Israel threatens ‘full force’ response if Iran fires missiles towards it

The Guardian · July 19, 2026 War

Return to all-out regional war grows increasingly likely as US and Iran trade strikes and Trump warns of escalation Middle East crisis live – latest updates Israel has warned it could retaliate against Iran with “full force” if Tehran’s missiles strike within its borders, threatening a return to an all-out regional war as the ceasefire brokered by Donald Trump collapses with a new round of missile strikes across the Middle East. On Sunday, Iran launched salvoes of ballistic missiles at US-allied Arab states, targeting a power and water distillation plant for the second time in two days in Kuwait, as well as sites in Jordan and Bahrain. Air-raid sirens sounded in Amman as Jordan said it shot down three Iranian missiles targeting the country.

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