India, June 8 -- West Asia once again appears to be edging towards a wider conflict after Israel launched strikes on military targets in Iran early Monday, responding to an Iranian missile attack on Israeli territory late Sunday.

Amid the latest exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel, US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, shared updates from a shelter, describing the tense situation as missile alerts sounded across parts of Israel.

Posting on X, Huckabee wrote: "Hearing loud booms overhead, I hope it's an interception. Another day where we live under the threat of a deranged Iranian regime."

In another post, he said, "Iran fired missiles toward Israel last night and early this morning. Missile warnings were heard at 06:00 a.m. i...