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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Israel said Monday that Iran had launched missiles targeting it.<\/p>\n

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Sirens sounded in central Israel, and the government urged the public to seek shelter.<\/p>\n

Iran did not immediately acknowledge the attack.<\/p>\n

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP\u2019s earlier story follows below.<\/p>\n

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Israel launched airstrikes early Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire from Tehran, attacks that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war. <\/p>\n

Monday marked the 100th day of the Iran war, launched Feb. 28 when Israel and the United States killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian leaders. The war raged until reaching a nominal ceasefire on April 8, but a permanent end to the hostilities have been challenged by Iran\u2019s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed in peacetime, as well as fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah. <\/p>\n

With global energy supplies threatened, Iran still holding a vast stockpile of highly enriched uranium and even Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels apparently getting involved in the fighting Monday, the risks of the war fully erupting again appears to be rising. <\/p>\n

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Israel strikes Iran<\/h2>\n

Iranian state television reported the sound of explosions being heard in Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz and Tehran, without immediately elaborating. A witness in Tehran described hearing at least one large blast somewhere to the west of the country\u2019s capital city. Iran closed the airspace around Tehran\u2019s Imam Khomeini International Airport, the country\u2019s main airfield, after the Israeli attack.<\/p>\n

Sirens sounded across Israel on Monday after its military said a missile launched from Yemen targeted the country, without elaborating. Israel\u2019s rescue services said there were no reports of casualties or impacts from the launch from Yemen.<\/p>\n

Yemen is home to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The Houthis have fired missiles at Israel during the Israel-Hamas war and later, but haven\u2019t been fully involved in the Iran war. The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack, though it can take them hours or even days to acknowledge their assaults.<\/p>\n

In Iran, officials offered no details on what had been struck, nor any damage information. Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said that Israel used air-launched ballistic missiles in its attack Monday morning, without elaborating.<\/p>\n

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The Israeli military at dawn in Iran issued a short statement as the strikes started: \u201cA short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran.\u201d It did not elaborate. <\/p>\n

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In Saudi Arabia, missile alert sirens sounded Monday morning in an area home to an air base that hosts U.S. forces. Saudi state media reported the alert around its Al Kharj governorate, home to Prince Sultan Air Base. The alert came after Israel\u2019s strikes on Iran. Saudi Arabia shortly after said the missile danger in the area had passed, without elaborating.<\/p>\n

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