The war with Iran shows little sign of slowing. Even as Donald Trump said on Monday that the war was ‘very complete, pretty much’ and suggested it was nearing its end, fresh waves of strikes continued overnight across Iran while missiles were fired toward Israeli cities. The exchange now stretches from southern Lebanon to the Gulf, with oil prices surging and diplomatic efforts elsewhere in the region abruptly frozen.

Even as Donald Trump said that the war was ‘very complete, pretty much’ and suggested it was nearing its end, fresh waves of strikes continued overnight across Iran

Even as Donald Trump said that the war was ‘very complete, pretty much’ and suggested it was nearing its end, fresh waves of strikes continued overnight across Iran

Iranian missiles were launched repeatedly toward Israel during the day, setting off air-raid sirens across central districts including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as well as communities in the north, repeatedly sending the population into shelters. Israeli authorities said defence systems continued to intercept the incoming projectiles, though officials cautioned that the country’s defensive shield ‘is not hermetic’. In Arad, a 78-year-old man was moderately injured while rushing to a shelter as the alarms sounded.

The missile fire formed part of a wider exchange that still stretches across much of the Middle East. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for launching rockets toward central Israel, including a barrage aimed at what it described as a Home Front Command base in Ramla, some 135 kilometres south of the Lebanese border. Two people were reported lightly injured in that attack. Israeli forces responded by striking the launchers........

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