Day 100 Of War, Both Halt Strikes After Trump Steps In; Houthis Seal Red Sea

Published 8 June 2026 · world

Iran And Israel Trade Blows On Day 100 Of War, Both Halt Strikes After Trump Steps In; Houthis Seal Red Sea Published By, Last Updated

Iran And Israel Trade Blows On Day 100 Of War, Both Halt Strikes After Trump Steps In; Houthis Seal Red Sea Published By, Last Updated: June 08, 2026, 23:46 IST On the 100th day of the Iran war, Israel and Iran trade major strikes then pause after Trump pushes a ceasefire, as Houthis ban Israeli shipping in the Red Sea risking global trade A woman looks at the rubble of her house, which was damaged in a U.S. and Israeli strike in March, in Tehran. (Image Courtesy: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS) On the 100th day of the Iran war, Israel and Iran traded strikes in the most violent exchange since an April ceasefire, with Israel hitting Iran’s Mahshahr petrochemical complex and Iranian ballistic missiles forcing Tel Aviv residents into bomb shelters, before US President Donald Trump intervened by phone to push both sides toward a halt. Trump posted on Truth Social that both countries were “looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!" adding that “final negotiations on ‘Peace’ are proceeding." Both sides have suspended operations, but the truce sits on a knife’s edge: Iran has warned it will resume strikes if Israel continues attacking southern Lebanon. And in a development that could choke two of the world’s busiest shipping lanes simultaneously, Yemen’s Houthi rebels declared on Monday a “complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation" in the Red Sea, threatening a key bypass route to the Strait of Hormuz. What Set It Off: The Attack On Beirut The 24-hour cascade began with Israel’s airstrikes on Sunday on Hezbollah’s Dahiyeh stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without warning, days after a ceasefire agreement went into effect and despite a US request not to attack Lebanon’s capital. Iran, which has consistently demanded that Lebanon be included in any lasting truce, responded with force. People in Tel Aviv took cover in bomb shelters during an Iranian missile attack on June 8, 2026. Hospitals in Tel Aviv, including Ichilov, moved patients to underground wards as a precautionary measure after the barrages, according to Times of Israel visuals from the scene. Israel hit back in the early hours of Monday.

Dozens of Israeli warplanes took part in an operation focused mostly on Iranian air defences that were being restored after earlier fighting, with Iranian citizens reporting explosions in Tehran, Isfahan and Tabriz, and Iran’s airports shutting down. Israel also confirmed it struck the Mahshahr petrochemical complex. In the first hit on an energy site inside Iran since the April 8 ceasefire, a provincial official told Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency that parts of the Mahshahr plant were damaged. Workers at the complex were evacuated, Iranian media reported. Trump Tells Netanyahu: You’re On Your Own If You Escalate Washington’s frustration with Jerusalem was unusually public Monday. Trump warned Netanyahu that Israel could find itself alone against Iran if it escalated the conflict further, and claimed Washington was informed only at the last minute about Israel’s overnight strikes on Iran, adding that he succeeded in limiting their scope. In an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, marking the 100-day milestone, Trump said Netanyahu “doesn’t call the shots," adding: “We’re very close to a deal, or I’m going to blow the hell out of them." Trump told Britain’s Financial Times that his message to Netanyahu was not to fire back on Iran, and Netanyahu had no option but to accept. A US official told CBS News that an Israeli military response to Tehran was “not likely to be imminent." Netanyahu, for his part, released a video statement saying Israel had halted attacks on Iran, stopping short of acknowledging a ceasefire that Trump said both countries were aiming for, and arguing that Tehran had tried to create a “new equation" by linking the Lebanon conflict with an Iranian response. Netanyahu spoke with Trump by phone twice in under 24 hours on Monday. The Lebanon Variable The core dispute pulling the ceasefire apart comes down to one question: does any truce include Lebanon? Iran says yes, without condition. Israel and the US say no. Netanyahu’s office had clarified back in April that the two-week pause applied only to direct hostilities between the US and Iran and did not extend to Lebanon, indicating Israeli operations there could continue. Israel has maintained that position ever since. Netanyahu said Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs in response to Hezbollah firing toward Israel.