I take all the decisions. He doesn't take the decisions.
Iran fired missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israeli attacks in Lebanon, with Israel's defense systems intercepting at least 11 projectiles during the assault. Regional tensions spike as concurrent shooting incidents kill one Israeli reservist, while multiple countries close airspace and the U.S. Embassy issues shelter-in-place orders.
- Iran launched missiles at Israel on June 7; Israeli defense systems intercepted at least 11
- One Israeli reservist killed, five wounded in concurrent shooting by Palestinian gunman in central Israel
- Gaza border crossings at Kerem Shalom and Rafah closed, halting humanitarian aid
- U.S. Embassy orders shelter-in-place for all American personnel in Israel and Jordan
- Syria, Iraq, and Iran close airspace; Israel deploys air defense systems nationwide
Iran launched a missile attack on Israel on June 7, with Israeli forces intercepting at least 11 missiles. The strike occurred amid escalating tensions, concurrent shooting incidents in Israel, and warnings from the U.S. Embassy.
On the morning of June 7, Iranian forces launched a barrage of missiles toward Israel. The Israeli military said its air defense systems intercepted at least eleven of them. The strike came as negotiations between Washington and Tehran remained fragile, and it arrived amid a cascade of other violence that had been building across the region for days.
The same Sunday, a Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship carried out a series of shootings across central Israel, killing one military reservist and wounding five others before police killed him. He was around twenty years old and lived in the Arab town of Taybeh. His motives remained unclear. The shooting occurred against a backdrop of escalating tensions: Israeli settlers had launched attacks, and a Palestinian baby had been shot dead in the West Bank the previous weekend.
The U.S. Embassy in Amman issued a nationwide alert warning that missiles, drones, or rockets were in Jordanian airspace. In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the State Department ordered all American government employees and their families to shelter in place and prepare to move to protected facilities if a red alert sounded. The embassy's consular sections in both cities would remain closed on Monday. Across the region, Syria, Iraq, and Iran itself announced partial or complete airspace closures. Israel's military command, meanwhile, announced it had deployed air defense systems nationwide and was conducting a full situation assessment.
The closure of airspace was not the only restriction tightening around daily life. Israel's Home Front Command, the military body that sets security restrictions for civilians, announced new limits: outdoor gatherings could include up to two hundred people, indoor gatherings up to five hundred, provided access to a protected space was available. Beaches were closed to the public. The two main crossing points into Gaza—Kerem Shalom and Rafah—were shut down. These were the only routes through which humanitarian aid entered the territory, and their closure meant that aid would stop flowing.
Iran's military leadership made clear the attack was retaliation for Israeli strikes in Lebanon, particularly in the southern suburbs of Beirut. General Ali Abdolahi, commander of Iran's unified operations, issued a warning: if Israel expanded its campaign in Lebanon or responded to Iran's missile strike with more devastating attacks, Iran would unleash a response that would be equally severe. The language was stark and unambiguous.
In Washington, President Donald Trump told the Financial Times that Benjamin Netanyahu would have to accept whatever agreement the United States reached with Iran. "I take the decisions," Trump said. "I take all the decisions. He doesn't take the decisions." The president added that Netanyahu would have no choice in the matter.
What had begun as diplomatic friction between two capitals had metastasized into something far more immediate and dangerous. Missiles had crossed borders. Civilians were sheltering. Aid was being cut off. And the men with the power to escalate further—in Tehran, in Jerusalem, in Washington—were signaling that they were prepared to do exactly that.
Citações Notáveis
If Israel expands attacks on Lebanon or responds to Iran's action with more devastating strikes, it will face an equally devastating response.— General Ali Abdolahi, commander of Iran's unified operations
Netanyahu will have to accept whatever agreement the U.S. reaches with Iran because he doesn't take the decisions—I do.— President Donald Trump, to the Financial Times
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Why did Iran launch missiles on that particular Sunday? Was there a specific trigger?
Israel had been striking targets in Lebanon, particularly in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Iran saw those attacks as crossing a line and responded. It was retaliation, but it was also a message.
And the shooting that happened the same day—was that connected to the Iranian attack?
No. A Palestinian man from Taybeh carried out those shootings independently. But the timing matters. It happened in a moment when tensions were already at a breaking point. A baby had been killed in the West Bank days before. Everything was compressed and volatile.
What struck you most about the American response?
Trump's statement. He essentially told Netanyahu that the U.S. would make the decisions about Iran policy, not Israel. It was a power play dressed up as reassurance. Netanyahu had no choice but to accept whatever came next.
And the humanitarian angle—the border closures?
That's where the human cost becomes concrete. Kerem Shalom and Rafah were the only ways aid reached Gaza. Close them, and you stop food, medicine, everything. The military logic of security restrictions collides directly with survival.
Do we know what happens next?
Iran said if Israel expanded attacks on Lebanon, there would be a devastating response. Israel was mobilized and ready. The U.S. was inserting itself into the decision-making. No one was backing down.