Envoy: Israel targets Iranian surface-to-surface missile launch sites

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, said Iran launched 11 ballistic missiles at Israel and warned that further retaliation is underway amid escalating regional tensions.

He said each missile “can level an entire neighborhood and kill hundreds,” adding that “no self-respecting country in the world would tolerate such an attack," Caliber.Az reports. 

Iran fired 11 ballistic missiles at Israel today. Each one of those missiles can level an entire neighborhood and kill hundreds. No self-respecting country in the world would tolerate such an attack, and neither will Israel.

Israel is now targeting Iranian surface-to-surface…

— Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter (@yechielleiter) June 8, 2026

He said Israel was now targeting Iranian surface-to-surface missile launch sites as well as infrastructure facilities outside the energy sector.

Leiter also referred to regional dynamics involving Lebanon, saying Lebanese citizens had rejected Iran’s influence through Hezbollah and called for its withdrawal from the country. He warned that if Hezbollah fired on Israel, its command centres in Beirut’s southern suburbs would be struck.

“This has nothing to do with Iran,” he said, while also sharply criticising the Iranian leadership.

By Sabina Mammadli