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<\/a><\/p>\nAn Israeli man takes a selfie with the wreckage of an intercepted Iranian missile that landed near the West Bank city of Jericho. (Jamal Awad\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Iran\u2019s military command said the barrage, which did not do any major damage in Israel, represented its \u201cpainful response\u201d to an Israeli attack on a Hezbollah installation in Lebanon. The statement was published in English on Iranian state media, which attributed the halt to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
Trump had denounced the Iranian strike and publicly urged Israel not to respond. On Monday morning, after it did, he posted on his Truth Social account: \u201cIsrael and Iran must immediately stop \u2018shooting.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel responded to the initial barrage with a large-scale airstrike against Iranian defense systems on Monday morning local time.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military announced that the strike targeted Iran\u2019s strategic defense systems and hit several targets in Iran\u2019s petrochemical complex in Mahshahr in southwestern Iran. The military said the systems had been \u201cdegraded\u201d during the February \u201cOperation Roaring Lion\u201d war and that \u201cthe strike led to the destruction of these systems.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shortly after the Israeli strike, Iran launched a second round of missiles into Israel, sending families into shelters. Schools were already canceled for Monday following Sunday night\u2019s attacks.<\/p>\n
According to local Israeli media, explosions were heard in Isfahan and Kermanshah, and Iranian Foreign Minister Esmaeil Baghaei blamed the United States for Israel\u2019s response.<\/p>\n
The Israeli response came after Trump told Axios Sunday night that he would tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not respond to the attacks. \u201cI am going to call Bibi right now,\u201d Trump told the news site, \u201cand tell him not to retaliate.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that both countries had \u201chad their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don\u2019t need another one.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a second Truth Social post on Monday, Trump wrote that \u201cignorance and stupidity\u201d were hampering the already fragile Iran-Israel ceasefire negotiations. \u201cThe Blockade will remain in place, and in full force and effect, until a \u201cFinal Deal\u201d is reached,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Navy imposed a blockade of Iranian ports on ships traveling to and from Iran on April 13. Trump made the decision after the collapse of talks aimed at permanently ending the five-week war the U.S. launched against Iran on Feb. 28 and Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on March 2.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, on Monday morning the Iran-backed Houthi terror group in Yemen launched a single missile into Israel. No injuries were reported. Later, the Iranian-backed group said it would impose a complete naval blockade on Israeli ships in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n