Israeli air strikes hit Lebanese city of Tyre despite Iranian warning to stop attacks

Last Wednesday, Israel and Lebanon agreed to renew their ceasefire. But Hezbollah rejected the deal, demanding a full Israeli withdrawal. Israel also insisted that its military operations would continue in southern Lebanon.On Sunday, the Israeli military carried out a strike in Dahieh on what it said was a Hezbollah command centre, killing two people, after the group fired two rockets over the border.Iran's armed forces accused Israel of "crossing all red lines" with the Beirut strike and launched about 30 barrages of ballistic missiles towards Israel, which they said targeted Israeli airbases and the Haifa refinery. The Israeli military said the missiles were intercepted.Israel retaliated by conducting two waves of air strikes in Iran, which it said hit air defence systems and a petrochemical complex. Two officers from the Iranian army's air defence force were killed in the strikes, according to Iran's state broadcaster IRIB.On Monday afternoon, Iran's armed forces command announced that they had stopped military operations after delivering a "painful response" to Israel. They also pledged "more severe and crushing measures" if Israel carried out more attacks, including in Lebanon.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was holding fire "at the moment". But he stressed that the struggle against Iran and Hezbollah was "not finished" and warned that Israel would "respond with overwhelming force" to another Iranian attack.An Israeli official said Israel had halted its strikes on Iran at the US president's request.