Iran\u2019s military announced on Monday that its first wave of attacks on Israel since a ceasefire in April was now over, even though it threatened to resume the strikes if Israel continued attacks on Lebanon.<\/p>\n
There was no immediate response from Israel, which had launched attacks on Iran after Tehran fired missiles towards Israel late on Sunday. Iran had said its strikes were in retaliation for Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Beirut.<\/p>\n
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that Israel and Iran \u201cimmediately stop \u2018shooting\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
The flurry of attacks\u00a0drove oil prices up<\/a> around 4 per cent and threatened to wreck U.S.-led efforts to broker a deal to finish the war<\/a>.<\/p>\n Israel hit a petrochemical plant in southwestern Iran that it said was used to provide ballistic missiles. Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it retaliated with a strike geared toward the same Israeli plant in the town of Haifa.<\/p>\n Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The primary direct exchange between Israel and Iran since April could interfere with Trump\u2019s efforts to finish the war he launched alongside Israel at the tip of February.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s military headquarters said it had \u201cdelivered a painful response\u201d against Israel for its attacks on Lebanon, including Sunday\u2019s strikes on the outskirts of Beirut.<\/p>\n \u201cAccordingly, the operations of the armed forces are hereby declared halted; nevertheless, it’s emphasized that if the aggressions and acts of mischief proceed \u2014 including in southern Lebanon \u2014 way more severe and crushing actions than before will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n Get each day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you will never miss the day’s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n In certainly one of several posts on social media, Trump said Israel and Iran each wanted \u201ca direct CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on \u2018Peace\u2019 are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.\u201d He added that a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place till a final deal was reached.<\/p>\n An Israeli official said Trump had spoken on Monday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n Earlier on Monday an Israeli military official said Israel was prepared for a spread of options for military strikes against Iran, from several days to \u201cso long as it takes.\u201d Israel had struck Iranian air defense systems that were being rebuilt after previous Israeli attacks, in addition to the petrochemical plant.<\/p>\n In a similarly defiant vein, an Iranian military source quoted by the Tasnim news agency had said Tehran was prepared for a chronic conflict with Israel and for renewed strikes against U.S. interests within the region.<\/p>\n Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\t\t\t![\"Get](\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\")
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