Tehran/ Tel Aviv, June 8 -- The Middle East edged closer to a wider regional conflict on Monday as Iran launched missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Iranian territory, defying diplomatic efforts by US President Donald Trump to contain the crisis. The exchange of attacks has raised fresh concerns that months of fragile diplomacy is in tatters as fresh military confrontation is underway.
The escalation came after Trump reportedly told Netanyahu that "it's enough" and urged him not to retaliate immediately following Iran's missile attack on Sunday night.
It was the first direct exchange of strikes between Israel and Iran since a ceasefire halted the US-Israel war with Iran in April. Iran's attack followed earlier Israeli...