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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Israel and Iran traded fire Monday in their first attacks since the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. The Iranian military said hours later that it was halting offensive strikes, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would retaliate against further attacks.<\/p>\n

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In a videotaped statement, Netanyahu implied that the current round of fighting was over. But he also warned that if Iran “makes the mistake and returns to attacking us, we will respond with force.\u201d<\/p>\n

The renewed hostilities between Israel and Iran raised concerns that the Middle East could be plunged back into a full-scale war.<\/p>\n

Since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on Feb. 28, the war has shaken the global economy, driven energy prices up around the world and made many basics, including food, more expensive. Officials have been unable to turn the April ceasefire into a deal to permanently end the conflict.<\/p>\n

During the truce, Iran has maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 a crucial passage for the world\u2019s oil and natural gas whose closure was the primary reason global fuel prices skyrocketed. Israel has continued to strike Hezbollah, Iran\u2019s ally in Lebanon, and pushed deeper into that country. And on Monday, Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels, another Iranian ally, fired at Israel and warned they would target Israel-affiliated ships in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

With little apparent progress in peace talks, Israel and Iran exchanging fire, and the Houthis joining the fight, the risk of the war fully erupting again appeared higher than at any point since the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the new attacks, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote online: \u201cIsrael and Iran must immediately stop \u2018shooting.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after, the Iranian military’s joint command issued its statement. It said further \u201caggression and hostile acts\u201d by Israel and its supporters, including in southern Lebanon, would be met with \u201cmuch more severe and crushing measures than before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Netanyahu said Israel is continuing to operate in Lebanon against the militant group Hezbollah, Iran’s ally, and that Israel \u201chas full right to self-defense, and we will exercise it to the full extent necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diplomats are racing to save the ceasefire<\/p>\n

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed concern Monday over the surge in violence. In a post on X, Sharif urged all parties to \u201cexercise restraint and give peace a little more chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two regional officials said diplomatic efforts were underway to salvage the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Qatar urged the Trump administration to pressure Israel to halt strikes on Iran and Beirut. They also urged Iranian officials to stop attacks on Israel, the officials said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.<\/p>\n

Trump said talks were ongoing for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, though he gave no details.<\/p>\n

Israel and Iran traded strikes<\/p>\n

Iran launched waves of attacks on Israel on Monday, and Israel launched strikes on central and western Iran. It was their first exchange of fire since the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Iranian state media reported at least 15 people were wounded after explosions sounded in Tehran and other cities. There were no immediate reports of fatalities.<\/p>\n

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The semiofficial Fars and Mehr news agencies said Israeli strikes hit a petrochemical factory in the city of Mahshahr. They did not elaborate on any damage. The Israeli military confirmed the strike on the plant, saying it targeted sites that produce materials for ballistic missiles. Israel said it also targeted truck-based missile launchers.<\/p>\n

Israel said its strikes were in response to an Iranian missile attack. Tehran warned Sunday that it would retaliate after Israel struck Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs without warning. When Israel struck back, Iran fired again.<\/p>\n

Explosions could be heard in central Israel as air defenses sought to intercept incoming Iranian fire. Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it had targeted two military bases in Israel.<\/p>\n

Iran blamed the United States for the escalation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one believes that the Israeli regime would take any action without coordination with the United States,\u201d Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told journalists in Tehran.<\/p>\n

The White House did not immediately respond to messages about Israel’s strikes.<\/p>\n

Tensions appear to be growing between Trump and Netanyahu<\/p>\n

Trump and Netanyahu launched the war in a closely coordinated attack, with Israeli officials proudly boasting of unprecedented \u201cshoulder to shoulder\u201d cooperation.<\/p>\n

The conflict reached 100 days on Monday, and the two leaders have moved in opposite directions, with tensions sometimes spilling out into the open.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu appears to have openly defied Trump with the strike Sunday in Beirut and subsequent attacks in Iran. Trump has voiced his displeasure with Israel, including belittling Netanyahu by declaring to the Financial Times that \u201cI call all the shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their differences appear to be rooted in each leader’s domestic considerations. Netanyahu faces elections this fall and is under public pressure to strike back against ongoing Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel. He also is wary of appearing too subservient to Trump.<\/p>\n

The U.S. president, meanwhile, also faces elections \u2014 for Congress in November \u2014 and is eager to end a war that has jolted the global economy and raised prices for consumers.<\/p>\n

The Houthis claimed an attack on Israel<\/p>\n

Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed an attack on Israel on Monday and said Israel-affiliated vessels would again be a target in the Red Sea, putting the waterway in danger along with the Gulf of Aden and the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting them. The statement from Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree was broadcast on the Houthis\u2019 al-Masirah satellite news channel.<\/p>\n

The Houthis made a similar threat during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and launched attacks that killed at least nine mariners and sank four ships. They often targeted vessels with tangential or no ties to Israel.<\/p>\n

The assaults upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which about $1 trillion of goods passed each year before the war.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

This story has been updated to correct the day the Iran war started to Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel; Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad; Matthew Lee in Washington; Michelle L. Price in Bridgewater, New Jersey; Elena Becatoros in Athens, Greece; Samy Magdy in Cairo; and Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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