News - Middle East: Iranian armed forces fired almost a dozen missiles towards different targets in the occupied territories as part of retaliatory strikes just before the regime halted its aggression, after overnight Israeli aggression against Iran.

Israeli media reported that at least 11 missiles were launched from Iran in five salvos on Tuesday morning.

At least 8 people were killed and 30 others injured in Iran’s attacks on Beersheba.

Air raid sirens also sounded in Haifa and areas in the northern part of the occupied lands.

Meanwhile, explosions were also heard in Tel Aviv and central occupied territories.

The ceasefire came into effect on Tuesday. Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there was currently no truce agreement with Tel Aviv, but Tehran would halt its retaliatory attacks “provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people.”

He also thanked the country’s armed forces for “punishing” the regime.

On June 13, Israel launched a blatant aggression against Iran, killing military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.

On June 22, the United States joined the Israeli regime in the assault and bombed three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of the United Nations Charter, international law, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

The Iranian armed forces promised to “open the gates of hell” to Israel and began waves of punitive missile and drone strikes on sensitive sites across the occupied territories.

A day later, Iran launched a wave of missiles at al-Udeid air base in Qatar — the largest American military base in West Asia.

In a statement following the successful retaliatory operation codenamed 'Tidings of Victory', Iranian armed forces said it came in response to the “blatant military aggression by the criminal regime of the United States” against the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic.

This base serves as the headquarters of the US Air Force Command and represents the most strategic asset of the American military in West Asia.

Source: Press TV